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Freemium

The community edition is free and open source, and using it with your own API keys costs…

 Freemium

The client is free and open source; the optional hosted model access is pay-as-you-go.

Windows, macOS, Linux Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, Web, Self-hosted
  • 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 interface for many model providers
  • Apps for desktop and mobile as well as the web
  • 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
  • Needs a model provider or the paid hosted service to be useful
  • Does not run models locally by itself
Downloadable app Downloadable app, Web application, Self-hosted, Hosted service
Open source Open source
License: GPL-3.0 License: MIT
No account needed Not stated if an account is needed
Needs internet Needs internet

Checked September 21, 2026

Checked September 23, 2026

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