One app. Six reasons to want it.

Conduit is a free, open-source desktop client for every major AI model and the ones on your own machine. Here is what people actually use it for — and, on each page, what it doesn't do.

For heavy AI users

Pay per token, not per seat

Your own API keys for every provider, in one app. No subscription and no markup on top of what the provider charges.

Bring your own key For local-model users

Local models, with a real app around them

Ollama, LM Studio, or your own server — with documents, tools, and artifacts, and a cloud model one keystroke away when you want one.

Run models locally For developers

An MCP client that asks first

Local stdio and remote servers with OAuth, one-click install from the official registry, and consent graded by what each tool can do.

Use it as your MCP client For sensitive work

An AI assistant that doesn't phone home

No telemetry, no account, local storage. Pick a local model and switch on local-only mode, and it can run with no internet at all.

Keep it private For research and analysis

Ask your own files

PDF, Word, CSV, Markdown, and text, parsed on your machine — with every answer pointing at the exact passage it used.

Chat with your documents For AI and MCP product companies

Put it under your own brand

Your name, logo, and colours on a stock install today. Branded installers built from source for early design partners.

White-label Conduit

Quick pick

If this sounds like you…

If you…	Start here
pay for two or three AI subscriptions and use each for a different model	Bring your own key — then check the break-even calculator
already run Ollama or LM Studio and want more than a bare chat box	Local models
want MCP servers with a model other than one vendor's, or on Windows	MCP client
can't put client or patient material into a cloud chat account	Private AI
need answers from a pile of PDFs, contracts, or spreadsheets — with sources	Chat with your documents
sell an MCP server or AI product and demo it inside someone else's app	White-label

Choosing a starting point

Do I have to pick one use case?

No. They are the same app. Most people start with one — usually their own API keys or a local model — and pick up the rest as they need it. A chat can use a cloud model, a local document collection, and an MCP server at the same time.

Is any of this a paid tier?

No. Every use case on this page is the same free, open-source (AGPL-3.0) app. You pay your model provider directly, or nothing at all with a local model. The one thing that is not generally available is packaged white-label installers, which are early access for design partners — see the white-label page.

Can a team use Conduit?

Each person installs it and uses their own keys or a shared local server. There is no Conduit account, no admin console, and no sync between machines — conversations stay on the machine they happened on. If your team needs one shared, synced workspace, a hosted product is the better fit today.

Try it on your own machine

Free and open source. No account. Bring a key, or point it at a model you already run.

Download Conduit See every feature

A release candidate: installers aren't OS code-signed yet, so expect a SmartScreen or Gatekeeper prompt on first launch.