One surface for every model. Run Qwen, Gemma, Llama, DeepSeek locally via Ollama — or route to Claude, GPT, Gemini, Grok, Kimi, Qwen, GLM when you need the heavy hitters. Domain-tuned Spaces, real tool calling in a workspace folder, and telemetry that stays on your disk.
Alaude is the Swiss Army knife between you and every LLM you care about — local or cloud, chat or tool-running, general or domain-tuned.
One-click install of Qwen 3.6, Gemma 4, Llama 3.2/3.3, DeepSeek R1, and anything else with an Ollama tag. Progress bar, cancel button, and it shows up alongside cloud models in the dropdown.
Anthropic, OpenAI (GPT-4, o3, o4), Google Gemini, xAI Grok, Moonshot Kimi, Alibaba Qwen, Zhipu GLM-5.1. Keys live in ~/.claude/.credentials.json with mode 0600.
Seven built-in modes with their own system prompts and quick-actions: General, Health, Finance, Real Estate, Legal, Education, Marketing. Create your own in-app.
Point Alaude at a workspace folder and the model can read_file, write_file, list_directory, run_command, open_in_browser, and start_dev_server. Activity chips show every call live.
Every interaction is logged locally. A priority-ordered analyzer runs six diagnose rules — provider error rates, retry patterns, quick-action abandonment, latency outliers — and proposes fixes. Humans still decide.
Event logs write to ~/.claude/alaude-events.ndjson. UX proposals write to ~/.claude/alaude-ux-proposals.md. Nothing leaves your machine except outbound requests to the providers you picked.
Real markdown, copy buttons on code blocks, hover-to-copy responses, smart auto-scroll, voice input, file attachments (PDF, DOCX, XLSX, images), drag-and-drop. ⌘K to focus, ⌘N for a new session.
Lab reference DB, drug interaction checks, PHQ-9 / GAD-7 screening, BMI/BMR calculators, red-flag triage. Informational only — every response carries the clinician-reminder banner.
Renderer ↔ Electron main ↔ API worker (plain Node with a DNS fallback monkey-patch). Heavy LLM work doesn't block the UI, and VPN DNS resolvers can't break requests to api.anthropic.com.
Every Space ships with its own system prompt, quick-actions, and (where it makes sense) domain tools. Switch modes in one click. Define custom Spaces in-app for anything the built-ins don't cover.
The default. A no-op system prompt — everything else gets domain context layered on top of this.
Lab result analysis, drug interaction checks, PHQ-9 / GAD-7 screening, BMI/BMR calculators, red-flag triage. Informational only.
Budgets, invoices, P&L analysis, cash-flow forecasts. Drop in a spreadsheet, ask in plain English.
Property analysis, MLS listings, investment ROI. Paste a listing URL or PDF, get the numbers that matter.
Contract review, NDA drafting, compliance checks. Plain-language summaries with the sharp edges flagged.
Lesson plans, quizzes, grading, study guides. Scoped to a grade level and framework of your choice.
Social posts, email campaigns, SEO, ad copy. Tuned for formats that actually ship.
Create your own in-app. Each gets its own system prompt, placeholder copy, and quick-actions.
When the prompt shouldn't leave your machine, run it on-device. When you need heavier horsepower, route it out. Tool calling is enabled for capable models and disabled for the tiny ones that can't reliably format tool calls.
v0.2.65 · macOS today · Windows & Linux next.
xattr -cr /Applications/Alaude.app once in Terminal. After that, it
launches normally.
# or build from source git clone git@github.com:alsayadi/alaude-desktop.git cd alaude-desktop npm install npm start