Being free software, LimeWire has spawned forks, including LionShare, an experimental software development project at Penn State University, and Acquisition, a Mac OS X-based gnutella client with a proprietary interface.
Menjadi perangkat lunak bebas (free software), LimeWire telah melahirkan beberapa fork, termasuk LionShare, sebuah pengembangan proyek software eksperimental di Penn State University, dan akuisisi Mac OS X berbasis gnutella client dengan hak kepemilikan antarmuka.