Lobe Chat - AI Chat Interfaces Tool

Overview

Lobe Chat is an open-source, modern-design AI chat framework for building private, customizable chat applications. It supports one-click free deployment across multiple AI providers, multi-modal interactions, branching conversations, knowledge base uploads, and extensible plugins with function calling.

Key Features

• Open-source modern chat framework for private, customizable chatbot applications.
• One-click free deployment for private ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Ollama, DeepSeek, and Qwen chat apps.
• Multi-AI provider integration with backend selection and switching.
• Chain-of-thought reasoning and branching conversation flows.
• Knowledge base management with file uploads for contextual retrieval.
• Multi-modal interactions including TTS/STT voice and text-to-image generation.
• Extensible plugin system with function calling support.
• Designed for building private, secure, branded chat interfaces.

Ideal Use Cases

• Deploy private assistants across multiple AI providers.
• Build voice-enabled customer support with TTS/STT and images.
• Create internal knowledge-base chat tools with file uploads.
• Prototype branching conversational workflows and decision trees.
• Extend functionality via plugins and function-calling integrations.

Getting Started

• Clone the repository from https://github.com/lobehub/lobe-chat
• Install project dependencies per the README.
• Configure AI provider credentials and select backends.
• Upload knowledge files or connect external knowledge stores.
• Enable TTS/STT, text-to-image, and plugin features as needed.
• Run the app locally or deploy to your infrastructure.

Pricing

Pricing not disclosed in the repository. The project is open-source; use of paid AI models or hosted services may incur separate costs.

Key Information

• Category: Chat Interfaces
• Type: AI Chat Interfaces Tool