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PyGPT vs Chatbox: catalog facts
PyGPT	Chatbox
Free Free and open source; cloud models are billed by their providers through your own API…	Freemium The community edition is free and open source, and using it with your own API keys costs…
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
One app for many cloud providers and local Ollama models Agents, MCP tools, plugins and file RAG built in	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
Large feature set can be overwhelming Cloud models need your own paid API keys	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 not stated	License: GPL-3.0
No account needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Needs internet
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 26, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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