Software · AI chatbots & assistants

lfy

Name: lfy
Author: yuh

Translation software designed for reading scientific research literature, supporting mainstream online engines and Ollama for local LLM workflows.

Completely free
Linux
Open source

Overview

lfy is a translation program, available on Linux.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information

“Translation software designed for reading scientific research literature, supporting mainstream online engines and Ollama for local LLM workflows.” — Flathub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

lfy is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

Its licence (GPL-3.0+) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

Open source code
Commercial use allowed

About

A translation tool built for reading scientific research papers. It supports multiple mainstream engines (e.g., Google, Baidu, Bing, Tencent, ...) and also integrates Ollama for optional local LLM workflows, enabling offline or privacy‑focused translation and summarization.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) — 9 November 2026
Last technical check: 8 November 2026
Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

How listings are built →

Do you develop lfy?

Correct this listing with the report form, or cite it with this optional badge (it shows the verified free status and changes nothing in the ranking):

<a href="https://licitpro.fr/en/resource/lfy"><img src="https://licitpro.fr/badge/lfy.svg?l=en" alt="Listed on LicitPro" height="20"></a>

Developers and publishers →

In the same category

Kimi

AI tool

An AI assistant that reasons and interprets, and thinks in depth.

Limited free planWinWeb

ChatGPT

AI tool

Bring ChatGPT to your desktop with ChatGPT Work and Codex, plus context from your email, screenshots, files, and anything on your screen.

Limited free planWinMacAndroidiOSWeb

Jan

Software · Open source

Jan is an AI chat assistant, available on Windows, macOS and Linux: local model execution, open-weight models (Llama, Mistral…), choice of several models and providers.

Completely freeWinMacLinux