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Chatbox vs BoltAI: catalog facts
Chatbox	BoltAI
Freemium The community edition is free and open source, and using it with your own API keys costs…	Paid Paid app with a free trial that needs no account.
Windows, macOS, Linux	macOS
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	Native Mac interface with system-wide shortcuts Many cloud providers and local Ollama models in one app
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	Mac only, requiring macOS 13 or later Cloud models need your own provider access
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License: GPL-3.0	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Needs internet	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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