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Moose

Chat with local and cloud AI.

  • Completely free
  • Linux
  • Open source
  • No account

Overview

Features described in its Flathub listing, in its GitHub repository and on its official website: attachments and Markdown support.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “In Files, you can find your attachments, preview documents, search your library and return to related chats.” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
  • “Read formatted code, math and model reasoning as answers arrive, and copy tables as Markdown.” — official website, 10 November 2026

At a glance

Moose is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

Its licence (GPL-3.0+) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • No account needed
  • Commercial use allowed

About

Ask questions, work on your writing or get help with code. Chat with AI running on your computer through Ollama, or use an online service such as OpenRouter with your own key. Browse models for the things you want to do, or download compatible models from Hugging Face. Bring photos, PDFs and text files into the conversation. In Files, you can find your attachments, preview documents, search your library and return to related chats. Answers can show passages from your documents so you can check where information came from. Pictures need a model that can understand them, and PDFs need text you can select. Edit a message, try a different answer or go back to an earlier version. If an answer reaches its limit, you can ask it to continue. Drafts save as you go, and code and math are formatted to make them easier to read. When you want to look something up or check a calculation, turn on Web or Calculator with a compatible Ollama or Ollama Cloud model. You can read the sources and see what the tools did alongside the answer. Your chats, drafts and document library are saved on your device. You decide whether messages or files can be shared with an online service, with separate permissions you can reset in Privacy settings. Web asks for its own permission: search services receive your searches, websites receive requests for the pages you read, and results are shared with the model answering your chat. Each service's privacy policy applies to what you share. Local Only uses only Ollama managed by Moose and turns off web tools. Keys for online services are kept in your desktop's secure key storage.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from GitHub (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use) —
  • Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (commercial use) —
  • Last technical check: 5 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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