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Chatbox vs Kai 9000: catalog facts
Chatbox	Kai 9000
Freemium The community edition is free and open source, and using it with your own API keys costs…	Free Free and open source under Apache-2.0; cloud providers may charge for their own API keys.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, Web
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	Works with many AI providers and falls back between them automatically Offline Gemma 4 models on Android and desktop
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	Cloud providers need your own API keys Background autonomy and shell access need careful configuration
Downloadable app	Downloadable app, Web application
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: Apache-2.0
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Needs internet	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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