ClauChat

A minimal chatbot UI for Anthropic Claude models built in Rust.

Why ClauChat ?

I was looking for the following:

• an open source Ai chat bot UI app
• no priced plan
• no bloat (also don't try to support 100 LLM's)
• no obscure data processing

Since I couldn't find a project that met all these criteria, I decided to create ClauChat myself. I also chose to build it in Rust as a way to deepen my understanding of the language.

Features

Hit Shift+Enter to send a message

• UI
• Basic chat interaction with Claude
• Code block formatting
• Real time input cost preview and total cost display
• Files as input
• Set system prompt
• Set model temperature
• Conversations history

Prerequisites

• An Anthropic API key (https://console.anthropic.com/)

Quick start

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/yetigit/clauchat.git
cd clauchat

# Build in release mode
cargo run --release

Usage

1. Start the application:

2. Click on the Settings button in the top-right corner

3. Enter your Anthropic API key

4. Start chatting and Hit Shift+Enter to send

Configuration

The config file is stored in:

• Windows: %APPDATA%\clauchat\config.json
• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/clauchat/config.json
• Linux: ~/.config/clauchat/config.json