Purpose
Chatbox is positioned as a desktop AI assistant client (Your Ultimate AI Copilot on the Desktop), designed to let users connect to and invoke multiple large language models through a unified interface.
Main Capabilities
- Multi-model support: Configurable OpenAI (ChatGPT), Azure OpenAI, Claude, Google Gemini Pro, Ollama (supporting local models such as llama2, Mistral, Mixtral, codellama, vicuna, yi, solar, etc.), ChatGLM-6B, and more.
- Image generation: Integrates Dall-E-3 to generate images based on prompts.
- Enhanced prompts: Provides advanced prompt features to help refine and focus queries for better answers.
- Local data storage: Data stays on the user's device, emphasizing privacy and preventing data loss.
- Easy installation: Provides downloadable installers with no complex deployment required.
- Interface and experience: Ergonomic UI, supports dark theme, keyboard shortcuts, and streaming replies.
- Content formatting: Supports Markdown, LaTeX, and code highlighting; provides a prompt library and message quoting features.
- Team collaboration: Supports team collaboration and sharing OpenAI API resources.
- Multi-platform: Desktop (Windows, Mac, Linux), Web version, and native iOS and Android apps.
- Multilingual: Supports English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, French, German, Russian, and Spanish.
How to Use
- Download the installer for the corresponding platform from the releases page.
- Install and launch Chatbox.
- Configure the AI provider (such as OpenAI, Claude, etc.) in settings.
- Start chatting.
Suitable Scenarios
Suitable for users who need to centrally use multiple large language models on the desktop, value local data storage, and want a rich text output experience such as Markdown/LaTeX/code highlighting; it is also suitable for scenarios where teams share API resources.
Limitations and Notes
- This repository is the Community Edition, open source under GPLv3; the official version periodically syncs code with the professional edition repository.
- The development environment requires Node.js v20.x – v22.x, pnpm v10.x or higher, and Git.
- Specific fees, pricing, complete feature comparisons, and similar information are not yet provided.
