The New LimeWire.Create. Collaborate. Share.
LimeWire is back to once again reshape the way people create, edit and share files globally.
About LimeWire
LimeWire is back! The iconic platform that helped millions of users in the 2000s to discover their favourite music and share files globally, has made a comeback. The new LimeWire once again reshapes the way people can store, create and collaborate on content, with the power of AI. Relaunched in 2022, LimeWire’s file-sharing platform is used by millions of individuals and businesses to securely upload, create and transfer files of any size, across every device. Read the full history of LimeWire, from 2000 to today.
The LimeWire Token, LMWR, is the utility token at the heart of the LimeWire ecosystem. Within the LimeWire file-sharing platform LMWR serves as a method of payment as well as as a rewards currency for our most loyal and active users. To learn more about the LimeWire token, click here.
What LimeWire does today
File sharing
Upload a file of any size and share it as a link. Sharing needs no account, the link works on any device, and the person receiving it does not have to install anything or sign up to download. Links can be revoked when you no longer want the file reachable.
AI Studio
Generate images and short videos from a description, with a choice of model — Google Gemini 2.5, Stable Diffusion Core, Ultra and XL. Every account gets 60 free AI credits a week, the same allowance on every plan, and credits are only spent on a generation that succeeds.
File tools
Convert, compress, merge and edit files in the browser: PDF to Word, image to 3D model, background removal, audio and video conversion. Nothing to install and no account needed to try one. Files run through the same storage as the rest of the platform, so a result can be shared as a link straight away.
Open research
A public library of papers and datasets on file transfer, storage and applied AI, kept open for anyone to read and cite.
MCP server for AI agents
An endpoint that lets an AI assistant store, fetch and share files on your behalf, using the Model Context Protocol.
Frequently asked questions
Does LimeWire still exist?
Yes. The brand was relaunched in 2022 and runs today as a file-sharing and AI platform at limewire.com. It is a different company and a different product from the one that was shut down in 2010 — the name carried over, the software did not.
What does LimeWire do now?
Five things from one account: share files of any size by link, generate images and video in AI Studio, convert and edit files with the browser tools, read the open research library, and connect an AI assistant through the MCP server. The LMWR token sits across the platform as a method of payment and a rewards currency.
What is LimeWire used for?
Most often for sending a file that is too large for email — a video, a design file, a folder of photos — by uploading it once and sharing the link. The second common use is making or converting something: an image into a 3D model, a PDF into a Word document, a description into a picture. Both work from the same account, and both start in the browser with no software to install.
Does LimeWire still work the way the old app did?
No. The original LimeWire was a desktop program that connected computers directly over the Gnutella peer-to-peer network, and it was shut down by court order in 2010. Today LimeWire runs in the browser, files are uploaded to the platform and shared by link, and no part of the service uses peer-to-peer file sharing or searches anyone else’s computer.
Do I have to download anything to use LimeWire?
No. Everything runs in the browser on desktop and mobile, so there is no installer and no desktop client. Any site offering a LimeWire download is not us.
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