OpenChat for Linux is a lightweight desktop client for OpenAI Chat (ChatGPT) built for Linux users who want a dedicated app instead of living in a browser tab. It’s designed to stay responsive even in very long conversations by smart-loading chat history as you scroll and trimming the live DOM window so performance doesn’t degrade over time. In typical use, it remains extremely memory-efficient (often tens of MB, even with long chats open).
Hey Product Hunt! 👋 I’m Jamie from SnippetSupply.
OpenChat for Linux is a lightweight desktop client for ChatGPT built with Tauri (Rust).
The big reason I built it: long chats in a browser can get sluggish. OpenChat uses message windowing (keeps a small slice active and loads older messages as you scroll), so conversations stay smooth and low-memory even when they get huge.
✅ AppImage + .deb available
🖥️ Built for Linux desktop users
💬 Optimized for long sessions
Would love feedback—especially what features you’d want next (tray, shortcuts, theming, etc.). 🙏
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