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chatboxai/chatbox

Powerful AI Client observed · 2026-10-10

github.com/chatboxai/chatbox · homepage · TypeScript · GPL-3.0 (copyleft) observed · 2026-10-10

Health v2 · maintenance only

96/100

  • Activity 96
  • Release rhythm 96
  • Longevity 94
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 16.0
  • age_days: 1324
  • days_rel: 26
  • days_push: 26
  • n_releases_24m: 21

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

41982 stars · 4270 forks observed · 2026-10-10

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-09-28, confidence 0.97

Chatbox is a cross‑platform desktop and mobile client for interacting with LLMs such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and others. It provides a GUI for chat, file upload, web search and local knowledge‑base features.

Use cases

  • Chat with multiple AI models from a single desktop app
  • Ask questions about PDFs, Word documents or code snippets
  • Perform real‑time web searches within AI conversations
  • Create a personal knowledge base that the AI can reference
  • Generate images from text prompts directly in the app

When to choose

  • You need a native desktop experience on Windows, macOS or Linux
  • You want to work with several LLM providers without switching tools
  • You require local file analysis and a private knowledge base
  • You prefer an open‑source client with regular updates

When to avoid

  • You need a headless server‑side API or CLI only solution
  • You require deep custom model integration beyond the supported APIs
  • You are looking for a lightweight, no‑GUI library for embedding in other software

Facets

application · maturity active

gui chatbot llm-inference rag file-upload artificial-intelligence large-language-models chatbots developer-tools windows electron local-first multi-model agent-work knowledge-base web-search image-generation retrieval-augmented-generation macos linux android ios desktop mobile

10 sources

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
chatboxai/chatboxmain96

For agents

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