# sonnylazuardi/chat-ai-desktop

Unofficial ChatGPT desktop app for Mac & Windows menubar using Tauri & Rust

Repository: https://github.com/sonnylazuardi/chat-ai-desktop
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/chat-ai-desktop
Homepage: https://twitter.com/sonnylazuardi/status/1624281443022286848
Language: Rust
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: ai, desktop, desktop-app, gpt-3, menu-bar, openai, macos, windows, nextjs, tauri, mac, chatgpt, chatgpt-desktop, chatgpt-desktop-app
Last push: 2023-12-23T19:38:01+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 22/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 97
- inputs: {"age_days": 1368, "days_push": 984, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1997, forks 181 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:03.566961+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: chatbot, chat-interface, llm-inference, gui
- domain: large-language-models, chatbots, desktop-applications, artificial-intelligence
- platform: windows, rust, cross-platform
- tags: chatgpt, menubar-app, openai, unofficial-client, tauri-app, macos, linux, desktop, tauri

## Member repositories
- sonnylazuardi/chat-ai-desktop (main) score 22

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:03.566961+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:02:17.167245+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/sonnylazuardi/chat-ai-desktop (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:03.566961+00:00, sha 888d43cefae0)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.