# chatboxai/chatbox

Powerful AI Client

Repository: https://github.com/chatboxai/chatbox
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/chatbox
Homepage: https://chatboxai.app?utm_medium=github
Language: TypeScript
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: chatgpt, openai, copilot, gpt, chatbot, ollama, assistant, claude, deepseek, gemini, gpt-5, claude-code
Last push: 2026-08-14T14:13:27+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 95/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 96, longevity 91
- inputs: {"age_days": 1276, "days_push": 19, "days_rel": 24, "gap_med": 28, "n_releases_24m": 18}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 41574, forks 4212 (observed 2026-08-28T04:12:08.597504+00:00)

## What it is
Chatbox is a cross-platform desktop and mobile AI client for chatting with LLMs like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek, and local models via Ollama. It offers document/image chat, code generation with preview, web search, AI image generation, and LaTeX/Markdown rendering, with local-first data storage.

## Use cases
- chat with gpt or claude on my desktop
- use ollama local models with a nice gui
- chat with pdf documents using an llm
- ai coding assistant with code preview
- desktop chatgpt client for windows mac linux
- private local-first ai chat app
- generate images from text prompts with ai

## When to choose
- you want a polished multi-provider LLM chat client across desktop and mobile
- you prefer local-first storage and support for local models via Ollama
- you need document/image chat, code preview, and web search in one app

## When to avoid
- you need to embed chat into your own product rather than use a standalone app
- you need a headless API or server-side integration
- you require a permissive license (it is GPLv3)

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: chatbot, chat-interface, llm-inference, agent-framework
- domain: large-language-models, chatbots, artificial-intelligence, developer-tools, cross-platform
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: ai-client, chatgpt, claude, ollama, gemini, deepseek, local-first, desktop-app, electron, gplv3, macos, linux, android, ios, web, desktop, mobile

## Member repositories
- chatboxai/chatbox (main) score 95

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:08.597504+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 2026-08-29T16:23:02.148330+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/chatboxai/chatbox (fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:08.597504+00:00, sha 478812e1e663)
  - homepage: https://chatboxai.app?utm_medium=github (fetched 2026-08-29T07:46:51.390000+00:00, sha f8557bb68391)
  - site_page: https://chatboxai.app/install?download=android_apk (fetched 2026-08-29T07:46:51.395136+00:00, sha 6c01dd76af54)
  - site_page: https://chatboxai.app/en/install?download=win64 (fetched 2026-08-29T07:46:51.397434+00:00, sha ba2d1431a33d)
  - site_page: https://chatboxai.app/en/install?download=darwin-x86_64 (fetched 2026-08-29T07:46:51.400211+00:00, sha 8a11c209f408)
  - site_page: https://chatboxai.app/en/install?download=darwin-aarch64 (fetched 2026-08-29T07:46:51.402306+00:00, sha d7028b6c46bd)
  - site_page: https://chatboxai.app/en/install?download=linux (fetched 2026-08-29T07:46:51.404145+00:00, sha 11ef8b0ed2eb)
  - site_page: https://chatboxai.app/en/install?download=linux-arm64 (fetched 2026-08-29T07:46:51.405877+00:00, sha 045f8ffdb3af)
  - site_page: https://chatboxai.app/en/install?download=android_apk (fetched 2026-08-29T07:46:51.407657+00:00, sha 5988d826357a)
  - site_page: https://chatboxai.app/en (fetched 2026-08-29T07:46:51.392863+00:00, sha 71431863f0a1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.