Chat & Assistants
General-purpose assistants, private chat apps and local model front-ends.
ChatGPT
chatgpt.com
OpenAI's assistant for chat, files, images and agents
Claude
claude.ai
Anthropic's assistant for writing, analysis, coding and long documents
Gemini
gemini.google.com
Google's assistant, connected to Search, Gmail and Docs
Microsoft Copilot
copilot.microsoft.com
Microsoft's everyday assistant across Windows and Edge
Meta AI
meta.ai
Assistant built into WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger
Grok
grok.com
xAI's assistant with live access to posts on X
Le Chat
chat.mistral.ai
Mistral's fast European assistant with web search
DeepSeek
chat.deepseek.com
Open-weight reasoning models with a free chat app
Qwen Chat
chat.qwen.ai
Alibaba's assistant for chat, images and code
Kimi
kimi.com
Moonshot AI's long-context assistant and agent
Z.ai ChatNew
chat.z.ai
Chat with Zhipu's open GLM models for free
LumoNew
lumo.proton.me
Proton's privacy-first assistant with no-logs chats
Venice
venice.ai
Private chat and image generation with open models
Duck.ai
duck.ai
Private, anonymous access to several chat models
Poe
poe.com
One subscription for many models and community bots
TypingMind
typingmind.com
Polished chat interface for your own API keys
Msty
msty.app
Desktop app for local and cloud models side by side
Jan
jan.ai
Open-source ChatGPT alternative that runs offline
Open WebUI
openwebui.com
Self-hosted chat interface for local and API models
LibreChat
librechat.ai
Open-source multi-model chat you host yourself
HuggingChat
huggingface.co
Chat with the best open-source models
Pi
pi.ai
Friendly conversational companion from Inflection
Character.AI
character.ai
Chat and roleplay with community-made characters
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Questions
What are the best chat & assistants AI tools?
Popular choices include ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, Meta AI. The full list has 23 tools.
Are there free chat & assistants AI tools?
Yes. 22 of the 23 tools in this category are free, freemium or open source.