# Pricing for Thuki

Thuki is free and open source. Today there is one tier: the full app, at no cost.

## Free

- **Price:** $0/month, $0/year, no per-query charge
- **License:** Apache 2.0 (commercial use allowed, redistribution allowed, modifications allowed)
- **Includes:** Full product. System-wide overlay, double-tap Control activation, slash commands, in-app model download and selection, and every feature in the app as it ships today.
- **Limits:** None imposed by Thuki. Practical limits are your hardware (RAM, GPU) and the model you pick; the app flags whether a model is Comfortable, Tight, or Heavy on your Mac.
- **Cloud cost:** $0. Thuki has no backend; queries run on your machine via its built-in engine.
- **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 and no token meter. The core app is free and open source today; if premium features ever arrive, they would be additive, not a paywall on what is free now. 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, on its own built-in engine (or your Ollama install, if you prefer).
- 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

- **macOS 13.4 (Ventura) or later** on **Apple Silicon (M1 or later)**. Intel is not supported.
- RAM appropriate for your chosen model (the in-app fit hint flags Comfortable, Tight, or Heavy)