Noi brings ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini into one desktop app without extra switching

Against the backdrop of dozens of AI services that require jumping between tabs and applications, Noi offers a single desktop interface for ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, and local models. The app installs free on Linux, macOS, and Windows and attempts to assemble an everyday AI desktop in a single window.

What Noi Can Do

Noi's main idea is extremely practical: instead of a collection of scattered tabs, web applications, and local utilities, the user gets a unified GUI where cloud models, search AI services, and personal local tools can be kept side by side. According to ZDNet's description, the app functions as a wrapper for ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, and other services. For some of them, including Gemini and Perplexity, you can start working even without logging into an account, though authentication is still required for synchronization and saving chat history.

• Access to multiple AI services from a single window
• Multi-window management of work sessions
• Session isolation between different tasks
• Local storage of chat history and prompts following a local-first principle
• Built-in terminal for local commands and models

The author separately highlights small details that strongly impact everyday work: prompt management, several interface themes, and the ability to stay within a familiar work context. In ZDNet's test, DeepWiki, Perplexity, Gemini, GitHub, and local Ollama via terminal were simultaneously used within Noi. This is precisely where the app's value lies: not in its own model, but in how it reduces window switching and brings everything together in one place.

Spaces for Tasks

Within Noi, the basic organizational unit is Spaces — separate work environments with their own set of services. By default, the user sees a sidebar with a list of available tools, but can create other spaces and fill them only with what's needed for a specific scenario: for example, one for research, another for coding, a third for local models. This approach is especially convenient for those who work with multiple types of AI tools every day.

Adding services to a Space happens manually via URL. If you need ChatGPT, it's enough to create an item and specify the service address. Similarly, you can connect local solutions: the article's author was able to add Ollama as an "official" tool within the GUI, but did so using a locally deployed WebUI at a separate address. In other words, Noi doesn't replace the services themselves, but rather assembles them into one work container. A downside is that you can't yet quickly pin services to a new space without manual configuration.

Where There Are Limitations

Despite the convenient wrapper, Noi doesn't eliminate all rough edges of the services themselves. In one of the tests, the first request to Perplexity ended with an access error, and only after closing the tab and reopening it did everything work normally. This is a good indicator that the app doesn't yet transform heterogeneous AI platforms into a perfectly seamless system. In some places you'll need a separate account, in others you'll have to log in, and in others the integration will depend on how stably the external service operates.

Another important point is privacy and control. The ZDNet author emphasizes that in 99% of cases he prefers locally installed models, and Noi is valuable to him as a convenient wrapper, not as a replacement for a local stack. If a user already works with Ollama or similar tools, the built-in terminal and support for local WebUI make the app significantly more useful. But if you need a completely unified experience with shared chats, a single login, and native integration of all models, then Noi is closer to a good aggregator than to a finished standard.

"If you need another service, it's all here, under one digital roof."

What This Means

Noi demonstrates that the next layer of the AI market is not only new models, but interfaces on top of them. The more services appear, the higher the value of tools that reduce chaos, save time on switching, and allow you to assemble your own work kit for specific tasks. For active users of ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, and local models, this looks like a clear step toward a more convenient AI desktop, even if some integrations still require manual configuration and patience.