# Pricing for Thuki

Thuki is free. There is one tier.

## Free

- **Price:** $0/month, $0/year, $0/forever
- **License:** Apache 2.0 (commercial use allowed, redistribution allowed, modifications allowed)
- **Includes:** Full product. System-wide overlay, double-tap Control activation, slash commands, local model selection via Ollama, all current and future features.
- **Limits:** None imposed by Thuki. Practical limits are your hardware (RAM, GPU) and the model you pick in Ollama.
- **Cloud cost:** $0. Thuki has no backend; queries run on your machine via Ollama.
- **API keys:** Not required. Not used.
- **Telemetry:** None.

## Why free

Thuki is a personal project, open source under Apache 2.0. There is no company behind it billing for usage, no token meter, and no plans to introduce a paid tier for the core product. The work is sustained by the maintainer (`@quiet_node` on GitHub and X) and contributors.

## What's not included

- Hosting your own models in the cloud. Thuki runs locally only; use Ollama on your Mac.
- Sync across devices. There is no cloud backend, so no cross-device sync. Each Mac has its own local SQLite store.
- Commercial support contracts. Community support is via GitHub Issues.

## Hardware requirements

- Apple Silicon Mac (M1 or later)
- macOS 13 Ventura or newer
- RAM appropriate for your chosen model (Ollama's docs cover this per model)