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Chatbox

Chatbox is an open-source AI app, launched in 2023, made for people who don't write code and developers.

A desktop, web and mobile client for chatting with cloud models and local ones through Ollama.

Main jobs: Chat and Q&A. It is open source and free to use. You can use it as a desktop app, in the browser, on phones and offline on your own machine.

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At a glance

Type
Product
Launched
2023
Galaxy
Assistants
Pricing
Open source, free
Open source
Yes · GPL-3.0
Source code
github.com/chatboxai/chatbox
GitHub stars
41,853
How you run it
Desktop · Web · Mobile · Runs offline
Made for
No-code users · Developers
Website
chatboxai.app
Also known as
Chatbox AI

What it can do

  • Chat and Q&Amain jobunconfirmed

    “Chatbox AI is a privacy-focused app to chat and work with GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, and more using your own API keys.”— chatboxai.app, 2026-09-24

  • Ask your documentssupportedunconfirmed

    “Just give your files to Chatbox—whether they are PDFs, Word documents, images, or code snippets, it can understand the content, summarize the key points, answer questions, and extract useful information”— chatboxai.app, 2026-09-24

  • Knowledge base (RAG)supportedunconfirmed

    “Store your documents in a local knowledge base, and Chatbox will remember and understand them.”— chatboxai.app, 2026-09-24

  • One API for many modelssupportedunconfirmed

    “Access leading AI models including GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, and more in one privacy-focused AI app with your own API keys.”— chatboxai.app, 2026-09-24

  • Run models locallysupportedunconfirmed

    “Ollama (enable access to local models like llama2, Mistral, Mixtral, codellama, vicuna, yi, and solar)”— github.com, 2026-09-24

  • Web search with answerssupportedunconfirmed

    “Real-Time Web Search. Chatbox searches the internet in real time to deliver the latest news, up-to-date data, and fact-checked information”— chatboxai.app, 2026-09-24

unconfirmedproposed by a machine, awaiting calibration

Alternatives

Connections

Integrates with
Ollama

Questions

What is Chatbox?

Chatbox is an open-source AI app, launched in 2023, made for people who don't write code and developers. A desktop, web and mobile client for chatting with cloud models and local ones through Ollama.

Is Chatbox free?

Yes. Chatbox is open source (GPL-3.0) and free to use.

Is Chatbox open source?

Yes, under the GPL-3.0 license. The source code is at https://github.com/chatboxai/chatbox.

Can Chatbox run locally?

Yes. Chatbox can run offline on your own machine.

What can Chatbox do?

Main jobs: Chat and Q&A. It can also do: Ask your documents, Knowledge base (RAG), One API for many models, Run models locally, Web search with answers.

What are open-source alternatives to Chatbox?

Open-source ones: Open WebUI, Langchain-Chatchat, Cherry Studio, Khoj, LibreChat, TextGen, Jan and Phi. Others: ChatGPT, Kimi, Poe and Claude.

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