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15,339PythonAudience · generalComplexity · 3/5Setup · moderate

TLDR

Chuanhu Chat is a Gradio web GUI for talking to ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and many local LLMs, with agents, file Q&A, and web search built in.

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    Inputs
      API keys
      Uploaded files
      User prompts
    Outputs
      Chat replies
      Search-grounded answers
      Saved chat history
    Use Cases
      Self-hosted ChatGPT UI
      Document QA
      Agent workflows
      Multi-model comparison
    Tech Stack
      Python
      Gradio
      OpenAI
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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Self-host a private ChatGPT-style web UI for your team or family using your own API keys

USE CASE 2

Compare answers from GPT-4, Claude, and Gemini side by side from a single browser tab

USE CASE 3

Run a local knowledge-base chat over your uploaded PDFs and Markdown files

USE CASE 4

Load-balance multiple OpenAI API keys behind one chat front end

What is it built with?

PythonGradioOpenAI

How does it compare?

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Stars15,33915,32815,363
LanguagePythonPythonPython
Setup difficultymoderateeasymoderate
Complexity3/51/53/5
Audiencegeneraldesignerdeveloper

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How do you get it running?

Difficulty · moderate Time to first run · 30min

Needs Python plus at least one API key, and local-model mode requires extra GPU dependencies.

In plain English

ChuanhuChatGPT (also called Chuanhu Chat) is a Python-based graphical user interface that lets you interact with ChatGPT and many other AI language models through a web browser. Rather than using the raw API directly, you get a polished chat window with a long list of extra features built in. The tool supports a wide range of AI models accessed via API, including ChatGPT (GPT-4 and GPT-5 variants), Claude, Google Gemini Pro, Azure OpenAI, DALL-E 3, and others. It also supports locally-deployed models such as ChatGLM, LLaMA, StableLM, MOSS, and DeepSeek, meaning you can run an AI on your own computer without sending data to the cloud. The interface is built on Gradio, a library for creating browser-based UI panels in Python. Beyond basic chat, the tool offers several additional capabilities described in the repository: an "agent" mode that can automatically break down and solve complex problems step by step, web search integration to give the AI access to current information, a "knowledge base" mode where the AI answers questions based on files you upload, and the ability to fine-tune GPT-3.5 to customize its behavior. Chat history is saved automatically and can be searched. The interface supports light and dark modes, renders LaTeX math and code with syntax highlighting, and can be installed as a PWA (a type of app that runs in the browser but feels like a native app) on Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android. You can also run multiple API keys in a load-balanced setup and configure a custom proxy.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
Install ChuanhuChatGPT in a fresh Python venv and connect it to my OpenAI and Anthropic keys
Prompt 2
Configure Chuanhu Chat to use a local ChatGLM model instead of the OpenAI API
Prompt 3
Set up the knowledge base mode in Chuanhu so it answers questions from a folder of PDFs
Prompt 4
Deploy Chuanhu Chat behind an HTTPS reverse proxy with basic auth for my team
Prompt 5
Add a new model provider to Chuanhu Chat by extending its Python model wrapper

Frequently asked questions

What is chuanhuchatgpt?

Chuanhu Chat is a Gradio web GUI for talking to ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and many local LLMs, with agents, file Q&A, and web search built in.

What language is chuanhuchatgpt written in?

Mainly Python. The stack also includes Python, Gradio, OpenAI.

How hard is chuanhuchatgpt to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated moderate, with roughly 30min to a first successful run.

Who is chuanhuchatgpt for?

Mainly general.

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