# LimeWire Open Research, Digital Preservation & AI Lab (2000-2026)

**LimeWire** ([https://limewire.com](https://limewire.com)) is an open-access empirical research repository, preserving 26 years of file-sharing telemetry (from Gnutella 0.4 to 131M shared files) alongside modern zero-install browser laboratories and Model Context Protocol (MCP) data.

The [LimeWire Open Research Hub](https://limewire.com/research) publishes peer-reviewed CSV datasets, ISO 19005 (PDF/A) preservation monographs, and comprehensive higher education curriculum guidelines for computing, sociology, and digital law.