ChatGPT Desktop

Although artificial intelligence is a controversial subject, there is much proof of the value it can bring to all humanity. ChatGPT is one example of a general-purpose chatbot based on a powerful AI engine that can engage in conversation and generate complex and well-thought text responses.

While some are still skeptical, most have been simply amazed by its potential and its learning capabilities. Thus, there is no wonder that the chatbot gathered over 1 million users in just one week just a couple of months after its launch at the end of 2022.

Accessing and using ChatGPT only requires a web browser and a valid account on the official website. However, if you prefer a dedicated desktop application, note that there are open-source initiatives to create wrappers of the ChatGPT web-based service. One of them is suggestively named ChatGPT Desktop.

This lightweight application is an unofficial desktop application for Windows, created using Tauri and Rust. The ChatGPT interface is preserved, so don’t think that there is something new to explore. In essence, this software utility is simply a desktop application that wraps the original ChatGPT service on the OpenAI website.

What might cross your mind is the safety of entering your login details in a third-party app. To this end, the developer states that there is no data transferred in the application, as shown by the source code, which is publicly available, even for building your own binary.

ChatGPT Desktop allows you to use ChatGPT as a desktop-based application. Other than that, there is no difference compared to using the chatbot in a web browser. Since it is open-source, you can use its code to create your own binary file and make sure your data is not disclosed, even if you enter your credentials, as required by the desktop app.