Chatbox is a better UI and desktop app for ChatGPT, Claude, and other LLMs, available on Windows, Mac, Linux, and the web. Its open-source version has garnered 15.8K stars⭐ on GitHub.
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4.8
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Reviewers see Chatbox as a fast, stable, easy-to-use front end for working with multiple AI models and APIs, with particular praise for quick model switching, prompt and temperature controls, file uploads, local model support, and low resource use. Several say it fits daily work well, from research to simple API access, and they like the clean UI and straightforward setup. The main complaints are narrower: limited web browsing on mobile, incomplete support for some model providers and third-party file uploads, too few UI and configuration options, and some unfinished Chinese localization.
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ElevenAgents by ElevenLabsScale conversations without scaling your team
I've been using Chatbox for a while now, and I'm really loving it. I use it from my courses, to research, to everything because of its ability to quickly switch models like between OpenAI's, DeepSeek's or other that I might wish to use. The feature to provide system prompt and temperature is one of the most important reasons of me using this over other official clients.
What's great
system prompt customization (2)model switching (1)
Chat Box is really awesome. It runs stable, starts quickly and offers everything the AI lover needs. I would still like to be able to hide or deactivate the “Settings” menu item. This means you can make your chat box available to children without having to worry about them changing something.
I tried many and settled on this. Less resource usage and decent features. Uploading works thats enough for me. I used ollama lcoally and it works. Right now i use chatbox with Gemini api, works wonders for me. Great software.
Very good. It now has web browsing capabilities for the Desktop version. However, I wish there was web browsing also for mobile. Also, would be great if there were more options and customizations for the app UI itself.
What's great
web browsing capabilities (1)
What needs improvement
limited configuration options (3)limited mobile web browsing (1)
The best user experience with the OpenAI API.
This application is here to stay in my daily use. Congratulations to the developer and thanks for being Open-Source.