Lobechat

App in the BluixApps catalog

What it is

Lobe Chat is a premium ChatGPT UI with plugin marketplace, agent system, vision support, voice (TTS + STT), file analysis, and MCP support. Designer-quality interface, multi-LLM. Built for the AI power user who wants more than a chat box.

What it's for

  • Power user AI workspace — beyond chat: plugins, agents, files
  • Multi-modal AI — text + image + voice + files in one UI
  • Custom AI personas — define agents with system prompts + tools
  • MCP integration — connect external tools via Model Context Protocol
  • Privacy-bound AI — self-hosted with localStorage conversations

Who it's for

  • AI power users experimenting with advanced features
  • Developers building AI workflows with MCP tools
  • Designers preferring polished UI to spartan ChatGPT clones
  • Privacy-conscious users wanting feature parity with ChatGPT
  • Teams wanting "ChatGPT Plus on our infrastructure"

Why teams pick Lobe Chat over alternatives

  • MIT license — fully open
  • Plugin marketplace — real-time data, search, image gen, custom
  • Agent system — Lobe Chat marketplace has 100+ agents
  • Vision + voice — multi-modal first-class
  • MCP support — beyond plugins to standard tool protocol
  • Active development — backed by LobeHub with sustainable commercial cloud

Integrations

  • LLM providers — OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Ollama, Mistral, Bedrock, OpenRouter, custom
  • Plugins — web search, image gen, calculator, MCP tools
  • Agent marketplace — community-contributed agents
  • Voice — TTS via OpenAI / ElevenLabs / Edge; STT via OpenAI Whisper
  • File analysis — PDF, CSV, images, code
  • MCP servers — tool integration via standard protocol
  • DALL-E / Midjourney — image generation in chat

Notable users & community

  • 50k+ GitHub stars
  • Used by Chinese AI community + global power users
  • Backed by LobeHub with active commercial cloud
  • Active Discord + GitHub Discussions
  • Standard "premium feel" LLM UI in OSS

Tips & operations

  • Access code mandatory — auto-generated on install
  • localStorage default — chats per browser, not synced
  • For persistent multi-user — use Lobe Chat Database edition (separate Postgres deployment)
  • Plugin marketplace — review plugins before install (some are user-published)
  • Voice setup — requires API keys for TTS/STT providers
  • Resource-heavier than NextChat — 1 GB RAM recommended

What we ship in BluixApps

  • Docker image: lobehub/lobe-chat:latest
  • Auto-generated access code (16 char)
  • Port 3210 exposed
  • Stateless single-user mode by default
  • Database edition (multi-user persistent) documented for upgrade
  • HTTPS via Let's Encrypt reverse proxy
  • Plugin marketplace accessible after install
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Same catalog. Scaling tenant isolation, white-label and support tier.

TierTenantsCatalogSupportWhite-labelMonthly
Stacks119 curated stacksStandard$19/moDetailDeploy
Starter10Full catalogStandard+$15–25/mo$49/moDetailDeploy
Pro25Full catalogPriority bugfix+$15–25/mo$149/moDetailDeploy
Growth100Full catalogPriority bugfix+$15–25/mo$349/moDetailDeploy
Scale500Full catalog7-day window+$15–25/mo$799/moDetailDeploy
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