Chatting & Assisting (Top 50 of 228)

You’ll need

Email address or Google/Microsoft account · Files to upload for analysis (optional)

Worth knowing

Projects, persistent memory, and live app connections (e.g. via Zapier to Gmail/Calendar) require a paid ChatGPT Plus plan, not the free tier.

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Web app · Desktop app · Self-hosted · Mobile app

You’ll need

Anthropic or OpenAI API key · VPS or local PC (optionally Ollama) · Telegram or WhatsApp account · GitHub account (for code workflows) · Vercel account (for deploys)

Setup

about 20 min

Worth knowing

API usage is billed separately from any chat subscription and pay-per-use costs (especially on premium models like Opus/GPT-4o) can add up fast; community-built skills also carry real risk of maliciou

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You’ll need

Google account

Worth knowing

Heavier tasks (Canvas apps/websites, extended thinking) burn through usage limits fast; once hit, you're downgraded to the weakest model until it resets.

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You’ll need

Google, Apple, or email account

Worth knowing

Free plan caps usage to a rolling 5-hour message window and excludes Claude Code and co-work features.

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Mobile app

You’ll need

Character.AI account (to save/customize characters)

Worth knowing

The character definition field accepts up to 32,000 characters, but the bot only actually remembers/uses the first 3,200 -- extra text is silently ignored.

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Self-hosted

You’ll need

Ollama or LM Studio installed · Google API key for web search · Nvidia GPU recommended

Worth knowing

Local/small models often fumble tool calls - you must give exact file paths and nudge the AI to finish tasks like renaming or editing files.

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Self-hosted

You’ll need

Email address (or Google account) · Computer/GPU for local install (optional)

Worth knowing

Free-tier servers frequently get overloaded at peak times, forcing slow responses or an automatic fallback out of the Deep Think reasoning mode.

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Self-hosted · CLI

You’ll need

VPS or home server (Docker) · Docker installed · OpenAI/Anthropic/etc API key · Terminal/SSH access

Setup

about 5 min

Worth knowing

Self-hosting means you manage your own server, and connecting premium cloud models (e.g. GPT-4.5) via your own API key bills per token — costs can climb fast for heavy use.

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You’ll need

Google account (for signup) · Free ChatGPT account

Setup

about 5 min

Worth knowing

ChatGPT's knowledge has a training cutoff and will confidently hallucinate wrong answers unless it (or you) triggers a web search.

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CLI · Self-hosted

You’ll need

OpenAI (or other) API key · Own server/VPS (e.g. Hostinger, Hetzner) · Telegram account for bot gateway

Setup

about 2 min

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Web app · API · CLI

You’ll need

Google One / Gemini Advanced subscription · Android phone (mobile app is Android-only) · Gemini API key from Google AI Studio · Python 3 + virtual env (for custom API build)

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You’ll need

Claude.ai account · Data file to analyze (CSV, image, PDF)

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Desktop app · Mobile app

You’ll need

Abacus AI / ChatLLM account

Worth knowing

Complex outputs like a full PowerPoint deck can burn thousands of credits in one run, quickly eating into the monthly allotment.

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Web app

You’ll need

Local LLM backend (oobabooga or KoboldCpp) · GPU with sufficient VRAM · Downloaded LLM model file (e.g. GGUF) · Basic command-line comfort for backend setup

Worth knowing

SillyTavern doesn't run models itself — you must separately install and connect a backend like oobabooga or KoboldCpp, and large models run painfully slowly without enough VRAM/RAM.

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Mobile app

You’ll need

Google, X, Apple, or email account

Worth knowing

Deeper features (Expert/beta reasoning modes, higher-volume structured output and code execution) need the paid Super Grok plan, not just the free signup.

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Mobile app

You’ll need

Facebook, Instagram, or WhatsApp account · Web browser (meta.ai)

Worth knowing

Video upload/analysis was disabled or glitchy at time of recording; image/video generation runs on Midjourney under the hood, so text and physical accuracy in generated images can be off.

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Chrome extension

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You’ll need

MashaGPT account

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You’ll need

iOS or Android smartphone/tablet · device camera

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You’ll need

Windows, Mac, or Linux computer · Free disk space for model downloads · GPU recommended for faster responses · 8GB+ RAM (16GB+ recommended)

Worth knowing

Local models can hallucinate basic facts (one model claimed OpenAI made it when it was actually Alibaba's Qwen), and running Jan alongside another GPU-heavy app can exhaust video memory and slow respo

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Mobile app · Self-hosted

You’ll need

Existing Home Assistant instance · Homeway account (email, Google, or Apple) · Home Assistant add-on support (or standalone install) · Home Assistant mobile app (for full remote setup)

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You’ll need

Email address to sign up · Business logo for on-brand assets · Website URL (for chatbot agent builder)

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You’ll need

Physical Rabbit R1 device · Wi-Fi network · Rabbit Hole account (email signup) · Third-party accounts for integrations (Spotify, Uber, etc.)

Setup

about 15 min

Worth knowing

Battery life is poor (device drains in about 4 hours and takes ~45 min to charge), and it lacks basic features like alarms, timers, photo/video capture, email, and a calendar; only a handful of app in

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You’ll need

Google account or email (for sign-up) · Source photo/video for face swap

Setup

about 2 min

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Desktop app

You’ll need

A web browser or Windows PC to access copilot.microsoft.com · Microsoft 365 apps (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook) instal

Worth knowing

AI-generated images sometimes contain spelling errors, so multiple attempts may be needed to get a clean result.

Summarized from community tutorials

You’ll need

AI provider API key (e.g. free Gemini key) · Email for TypingMind Cloud login

Worth knowing

Each AI model needs its own API key; only Gemini's free tier is shown as no-cost, OpenAI/others require a paid key.

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You’ll need

Social media/messaging account (Telegram, WhatsApp, Instagra · Telegram BotFather token (if automating Telegram)

Setup

about 5 min

Worth knowing

New automation flows save as Draft and must be manually switched to Activated before they actually go live to visitors.

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Desktop app · Mobile app · Chrome extension

Worth knowing

In this independent test, Kimi's K1.5 long-thinking mode got several logic and math riddles wrong, and the JavaScript Tetris game it generated failed to run correctly (blocks disappeared and didn't re

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You’ll need

Google account (to sign in)

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You’ll need

Reference photo(s) of the character/object/location · Runway account

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Desktop app

You’ll need

Qwen/Alibaba account (for community, settings, spending view

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You’ll need

Google Play Store account · Email address to register

Setup

about 5 min

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Mobile app

You’ll need

Personal Google account (not business) · Not usable in incognito mode · Opt-in via Google Search Labs · Latest version of Google app for mobile

Worth knowing

File and image upload only works when using the 'Fast' model; switching to the 'Pro' model removes the ability to upload files.

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You’ll need

Windows PC (app shown installed on Windows) · ~16GB RAM recommended · ~4GB free disk space for model file · Email address to start download

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You’ll need

OpenAI/Anthropic/etc. API key (optional) · Windows, Mac, or Linux computer

Worth knowing

Code/artifact previews must be fully regenerated to reflect an edit — unlike Claude Artifacts, small change requests don't live-update the existing preview.

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You’ll need

NinjaChat.ai account/dashboard login

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You’ll need

Free Mistral/Le Chat account (email sign-up)

Worth knowing

The near-instant 'Flash Answers' speed only applies to a chat's very first response — follow-up messages fall back to normal, slower streaming.

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Desktop app · Mobile app

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You’ll need

logged-in dashboard account · generation credits balance

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You’ll need

ChatGPT Plus or Team subscription · iPhone or Android app

Worth knowing

At release, only worked via the iPhone/Android app (not desktop/web) and was not yet available in the EU/UK; a chat must be freshly started (no prior text content) to enable it.

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You’ll need

Email or Google account · Credit card for subscription (no free tier)

Setup

about 5 min

Worth knowing

CSV/plain-text files aren't accepted for upload (must convert to PDF first), and even then, data-analysis requests to generate charts from uploaded data mostly failed across models.

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You’ll need

Google Play Store account (Android) · Payment method for free trial

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Desktop app · Mobile app

You’ll need

Adapta One account/subscription

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