Chatbox

Desktop apps for local LLMs

About Chatbox

A desktop and mobile chat client that can talk to a local Ollama server as well as hosted model APIs.

Details

  • Runs on macOS

    Yes

  • Runs on Windows

    Yes

  • Runs on Linux

    Yes

Not enough info yet on open source, works offline after setup, local API server. Check the tool's own site.

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