A Web Developer usually reaches for a NDA when before sharing sensitive plans, files or credentials with a client or collaborator. This free template does one job well: it keeps shared information confidential before or during a working relationship. It is written for how web developers actually work — around a marketing site or web-app build with defined milestones, the familiar headache of endless post-launch bug reports being treated as free work, and getting paid on staged payments tied to milestones, often 30% up front and the rest on acceptance. Use a NDA rather than something looser, because as a substitute for a full service agreement — an NDA only covers confidentiality. Edit any line to fit your rates and terms, then send it for e-signature in a couple of minutes — no account for your client, and it is legally binding under the ESIGN Act and eIDAS.
NDA — WEB DEVELOPER
1. PARTIES
This NDA ("Agreement") is made on ____________ between ____________ ("Client") and ____________ (the "Provider"), a Web Developer. Together they are the "Parties".
2. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
"Confidential Information" means any non-public information shared between the Parties, including for a Web Developer the material tied to source-code ownership transferring only on final payment, plus third-party and open-source licences.
3. OBLIGATIONS
The Receiving Party will keep the Confidential Information secret, use it only for the agreed purpose, and not share it with anyone who does not need it.
4. EXCLUSIONS
This does not cover information that is already public, was already known, or is required to be disclosed by law.
5. TERM
The confidentiality obligations in this NDA last for ____________ years from the date signed, and survive the end of any working relationship.
6. RETURN OF MATERIALS
On request, the Receiving Party will return or destroy all Confidential Information and copies.
7. GOVERNING LAW
This Agreement is governed by the laws of ____________, and any dispute will be handled in the courts of ____________.
8. SOURCE-CODE OWNERSHIP
The Client owns the custom source code on full payment. Pre-existing libraries and the Provider's reusable components remain the Provider's, licensed to the Client for this project.
9. ACCEPTANCE
The Client has ____________ days to review the delivered working, deployed source code and a live site and report issues. If no issues are raised, the work is deemed accepted.
10. WARRANTY & FIXES
The Provider will fix genuine defects reported within ____________ days of delivery at no charge. Beyond that window, or for new pages, integrations or design changes added after the spec is signed off, work is billed as new.
11. THIRD-PARTY & OPEN SOURCE
The build may use third-party or open-source components under their own licences. The Client is responsible for any paid third-party services after handover.
SIGNATURES
Signed by the Parties on the date first written above. Both Parties keep a copy. An electronic signature is legally binding under the ESIGN Act and eIDAS.
Client: ______________________ Date: __________
Provider: ____________________ Date: __________This NDA ("Agreement") is made on ____________ between ____________ ("Client") and ____________ (the "Provider"), a Web Developer. Together they are the "Parties".
"Confidential Information" means any non-public information shared between the Parties, including for a Web Developer the material tied to source-code ownership transferring only on final payment, plus third-party and open-source licences.
The Receiving Party will keep the Confidential Information secret, use it only for the agreed purpose, and not share it with anyone who does not need it.
This does not cover information that is already public, was already known, or is required to be disclosed by law.
The confidentiality obligations in this NDA last for ____________ years from the date signed, and survive the end of any working relationship.
On request, the Receiving Party will return or destroy all Confidential Information and copies.
This Agreement is governed by the laws of ____________, and any dispute will be handled in the courts of ____________.
The Client owns the custom source code on full payment. Pre-existing libraries and the Provider's reusable components remain the Provider's, licensed to the Client for this project.
The Client has ____________ days to review the delivered working, deployed source code and a live site and report issues. If no issues are raised, the work is deemed accepted.
The Provider will fix genuine defects reported within ____________ days of delivery at no charge. Beyond that window, or for new pages, integrations or design changes added after the spec is signed off, work is billed as new.
The build may use third-party or open-source components under their own licences. The Client is responsible for any paid third-party services after handover.
Signed by the Parties on the date first written above. Both Parties keep a copy. An electronic signature is legally binding under the ESIGN Act and eIDAS.
An NDA with no duration is hard to enforce. Set how many years the confidentiality survives after the Web Developer work ends.
Tie confidential information to what really matters for web developers — source-code ownership transferring only on final payment, plus third-party and open-source licences. Over-broad NDAs get ignored by courts.
Keep the exclusions for public and legally required information, or the NDA overreaches and fails.
Before sharing anything sensitive — for web developers, that is usually material touching source-code ownership transferring only on final payment, plus third-party and open-source licences.
No. An NDA only covers confidentiality; pair it with a service agreement that covers the actual working, deployed source code and a live site.
Yes. Once you and your client sign it — including with an electronic signature — this NDA is a binding contract under the ESIGN Act, eIDAS and similar laws in most countries.
Point them back to the scope. Extra work such as new pages, integrations or design changes added after the spec is signed off is quoted separately — that is exactly what the written terms are for.
Yes. Paste it into Signr, drop the signature fields on, and send a link. Your client signs from any device with no account, and you both get a sealed, court-ready copy.
Paste the template into Signr, drop signature fields on, and send. Your client signs from any device, no account needed, and you both get a sealed, court-ready copy.
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