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Chatbox vs macai: catalog facts
Chatbox	macai
Freemium The community edition is free and open source, and using it with your own API keys costs…	Free The app is free; hosted AI providers bill their own API usage.
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	One native app for many AI providers Works with local models through Ollama
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	macOS only Hosted providers need your own API keys
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License not stated
No account needed	Not stated if an account is 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 October 1, 2026

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