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Chatbox vs Moose: catalog facts
Chatbox	Moose
Freemium The community edition is free and open source, and using it with your own API keys costs…	Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Linux
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 GTK and libadwaita interface Download models from within the 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	Requires Ollama Linux only
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: GPL-3.0-or-later
No account needed	No account needed
Needs internet	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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