OpenConduit

The AI Chat Interface You've Been Waiting For

Connect OpenAI, Anthropic, and local models. Supercharge with MCP tool servers. One app, every platform.

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OpenConduit desktop chat interface screenshot

Features

Everything you need in one desktop AI workspace

Provider & MCP Marketplace

One-click setup for 15+ AI providers and 20+ MCP servers. Same look, same flow — no JSON editing required.

Multi-model Comparison

Run the same prompt against 2–4 models side-by-side simultaneously. See responses, latency, and token counts at a glance.

File & Image Attachments

Attach images (vision), PDFs, and text files to any message. Vision content is passed natively to OpenAI, Anthropic, and Gemini.

MCP Tool Servers

Extend the AI with Model Context Protocol servers over HTTP-SSE or stdio. One-click install from the built-in marketplace.

Markdown + Code

Full markdown rendering with syntax-highlighted code blocks via highlight.js.

Conversation History

Persistent conversation storage. All your chats, always available, stored locally.

Privacy First

API keys stored encrypted on-device. No telemetry, no data collection by default.

Cross-Platform

Native builds for macOS (Apple Silicon), Windows, and Linux (deb/rpm).

Open Source

AGPL-3.0 open source. Fully auditable, forkable, and self-hostable. Commercial licenses available.

Providers

Bring your model stack with you

Four built-in providers to get started. Add Ollama, DeepSeek, Groq, OpenRouter, and more from the in-app provider marketplace.

AI

OpenAI

Best-in-class general reasoning, coding, and multimodal model support.

Supported models

GPT-5.1, GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, GPT-4o, o3, o4-mini

AN

Anthropic

Excellent long-context and instruction-following workflows for deep technical tasks.

Supported models

Claude Opus 4.7, Claude Sonnet 4.6, Claude 3.7 Sonnet, Claude 3.5 Haiku

GG

Google Gemini

Google’s frontier models with a generous free tier and top-tier multimodal capabilities.

Supported models

Gemini 2.5 Pro, Gemini 2.0 Flash, Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite

LM

LM Studio

Run local/offline models with full control over privacy and hardware usage.

Supported models

Llama 3.3, Qwen 2.5, DeepSeek R1, Mistral, Phi-4, Gemma 2 — and more

MCP Tools

Extend the AI's capabilities beyond conversation

OpenConduit supports Model Context Protocol (MCP), so your assistant can call tools and interact with real systems. Install servers in one click from the built-in marketplace — no JSON editing required.

Learn more at modelcontextprotocol.io

Filesystem Access

Read, write, and refactor project files directly from AI prompts.

Web Search

Ground model answers with live results and source-backed context.

Custom APIs

Connect internal services and domain-specific endpoints in minutes.

Latest: v1.2.1

Ready to get started?

Download OpenConduit for your platform and connect your first AI model in minutes.

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