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Chat
- Streaming responses, rich formatting
- Light and dark theme
- Full-text search across conversations (titles + content)
- Export a conversation as Markdown or PDF
- Conversation history per account, pinning, renaming
- Attachments: text/code files, images
- Library of reusable prompts
- Compare mode: two providers, side by side
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Artifact-style preview for generated code (HTML, SVG)
AI providers
- Your own key: DeepSeek, OpenAI, Groq, Mistral, Claude, or any compatible provider
- LiveAI built-in: no key, pay-per-use in credits
- Switch providers at any time
Agent mode
- 4 permission levels (disabled, read-only, confirm each action, full access)
- Plan proposed before any execution, to approve
- Review of the exact diff before it's applied (optional)
- One-click undo, manual checkpoints during a task
- Smart recovery if the agent gets stuck
- Per-task token budget, with confirmation when exceeded
- Live console for background processes it launches
- Resume a task interrupted by closing the app
- Tokens and running tasks shown in real time
Agent tools
- Reading, writing, modifying, deleting files
- Atomic edits across multiple files in one operation
- Code search (keyword) and symbol search
- Running the project's tests (auto-detected)
- Build/compile in most common languages
- Git context injected automatically (branch, changes, history)
- Project memory and conventions (LIVEAI.md)
- Delegating subtasks to a separate reasoning thread
- Automatic context compaction on long tasks
- Auto-formatting after edits (prettier, black, gofmt, rustfmt)
- Web search
- Shell commands and background process management
- Project hooks and connectable external tools (disabled by default)
Account and privacy
- Real accounts with email verification
- Password recovery
- Encrypted API key, stored only locally
- Scheduled tasks (recurring message at a fixed time)
- Conversations and settings stored only locally, never sent to LiveAI (except messages relayed via the LiveAI built-in option)
Usage
- Credit balance and subscription (LiveAI built-in)
- 14-day token usage chart
- Desktop notifications
The essentials
What is LiveAI?
A desktop app (Windows, Mac coming soon) that connects you to the AI provider of your choice — DeepSeek, OpenAI, Groq, Mistral, and more — using your own API key, with no middleman. Your key, your settings, your conversation history, and agent mode on your files stay stored only on your computer.
Do I have to provide my own API key?
No. If you don't want to create an account with an AI provider, choose the "LiveAI built-in" option in the settings: you pay directly per use, in credits, with no key to manage. See the Pricing page.
Is LiveAI free?
With your own API key, yes, entirely — you only pay your AI provider, at the rates they set. LiveAI built-in is paid, based on usage (packs or subscription).
Privacy
Are my conversations sent to a server?
No, unless you use LiveAI built-in — in that specific case, your messages pass through our account server to be relayed to the AI provider. With your own key, the app connects directly to the provider, with no middleman.
Where is my API key stored?
Encrypted on your disk, locally. It never passes through LiveAI's account server or any third party.
Can LiveAI see my files or my banking information?
No. Agent mode only reads/writes within the folder you explicitly choose, locally. Payments go directly through Stripe: LiveAI never sees or stores your banking details.
Agent mode
What is agent mode, and is it safe?
Agent mode allows the AI to read, write, modify, or delete files — only within the folder you choose, never anywhere else on the disk. Four permission levels are available (disabled, read-only, confirm every action, full access), and a review of the exact diff before it's applied can be enabled so you validate everything before it touches the disk.
Can I undo what the agent did?
Yes. After a task that modified files, a button lets you undo everything at once, or roll back precisely to a checkpoint marked along the way.
What happens if I close the app during an agent task?
The task stops (there's no independent background service). When you reopen the conversation, LiveAI offers to resume exactly where it left off.
What happens if the agent gets stuck or loops?
If the agent repeats the exact same action without the situation changing, it first gets a hint to change approach. If it persists anyway, the task stops automatically rather than continuing indefinitely.
Can I limit what the agent consumes on a task?
Yes, a per-task token budget is adjustable in Settings → Permissions. Once the threshold is reached, the agent stops and asks for confirmation before continuing.
What are hooks and external tools?
These are advanced extensions, disabled by default. Hooks let a project define scripts that run automatically around the agent's actions — only enable them on trusted projects, since they execute code defined in the open folder. External tools let you connect a third-party service (an HTTP endpoint or a local command) without touching LiveAI's code. Both are configured per project, never globally.
What is a LIVEAI.md file?
An optional file at the root of a project where you describe your conventions (code style, specific rules...). LiveAI reads it automatically at the start of every task on that folder, as project information — never as an instruction that overrides its own safety rules.
Advanced features
Can I schedule recurring tasks?
Yes, in Settings → Scheduled tasks: a message sent automatically at a fixed time, as long as LiveAI stays open (there's no background service independent of the app).
How does Compare mode work?
It sends the same question to your configured provider and to LiveAI built-in in parallel, and displays both responses one after the other for comparison. Available only in plain chat, not in agent mode.
Can I reuse my frequent prompts?
Yes, via the "+" button in the message field: save a message as a prompt, then reinsert it with one click in a future conversation.
Can I attach an image to a message?
Yes, but only a model capable of seeing images (like Claude via an Anthropic provider) will actually interpret it. With DeepSeek or LiveAI built-in, the image is still sent but will likely be ignored by the provider.
Practical
What systems does LiveAI run on?
Windows as of today. Mac is coming soon.
Can I switch AI providers at any time?
Yes, at any time in the settings — DeepSeek, OpenAI, Groq, Mistral, Claude, or LiveAI built-in. You can even compare two responses side by side with Compare mode.
How do updates work?
The app automatically checks for new versions and offers to install them. The details of each change are published on the Patch notes page.
What happens if I run out of credits mid-task?
With LiveAI built-in, the agent stops cleanly and lets you know it's out of credits, without losing anything from the current conversation — you can buy a pack or subscribe and then resume right where it stopped.
Can I export a conversation?
Yes, as Markdown or PDF, from the conversation's export button.
Is LiveAI open source?
No, LiveAI is a proprietary project developed by Ityra. The transparency we promise is about how your data is handled (see About), not about publishing the source code.
How do I uninstall LiveAI?
Like any Windows application: Settings → Apps, or via the uninstaller generated at install time. The uninstaller removes the program but leaves your conversations and local settings on disk, in case you reinstall later — export what matters first if you really want to erase everything.
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