Box for Linux v0.1.0

The first release of Box for Linux — a native GTK4 / libadwaita desktop app that runs AI models fully locally on your machine. Chat, real-time voice conversation, live camera vision, document Q&A, and web/file tools — all offline, no account, no telemetry.

Highlights

• Local chat with .litertlm models (Gemma 4 E2B / E4B) — streaming output, Markdown + LaTeX rendering, multimodal attachments
• Voice & conversation — voice messages, hands-free voice conversation mode with push-to-talk, offline Piper TTS in six voices
• Live camera vision — point a webcam and ask; one-shot capture or continuous Vision Mode
• Knowledge Base (RAG) — index PDFs, docs, and images per-chat or into reusable Notebooks; answers cite their sources
• Tools & agent mode — HTTPS-only web search and a workspace-scoped filesystem tool, with multi-step agent chaining
• Persistent memory — save a fact once, recalled across all chats
• Six themes — Catppuccin (Mocha / Latte / Frappé / Macchiato) and Dracula (classic + Pro)
• Everything off by default — every capability is a separate opt-in switch, with permission prompts before any tool touches your machine

Install

sudo apt install ./box_0.1.0_amd64.deb

Dependencies are pulled automatically. Launch Box from your app menu or run box. On first run, Box offers to download a model (Gemma 4 E2B, ~2.59 GB) — downloaded once, then used entirely offline.

Requirements

• Ubuntu (amd64) with a GTK4 / libadwaita desktop session
• Python 3.14 (pulled as a dependency)
• ~3–4 GB free storage for a model
• CPU-only works fine; GPU acceleration is faster but optional

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