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Follamac vs Chatbox: catalog facts
Follamac	Chatbox
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Freemium The community edition is free and open source, and using it with your own API keys costs…
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
Graphical front end for Ollama models Builds for Linux, Mac and Windows	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
Requires a separate Ollama installation Early version number (0.1.3)	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
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: GPL-3.0
No account needed	No account needed
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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