NitroRCr/AIaW

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alternative to ChatGPT

AI as Workspace - An elegant AI chat client. Full-featured, lightweight. Support multiple workspaces, plugin system, cross-platform, local first + real-time cloud sync, Artifacts, MCP | 更好的 AI 客户端

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AI as Workspace

[!WARNING]

This project is deprecated and has been succeeded by Nya AI, a complete rewrite with a new tech stack. The new project provides most of the features and consistent experience of this project, along with many new features and optimizations.

For existing users, please refer to Migrating to Nya AI.

An elegant AI client

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Features Overview

Consistent Experience Across All Platforms

  • Supported platforms: Windows, Linux, Mac OS, Android, Web (PWA)
  • Multiple AI providers: OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, DeepSeek, xAI, Azure, etc.

Conversation Interface

  • User input preview
  • Modifications and regenerations presented as branches
  • Customizable keyboard shortcuts
  • Quick scrolling to the beginning/end of a message

Multiple Workspaces

  • Create multiple workspaces to separate conversations by themes
  • Group workspaces into folders; supports nesting
  • Create multiple assistants within a workspace or global assistants

Data Storage

  • Data is stored locally first, accessible offline and loads instantly
  • Cloud synchronization available after login for cross-device syncing
  • Multi-window collaboration: open multiple tabs in the same browser with responsive data synchronization

Design Details

  • Support for text files (code, csv, etc.) as attachments; AI can see file contents and names without occupying display space
  • For large text blocks, use Ctrl + V outside the input box to paste as an attachment; prevents large content from cluttering the display
  • Quote content from previous messages to user inputs for targeted follow-up questions
  • Select multiple lines of message text to copy the original Markdown
  • Automatically wrap code pasted from VSCode in code blocks with language specification

MCP Protocol

  • Support for MCP Tools, Prompts, Resources
  • STDIO and HTTP connection methods
  • Install MCP-type plugins from the plugin marketplace or manually add MCP servers
  • Web search based on SearXNG, ready to use out of the box.
  • Also provides the functionality to crawl web content via URL.
  • Supports concurrent search and concurrent crawling.

Artifacts

  • Convert any part of assistant responses into Artifacts
  • User-editable with version control and code highlighting
  • Control assistant read/write permissions for Artifacts
  • Open multiple Artifacts simultaneously

Plugin System

  • Built-in calculator, document parsing, video parsing, image generation plugins
  • Install additional plugins from the marketplace
  • Configure Gradio applications as plugins; compatible with some LobeChat plugins
  • Plugins are more than just tool calling

Lightweight and High Performance

  • Quick startup with no waiting
  • Smooth conversation switching

Dynamic Prompts

  • Create prompt variables using template syntax for dynamic, reusable prompts
  • Extract repetitive parts into workspace variables for prompt reusability

Additional Features

Assistant marketplace, dark mode, customizable theme colors, and more

LightHouse

Desktop Mobile
  • New API: AI model interface management and distribution system, supporting various large models with OpenAI-compatible format

Install the dependencies

pnpm i

Start the app in development mode (hot-code reloading, error reporting, etc.)

quasar dev

Lint the files

pnpm lint

Build the app for production

# SPA
quasar build

# PWA
quasar build -m pwa