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Command blocks
Each command and its output is an isolated, navigable block. Jump between them, copy, re-run, or clear — no more scrolling through a wall of text.
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Open-source · Local-first · No telemetry
Your terminal,
Your terminal,
brought to light.
Lume is a fast, lightweight terminal with command blocks, inline AI, split panes and remote control — a modern, open-source alternative to Warp. A few-MB native binary. No account, no telemetry.
Everything a terminal should be.
Powerful where it counts, invisible where it shouldn't get in the way.
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Inline AI
Explain a block or turn plain English into a command, right in the terminal. Bring your own Claude, Codex, OpenAI or DeepSeek — keys stay local.
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Panes & tabs
Split horizontally or vertically, tab, and arrange with layout presets. Your sessions — panes, cwd, titles — persist across restarts.
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Remote control
Drive a terminal from your phone by scanning a QR code — on the same Wi-Fi or across networks. Multi-tab, live completion, reconnect.
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Themes, fonts & 14 languages
9 built-in themes, custom font import, Nerd Font support, remappable keybindings, text zoom — and a fully translated UI in 14 languages.
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Local & self-updating
A few-MB native binary. Everything runs on your machine — no account, no telemetry — with signature-verified auto-updates on every OS.
Lume vs Warp
Same block-based workflow — without the account, the cloud, or the lock-in.
Lume
Warp
Open-source (MIT)
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Works without an account
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Fully local · no telemetry
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Bring your own AI key
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partial
Command blocks
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Remote control from your phone
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Free, no paid tier for the core
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freemium
Based on publicly available information (2026). Lume is an independent project, not affiliated with Warp.
See it in action.
Real screenshots — not mockups.
Command blocks
Navigate your session, not a scrollback.
Every prompt becomes a block with its command, output, duration and exit code. Click to jump, copy the output in one tap, re-run instantly.
Inline AI
An assistant that lives in your prompt.
Ask what a block did, or describe what you want and get the command — inserted, never auto-run. Works with your own AI provider and stays fully local.
Panes & themes
Lay it out the way you think.
Split panes, tabs and layout presets, with themes and fonts to match. Beautiful on X11 and Wayland, macOS and Windows.
Remote control
Your terminal, in your pocket.
Scan a QR code and drive a pane from your phone — a Termux-style key row, live directory completion, swipe-to-move-cursor and instant reconnect.
Settings
Configurable to the last detail.
Appearance, shell, AI providers, the file-tree commands, shortcuts, language — all in one clean panel. Export and import your whole config as JSON.
Questions, answered.
Is Lume free and open-source?+
Yes — Lume is MIT-licensed and free forever. No paid tiers, no core features locked behind a subscription.
Does Lume send my data anywhere?+
No. Everything runs on your machine — no account, no telemetry, no cloud. AI is off until you configure it, and your API keys stay local (they're even excluded from config export).
Which AI providers can I use?+
Claude and Codex through their CLIs, or OpenAI, DeepSeek and any OpenAI-compatible API with your own key. You pick the provider and model in Settings — it's opt-in.
How does remote control work?+
Lume runs a small local web server; scan a QR code to drive a pane from your phone on the same network. For access across networks it can open an optional cloudflared tunnel — you start and stop it, and can close the session from either side.
Why are the macOS & Windows builds unsigned?+
Code-signing certificates cost money, so the first releases ship unsigned — a one-time prompt to bypass (right-click → Open on macOS, “More info → Run anyway” on Windows). It's open-source, so you can inspect the code or build it yourself.
What is Lume built with?+
Rust + Tauri 2 + SolidJS + xterm.js — a native, few-megabyte binary. Not Electron.
Get Lume.
Free and open-source. Pick your platform.
macOS
Universal — Intel & Apple Silicon
Download .dmgUnsigned for now: on first launch, right-click → Open.
Windows
Windows 10 & 11 (x64)
Download .exeSmartScreen may warn: More info → Run anyway.
Linux
AppImage · .deb · .rpm · AUR
All downloadsPrefer a package manager? yay -S lume-bin on Arch. Every release auto-updates in-app.