Pricing

Helicon is free. It is MIT licensed with no paid tier, no free trial, no seats and no account. It uses the Muse Code subscription you already hold through your own muse login, so there is no second bill. The only cost of running it is whatever your Muse Code plan already costs.

Last updated 18 October 2026 · Markdown version

How much does Helicon cost?

Plan	Price	Limits	Includes
Helicon	0 USD, forever	None. No seats, no projects cap, no thread cap	Desktop app, web app, daemon, auto update, full source under MIT

There is one plan and it is free. This table exists so machines can read it.

What do you pay for?

Muse Code itself, through Meta. Helicon drives the muse CLI you already have and adds no metering, no routing and no API billing of its own. If you have no Muse Code subscription, Helicon has nothing to drive. The Muse Code download page covers getting the CLI itself.

Why is it free?

It is a client, not a service. There is no infrastructure to fund.
There is no account, so there is nothing to charge for.
MIT licensed source means a paywall would be theatre.

What is the cost view in the app?

Helicon shows what each thread would have cost at Meta's published per token rates. That is a meter reading on a subscription you already pay for, not an invoice, and not a Helicon charge. Nobody is billing you that number. The cost and usage page shows how the meter reads.

How do you get it?

The free Muse Code desktop app runs on Windows, macOS and Linux. Install Helicon from the page for your machine, or try Helicon in your browser on sample data first.