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5ire vs Chatbox: catalog facts
5ire	Chatbox
Free Free and open source; you pay your chosen AI provider for API usage.	Freemium The community edition is free and open source, and using it with your own API keys costs…
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
Works with multiple AI providers MCP client for connecting external tools	Works with OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Azure and local Ollama models from one window Conversations are stored locally rather than on someone else's server
Needs API keys from the providers you use Setting up MCP servers takes some technical knowledge	You need your own API keys, and those cost money per use It is a client, so it cannot run a model itself without Ollama or similar
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Needs internet
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 26, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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