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Chatbox vs Ollamac: catalog facts
Chatbox	Ollamac
Freemium The community edition is free and open source, and using it with your own API keys costs…	Free Free and open source, distributed only through the official GitHub repository.
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 macOS interface for Ollama models Free, with no commercial edition
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, and requires macOS 14 Sonoma or later Needs Ollama installed separately with a model already pulled
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 September 24, 2026

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