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DeepChat vs Chatbox: catalog facts
DeepChat	Chatbox
Free The developer's site does not mention any paid plan.	Freemium The community edition is free and open source, and using it with your own API keys costs…
macOS	Windows, macOS, Linux
Dedicated desktop app instead of a browser tab Built around DeepSeek models	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
Website content is mostly in Chinese Little public detail about features on the homepage	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
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Needs internet
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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