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sonnylazuardi/chat-ai-desktop

Unofficial ChatGPT desktop app for Mac & Windows menubar using Tauri & Rust observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/sonnylazuardi/chat-ai-desktop · homepage · Rust · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

22/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 8
  • Longevity 97
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 1368
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 984
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1997 stars · 181 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

An unofficial open-source ChatGPT desktop app for Mac, Windows, and Linux that lives in the menubar, built with Tauri and Rust. It wraps the ChatGPT website or uses the OpenAI API with a chatbot UI, supporting both account login and API key modes.

Use cases

  • access chatgpt from the mac menubar
  • unofficial chatgpt desktop app for windows
  • chat with gpt-3 via openai api key on desktop
  • lightweight chatgpt wrapper app
  • quick ai chat assistant in the system tray

When to choose

  • you want a lightweight native menubar ChatGPT client instead of a browser tab
  • you prefer an open-source app you can build yourself
  • you want both web login and OpenAI API key modes

When to avoid

  • you need an officially supported ChatGPT client with guaranteed updates
  • you need features beyond chat such as plugins or file uploads
  • the project appears unmaintained and you need active support

Facets

application · maturity maintenance

chatbot chat-interface llm-inference gui large-language-models chatbots desktop-applications artificial-intelligence windows rust cross-platform chatgpt menubar-app openai unofficial-client tauri-app macos linux desktop tauri

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
sonnylazuardi/chat-ai-desktopmain22

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