AIaW

AI as Workspace

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 SSE connection methods
• Install MCP-type plugins from the plugin marketplace or manually add MCP servers

Web Search

• 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

Related Projects

• 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