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Licenses

Open Source Licenses

Reference page

Local AI Cat depends on open source software. This page mirrors the current Swift package graph used by the app so attribution is easy to inspect without digging through the project file.

Swift package dependencies

Citadel

Upstream repository: https://github.com/orlandos-nl/Citadel

Jinja (swift-jinja)

Upstream repository: https://github.com/huggingface/swift-jinja.git

MenuBarExtraAccess

Upstream repository: https://github.com/orchetect/MenuBarExtraAccess

mlx-swift

Upstream repository: https://github.com/ml-explore/mlx-swift

mlx-swift-lm

Upstream repository: https://github.com/ml-explore/mlx-swift-lm

NetworkImage

Upstream repository: https://github.com/gonzalezreal/NetworkImage

SDWebImage

Upstream repository: https://github.com/SDWebImage/SDWebImage.git

SDWebImageSwiftUI

Upstream repository: https://github.com/SDWebImage/SDWebImageSwiftUI.git

Sparkle

Upstream repository: https://github.com/sparkle-project/Sparkle

swift-argument-parser

Upstream repository: https://github.com/apple/swift-argument-parser.git

swift-asn1

Upstream repository: https://github.com/apple/swift-asn1.git

swift-async-algorithms

Upstream repository: https://github.com/apple/swift-async-algorithms.git

swift-cmark

Upstream repository: https://github.com/swiftlang/swift-cmark

swift-collections

Upstream repository: https://github.com/apple/swift-collections.git

swift-crypto

Upstream repository: https://github.com/apple/swift-crypto.git

swift-markdown-ui

Upstream repository: https://github.com/gonzalezreal/swift-markdown-ui

swift-numerics

Upstream repository: https://github.com/apple/swift-numerics

SwiftTerm

Upstream repository: https://github.com/migueldeicaza/SwiftTerm

swift-transformers

Upstream repository: https://github.com/huggingface/swift-transformers.git

WhisperKit

Upstream repository: https://github.com/argmaxinc/WhisperKit

yyjson

Upstream repository: https://github.com/ibireme/yyjson.git

Vendored source

These projects are not consumed via Swift Package Manager — their source ships in-tree as part of the Local AI Cat binary, so we preserve their notices here.

RoyalVNCKit

Swift VNC client by Royal Apps, vendored in-tree and built as part of the app. MIT License — Copyright (c) 2025 Royal Apps.

Upstream: https://github.com/royalapplications/royalvnc

CryptoSwift

Marcin Krzyżanowski. Dependency of RoyalVNCKit.

Upstream: https://github.com/krzyzanowskim/CryptoSwift

zlib

Jean-loup Gailly & Mark Adler. zlib license. Dependency of RoyalVNCKit.

Upstream: https://github.com/madler/zlib

stb (Cstb)

Sean Barrett, packaged by Thomas Roughton. Public domain. Dependency of RoyalVNCKit.

Upstream: https://github.com/troughton/Cstb

D3DES

Richard Outerbridge. Public domain. Used by RoyalVNCKit for Apple Remote Desktop authentication.

Code contributions

Specific techniques and snippets adopted from other projects, with attribution to the original authors.

Closed-Display Mode (Clamshell Sleep Prevention)

Based on the technique by Phil Dennis-Jordan.

Reference: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/59594123

Window Management

Window snapping behaviour inspired by Rectangle — MIT License, Copyright (c) 2019 Ryan Hanson.

Reference: https://github.com/rxhanson/Rectangle

Terminal 3D

Our Terminal 3D mode was inspired by Ratty, a GPU-rendered terminal with inline 3D graphics by Orhun Parmaksız — MIT License. Their rat chases pixels in a terminal; our cat watches it happen from RealityKit. Thanks for the spark.

Reference: https://github.com/orhun/ratty

Notes

License texts, notices, and any additional attribution requirements remain with the upstream projects listed above. If the shipped package set changes in the app, this page should change with it.

Questions

For licensing or attribution questions, contact legal@localaicat.com.