--- title: "chatbox vs maid" type: "comparison" canonical_url: "https://www.graphcanon.com/compare/chatboxai-chatbox-vs-mobile-artificial-intelligence-maid" tools: ["chatboxai-chatbox", "mobile-artificial-intelligence-maid"] --- # chatbox vs maid *GraphCanon updated Jul 15, 2026* ## Verdict Pick chatbox when license: chatbox is GPL-3.0, maid is MIT; pick maid when license: maid is MIT, chatbox is GPL-3.0. [chatbox](https://chatboxai.app?utm_medium=github) reports 41k GitHub stars, 4.2k forks, and 1.2k open issues, last pushed Jun 12, 2026. [maid](https://github.com/Mobile-Artificial-Intelligence/maid) has 2.6k stars, 269 forks, and 11 open issues, last pushed Jul 7, 2026. Figures are from public GitHub metadata via [chatbox's repository](https://github.com/chatboxai/chatbox) and [maid's repository](https://github.com/Mobile-Artificial-Intelligence/maid). | | [chatbox](/tools/chatboxai-chatbox.md) | [maid](/tools/mobile-artificial-intelligence-maid.md) | | --- | --- | --- | | Tagline | Powerful AI Client | Maid is a free and open source application for interfacing with llama.cpp models locally, and with Anthropic, DeepSeek, Ollama, Mistral and OpenAI models remotely. | | Stars | 41,011 | 2,591 | | Forks | 4,150 | 269 | | Open issues | 1,208 | 11 | | Language | TypeScript | TypeScript | | Adopt for | - | - | | Persona | - | - | | Runtime | - | - | | License | GPL-3.0 | MIT | | Categories | Computer Vision, Developer Tools, Inference & Serving | Inference & Serving | ## Trust and health _Sourced signals - not a safety guarantee. No winner column._ | | [chatbox](/tools/chatboxai-chatbox.md) | [maid](/tools/mobile-artificial-intelligence-maid.md) | | --- | --- | --- | | Maintenance | Steady (60%) | Active (82%) | | Days since push | 33d | 8d | | Open issues (now) | 1.2k | 11 | | Full report | [trust report](/tools/chatboxai-chatbox/trust.md) | [trust report](/tools/mobile-artificial-intelligence-maid/trust.md) | ## Choose when ### Choose chatbox if… - License: chatbox is GPL-3.0, maid is MIT. - Tags unique to chatbox: assistant, claude code, copilot, gemini. - Also covers Computer Vision, Developer Tools. - chatbox ships an MCP server manifest. ### Choose maid if… - License: maid is MIT, chatbox is GPL-3.0. - Tags unique to maid: android, anthropic, facebook, gguf. - More recently updated (last pushed Jul 7, 2026). ## When NOT to use chatbox - Developer Tools: A gateway is overkill when you're pinned to a single provider and model. - Inference & Serving: Self-hosting rarely beats a hosted API on cost until you have steady, high-volume traffic. ## When NOT to use maid - Inference & Serving: Self-hosting rarely beats a hosted API on cost until you have steady, high-volume traffic. ## Common questions ### What is the difference between chatbox and maid? chatbox: Powerful AI Client. maid: Maid is a free and open source application for interfacing with llama.cpp models locally, and with Anthropic, DeepSeek, Ollama, Mistral and OpenAI models remotely.. See the comparison table for live GitHub stats and shared categories. ### When should I choose chatbox over maid? Choose chatbox over maid when License: chatbox is GPL-3.0, maid is MIT; Tags unique to chatbox: assistant, claude code, copilot, gemini; Also covers Computer Vision, Developer Tools; chatbox ships an MCP server manifest. ### When should I choose maid over chatbox? Choose maid over chatbox when License: maid is MIT, chatbox is GPL-3.0; Tags unique to maid: android, anthropic, facebook, gguf; More recently updated (last pushed Jul 7, 2026). ### When should I avoid chatbox? Developer Tools: A gateway is overkill when you're pinned to a single provider and model. Inference & Serving: Self-hosting rarely beats a hosted API on cost until you have steady, high-volume traffic. ### When should I avoid maid? Inference & Serving: Self-hosting rarely beats a hosted API on cost until you have steady, high-volume traffic. ### Is chatbox or maid more popular on GitHub? chatbox has more GitHub stars (41,011 vs 2,591). Stars measure visibility, not whether either tool fits your constraints. ### Are chatbox and maid open source? Yes - both are open-source projects on GitHub (chatbox: GPL-3.0, maid: MIT). ### Where can I find alternatives to chatbox or maid? GraphCanon lists graph-backed alternatives at [chatbox alternatives](/tools/chatboxai-chatbox/alternatives) and [maid alternatives](/tools/mobile-artificial-intelligence-maid/alternatives) ([chatbox markdown twin](/tools/chatboxai-chatbox/alternatives.md), [maid markdown twin](/tools/mobile-artificial-intelligence-maid/alternatives.md)), ranked by typed relationship edges rather than popularity votes. ### Is there a machine-readable version of this comparison? Yes. The markdown twin at [this comparison](/compare/chatboxai-chatbox-vs-mobile-artificial-intelligence-maid.md) mirrors this page for agents and LLM crawlers, with the same stats table and FAQ answers. ### Which is better maintained, chatbox or maid? chatbox: Steady. maid: Active. Compare maintenance labels, days since push, and release cadence in the trust section below - stars alone do not measure maintenance. ### Where are the full trust reports for chatbox and maid? GraphCanon publishes per-repo trust reports with dated maintenance, provenance, and scan summaries: [chatbox trust report](/tools/chatboxai-chatbox/trust); [maid trust report](/tools/mobile-artificial-intelligence-maid/trust). --- **Machine-readable endpoints** - JSON: [`/api/graphcanon/graph?tool=chatboxai-chatbox`](/api/graphcanon/graph?tool=chatboxai-chatbox) - LLM index: [/llms.txt](/llms.txt) - Full corpus: [/llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt) _GraphCanon - The knowledge graph for AI development. https://www.graphcanon.com/_