nwn900/chatgptdesktopapp

ChatGPT Desktop is a native Windows application that wraps the ChatGPT website in its own window instead of a browser tab. It is built with Tauri 2, a framework that lets developers package a web page as a small native app using Rust and the operating system's built in browser engine. On Windows that engine is WebView2, which is already installed on Windows 10 and later. The app opens ChatGPT in a dedicated window with a system tray icon. Left clicking the tray icon shows or focuses the window, and right clicking opens a menu with options to open the app, log in, toggle launch at startup, and close it completely. Closing the window normally just hides it to the tray rather than quitting, so ChatGPT stays ready in the background. A separate close option in the tray menu quits the app for good. The app also prevents more than one copy from running at the same time. Logging in happens inside the native window itself. Google, Apple, and Microsoft single sign on all work without being redirected out to an external browser, which keeps the whole session inside the app. The README states there is no telemetry, tracking, or analytics built in. Pre-built installers are available on the project's Releases page as both a Windows installer and a portable executable. Building from source requires Rust, Node.js version 18 or later, and WebView2, and is done by cloning the repository and running the Tauri build command from the src-tauri folder. The project is released under the ISC license.