Lime

Lime 1.172.0

An open-source AI content workbench built for Chinese creators.

  • By Lime
  • Proprietary
  • Updated Oct 26, 2026
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About Lime

Lime is an open-source Electron desktop AI content workbench designed for Chinese creators, brand operators, research-oriented writers, and small teams. It covers AI writing, topic research, asset management, prompt accumulation, knowledge bases, and multi-model creative workflows.

You can think of it as an AI workspace better suited for long-term creation:
- It’s not just about single questions and answers; it’s about making continuous progress on a project.
- It’s not about finding references and rewriting prompts every time; it’s about accumulating references, styles, and methodologies.
- It’s not about results getting lost in chat history after generation; it’s about saving results so they can be reused next time.
- It’s not tied to a single AI service; it allows you to use the model capabilities you have already configured.
If you frequently switch between bookmarks, documents, chat tools, image tools, and model backends, Lime aims to consolidate these actions into a single creative space.

What you can do with Lime:

  • AI Writing and Content Creation: Write WeChat Official Account articles, Xiaohongshu notes, video scripts, podcast outlines, and livestream scripts.
  • Research and Knowledge Organization: Organize webpages, notes, screenshots, interviews, and historical materials to generate reports or briefs.
  • Topic Analysis and Content Review: Deconstruct viral cases, competitor content, publishing cadences, and expression styles.
  • Prompt Management and Style Reuse: Save common writing styles, brand tones, topic selection methods, and team templates.
  • Multimodal Creative Preparation: Generate image prompts, cover directions, presentation structures, or webpage drafts.
  • Multi-Model Workflow: Use your own configured AI providers and models to continuously edit, expand, compress, or cross-post within the same task.

What's new in 1.172.0

Lime v1.172.0
新功能
- 新增桌面权限引导,可检查授权状态、打开系统设置并重新检测;设置页支持再次打开引导,配套覆盖五种界面语言。
- Computer Use 支持按策略为原生应用和 WPS 保存持续授权,并在会话与回合间按目标重新校验。
修复
- 修复内置浏览器恢复时导航状态丢失、重复挂载覆盖当前页面及原生图片显示问题。
- 图片生成工具等待实际任务结果后再完成,取消与超时同步取消任务;实时消息和历史恢复共用媒体内容投影。
- 修复 MCP 工具展示与消息分组,保留服务来源和独立工具条目,减少重复协议内容。
- 完善 macOS 与 Windows 原生输入、光标呈现及用户介入处理。
优化与重构
- 收敛 Computer Use 原生宿主、Chrome 和 Office 的执行边界,移除旧 Chrome Bridge 服务与重复命令入口。
- Electron 发行包使用构建后的 JavaScript bundle 和显式原生资源,打包前校验运行依赖闭包。
测试与质量
- 补充浏览器导航恢复、桌面权限、媒体投影、持续授权及跨平台原生宿主回归。
- 清理过时聊天夹具、专用场景后端及对应逻辑;现役恢复、草稿和浏览器测试共用精简基础设施。
- 更新 Electron、CLI、Computer Use 和图片生成的验证夹具与打包资源守卫。
文档
- 同步桌面权限、浏览器恢复、媒体投影与发行输入的架构说明。
- 更新 Chrome 扩展说明、隐私政策和提交流程。
其他
- 应用、CLI 与 Rust workspace 版本统一为 1.172.0。
完整变更:v1.171.0 → v1.172.0

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Technical details

PublisherLime
Version1.172.0
Release date2026-10-26
LicenseProprietary
Installer typeexe
Architecturex64
Package IDLime.Lime

Links & install command

Install Lime from the command line with Windows Package Manager (winget):

winget install --id=Lime.Lime -e

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