Last Updated: December 29, 2025

Lightning is built with the help of many open source libraries. We gratefully acknowledge all the contributors to these projects.

Tauri Framework

Lightning is built on the Tauri framework, a toolkit for building secure, cross-platform desktop applications.

ComponentVersionLicenseRepository
tauri2.8.4Apache-2.0 OR MITGitHub
@tauri-apps/api2.9.0Apache-2.0 OR MITGitHub
tauri-plugin-autostart2.xApache-2.0 OR MITGitHub
tauri-plugin-clipboard-manager2.xApache-2.0 OR MITGitHub
tauri-plugin-dialog2.xApache-2.0 OR MITGitHub
tauri-plugin-fs2.xApache-2.0 OR MITGitHub
tauri-plugin-log2.xApache-2.0 OR MITGitHub
tauri-plugin-shell2.xApache-2.0 OR MITGitHub

Rust Dependencies

Core Libraries

ComponentVersionLicenseDescription
serde1.0MIT OR Apache-2.0Serialization framework
serde_json1.0MIT OR Apache-2.0JSON support
tokio1.0+MITAsync runtime
toml0.8MIT OR Apache-2.0TOML configuration support

Network & HTTP

ComponentVersionLicenseDescription
reqwest0.11MIT OR Apache-2.0HTTP client
url2.5MIT OR Apache-2.0URL parsing
urlencoding2.1MITURL encoding
tiny_http0.12MIT OR Apache-2.0HTTP server

Utilities

ComponentVersionLicenseDescription
anyhow1.0MIT OR Apache-2.0Error handling
thiserror2.0MIT OR Apache-2.0Custom error types
chrono0.4MIT OR Apache-2.0Date and time
uuid1.0Apache-2.0 OR MITUUID generation
regex1.10MIT OR Apache-2.0Regular expressions
base640.22MIT OR Apache-2.0Base64 encoding
log0.4MIT OR Apache-2.0Logging interface
dirs5.0MIT OR Apache-2.0Directory paths
which6.0MITFind executables
libloading0.8ISCDynamic library loading
open5.0MITOpen URLs/files
once_cell1.19MIT OR Apache-2.0Global state
rev_lines0.3MITRead lines in reverse

Frontend Dependencies

Build Tools

ComponentVersionLicenseDescription
vite5.4.20MITBuild tool
typescript5.9.2Apache-2.0TypeScript compiler
eslint8.57.1MITCode linting
prettier3.6.2MITCode formatting

Testing

ComponentVersionLicenseDescription
vitest1.6.1MITUnit testing
@playwright/test1.57.0Apache-2.0E2E testing
jsdom23.2.0MITDOM simulation

License Texts

MIT License

MIT License

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.

Apache License 2.0

Apache License
Version 2.0, January 2004
http://www.apache.org/licenses/

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.

ISC License

ISC License

Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any
purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR
ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.

Acknowledgements

We would like to express our sincere gratitude to all the open source projects and their contributors that made Lightning possible. The open source community's dedication to creating free and accessible software is truly inspiring.

Special Thanks:
  • Tauri - For the amazing cross-platform framework
  • Rust - For the safe and performant language
  • Vite - For the blazing fast build tool
  • All other open source contributors