📌Overview

Purpose: Provide a unified, efficient, and customizable AI client that enhances user productivity across multiple platforms and AI providers.

Overview:
AI as Workspace (AIaW) is a cross-platform AI client designed to deliver a consistent, high-performance user experience for interacting with various large language model providers. It features local-first data storage with optional cloud sync, flexible conversation management, a robust plugin ecosystem, and support for advanced workflows—making it suitable for both casual and power users on desktop, mobile, and web environments.

Key Features:

• Unified Multi-Platform Support:
  Delivers a seamless experience across Windows, Linux, Mac OS, Android, and web platforms, with support for multiple leading AI providers.

• Advanced Conversation Management:
  Supports multiple workspaces, assistants, and threaded conversations to organize interactions, with powerful editing, branching, and navigation tools.

• Local & Cloud Data Handling:
  Stores data locally for instant offline access and enables secure cloud synchronization across devices.

• Rich File & Content Integration:
  Allows attaching and parsing text files (code, CSV, etc.), quoting messages, and enhanced clipboard functions for better data handling.

• Extensible Plugin & MCP Protocol Support:
  Integrates a marketplace for installing plugins (including calculators, file parsers, and more), with MCP protocol compatibility for customizable workflows.

• Web Search & Crawling:
  Built-in web search via SearXNG and direct website crawling, supporting concurrent data gathering for comprehensive insights.

• Artifact Management:
  Converts assistant responses to user-editable artifacts with version control and permissions, supporting advanced documentation and workflow needs.

• Dynamic Prompts & Templates:
  Enables dynamic, reusable prompts with template syntax and workspace-level variable management for efficiency.

• Performance & Usability Enhancements:
  Fast startup, smooth workspace switching, multi-window collaboration, and customizable UI options including dark mode.

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AI as Workspace

A better AI client

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Features

Consistent Cross-Platform Experience

• Supported on Windows, Linux, Mac OS, Android, and Web (PWA)
• Works with multiple AI providers: OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, DeepSeek, xAI, Azure, and more

Enhanced Conversation Interface

• User input preview
• Modifications and regenerations shown as branches
• Customizable keyboard shortcuts
• Quick scrolling to the beginning/end of messages

Multiple Workspaces

• Organize conversations by themes using multiple workspaces
• Use folders for groupings, with nesting support
• Create multiple assistants in a workspace or globally

Data Storage and Sync

• Local-first data storage for instant offline access
• Cloud sync across devices after login
• Multi-window and multitab collaboration with responsive sync

Advanced Usability Features

• Attach text files (code, CSV, etc.) for AI processing, with file contents and names visible to the AI
• Large text blocks can be pasted as attachments outside the input box to reduce display clutter
• Quote previous messages in new inputs for targeted follow-ups
• Select and copy message text in original Markdown format
• Pasted code from VSCode is auto-wrapped in code blocks with language detection

MCP Protocol Integration

• Supports MCP Tools, Prompts, Resources
• STDIO and SSE connection methods
• Install plugins from a marketplace or add MCP servers manually

Web Search

• Integrated SearXNG-based web search
• Crawl web content via URLs
• Concurrent search and crawling support

Artifacts

• Convert assistant responses into editable, version-controlled Artifacts with code highlighting
• Manage assistant access permissions to Artifacts
• Open multiple Artifacts at once

Plugin System

• Built-in plugins: calculator, document parsing, video parsing, image generation
• Extend functionality by installing more plugins from the marketplace or adding Gradio applications
• Compatible with some LobeChat plugins

Performance

• Fast startup
• Smooth switching between conversations

Dynamic Prompts

• Define reusable prompt variables using template syntax
• Workspace variables for prompt reusability

Additional Features

• Assistant marketplace
• Dark mode
• Customizable theme colors

Related Projects

• New API: AI model management and distribution system, supporting various models with OpenAI compatibility

Getting Started

Install Dependencies

pnpm i

Start in Development Mode

quasar dev

Lint the Files

pnpm lint

Build for Production

# SPA
quasar build

# PWA
quasar build -m pwa