Tool
Chatbox
Open-source desktop client for ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and more.
About
Access leading AI models including GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, and more in one privacy-focused AI app with your own API keys. Use Work Mode for advanced agentic workflows. Start for free on desktop, mobile, and web. Access leading AI models including GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, and more in one privacy-focused AI app with your own API keys. Use Work Mode for advanced agentic workflows. Start for free on desktop, mobile, and web.
Explore files, search the web, and build your own local knowledge base in one place.
Just give your files to Chatbox—whether they are PDFs, Word documents, images, or code snippets, it can understand the content, summarize the key points, answer questions, and extract useful information—turning every file into something you can chat with.
Real-Time Web Search. Chatbox searches the internet in real time to deliver the latest news, up-to-date data, and fact-checked information—so every answer is timely, accurate, and trustworthy.
Features
- In the input box, click “Chat Mode” or “Work Mode”.
- Find “Knowledge Base”.
- Click “+ Create” on the right.
- On the Settings page, click “Add” or “Create your first knowledge base”.
- Choose “Create Knowledge Base” in the dialog and name your knowledge base.
- Click “Add Files” below the knowledge base you created.
- Pricing
- Open Source
- Pricing detail
- OSS desktop app
- Platforms
- Desktop
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