Dive
An open-source MCP host desktop app that works with any LLM supporting function calling.
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A cross-platform desktop chat app for MCP tools with local or hosted models.
About Dive
Dive is an open-source desktop MCP host for Windows, macOS and Linux that works with ChatGPT, Anthropic, Ollama and OpenAI-compatible models, running MCP servers over stdio and SSE. It offers Tauri and Electron builds, support for more than 20 languages and optional one-click access to managed servers through OAPHub.
Dive is an open-source project written primarily in TypeScript, with 1.8k stars on GitHub. It was last updated in July 2026.
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