Designed for understandable continuity
Consilium presents provider, model, reasoning, routing profile, and agent controls as explicit parts of the conversation. Streaming output is normalized across connectors, while provider-specific adapters keep their command construction and parsing separate. If a chat route fails before answer text begins, Consilium can try the next displayed eligible route. Once output begins, it preserves that partial response and reports the error instead of splicing in a different model's answer. Agent runs never switch providers automatically.
Desktop depth, terminal focus
The Tauri desktop application carries the full provider and routing catalog, streaming Markdown, visible route explanations, conversation history, agent mode, reasoning controls, and file or image attachments. The companion terminal interface is intentionally narrower: it supports Grok CLI and an explicitly selected xAI API route through the same Rust streaming core for SSH and terminal-first workflows.
Desktop transcripts and runtime selections are stored locally. Consilium does not write API keys into session history. Attachment records retain display metadata after a restart, not transient file bodies or image bytes, so material must be attached again when a later turn needs it.
Free means the complete application
Every Consilium feature is available in the public repository under the Apache License 2.0. There are no Consilium feature gates, license checks, advertisements, paid tiers, or first-party telemetry, and there is no required proprietary Consilium service. A fully local OpenAI-compatible route can use the whole application without a cloud account.
Optional model hosts, provider CLIs, and API services have their own licenses, terms, account requirements, data practices, subscriptions, or usage charges. Those relationships are between you and the provider; paying one does not unlock a Consilium feature.
Windows and Linux downloads
GitHub releases provide Windows x86_64 NSIS and MSI installers plus a portable ZIP. Linux x86_64 downloads include an AppImage, Debian package, and RPM. The repository also carries source-build instructions and a local Flatpak recipe. Store listings remain separate distribution channels and are described as available only after their own review is complete.
The release process publishes locked dependency notices with the application and inspects package identity, license material, executable contents, and checksums before a release leaves draft status.
Built in public
Read the architecture, provider matrix, configuration examples, tests, distribution status, and complete source on GitHub. Issues and contributions can be evaluated against the same code that produces the downloads.
Consilium is a Flintglade open-source project · Project page last materially reviewed 13 July 2026