Chat with AI models like ChatGPT without paying for separate subscriptions.
Ask vision-capable AI models questions about images you upload.
Keep a searchable history of conversations with different AI models in one app.
Trigger a quick mini-chat window from anywhere using a keyboard shortcut.
| akon47/nvchat | allquixotic/conanpatcher | animgraphlabgames/godot-bounds-snapper | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stars | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Language | C# | C# | C# |
| Last pushed | — | 2022-12-08 | — |
| Maintenance | — | Dormant | — |
| Setup difficulty | easy | moderate | moderate |
| Complexity | 2/5 | 3/5 | 2/5 |
| Audience | general | ops devops | developer |
Figures from each repo's GitHub metadata at analysis time.
Requires a free NVIDIA build.nvidia.com account to generate an API key, which must be pasted into the app's settings.
NvChat is a Windows desktop application for chatting with the free language models available on NVIDIA's build.nvidia.com platform. It ships as a single executable file, meaning you download one file and run it without needing to install anything extra. The app is written in C# using .NET 8 and WPF, and it is designed for Windows 64-bit systems. The app lets you pick from over a hundred models hosted by NVIDIA. You can chat with these models in real time, with text appearing as it is generated, similar to how ChatGPT and Claude work. Markdown formatting, including headings, tables, code blocks with syntax highlighting, and task lists, renders live as the response streams in. You can attach images to ask vision-capable models questions about pictures. Some models, like deepseek-r1, emit reasoning steps, and NvChat displays those in a collapsible section. Conversations are saved automatically, and you can search, rename, pin, or group them by date. Beyond basic chat, NvChat includes several quality-of-life features. You can set custom instructions that apply to every conversation, create reusable prompt presets, and adjust per-conversation settings like temperature, top P, max tokens, and penalties. A global keyboard shortcut (default Ctrl+Shift+Space) opens a quick-chat mini window from anywhere on your system. The app tracks token usage per model within each conversation, even if you switch models mid-chat. You can export conversations as Markdown, regenerate responses, edit and resend messages, and copy individual messages. To get started, you sign in to build.nvidia.com, generate an API key, and paste it into the app's Settings window. Your key is stored locally on your PC, encrypted using Windows DPAPI, so it cannot be decrypted on another machine or user account. The app also includes an auto-update feature that checks GitHub for new releases, downloads the new executable, verifies it with a SHA-256 checksum, and replaces itself in place. NvChat is MIT licensed and free to use, modify, and distribute. The README notes that NVIDIA's free tier has rate limits, so you may need to wait and retry if you hit them.
NvChat is a free Windows desktop app that lets you chat with over 100 AI models hosted on NVIDIA's platform, using just an API key. It works as a single download with no installation required.
Mainly C#. The stack also includes C#, .NET 8, WPF.
Use, modify, and distribute this software freely for any purpose, including commercial use, as long as you keep the copyright notice.
Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 5min to a first successful run.
Mainly general.
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