A Windows Desktop AI (LLM) Command Centre for Enhanced Development & Productivity.
Max's AI Studio 4 (AiStudio4) is a feature-rich desktop application engineered to serve as a comprehensive AI-powered workspace for software developers, power users, and anyone looking to harness the capabilities of modern AI models. It provides a unified interface for interacting with various Large Language Models (LLMs), an extensible tool ecosystem, and deep integration with local development projects.
- Download and Extract: Download the latest release and extract it to a directory of your choice
- Start the Application: Find and run AiStudio4.exe
- Configure AI Providers: Use
Ctrl+K→ "Service Providers" to add your API keys - Add AI Models: Use
Ctrl+K→ "Models" to configure your preferred AI models - Start Chatting: Begin conversing with AI using the input bar at the bottom
- Set Project Path: Go to
File > Project > Set Project Path...and select your project root directory
This user guide is organized into the following sections:
- Introduction - What is AiStudio4, who it's for, and key highlights
- Getting Started - System requirements, installation, and initial setup
- Core Concepts - Understanding the main interface, project path, AI models, tools, and conversations
- Using AiStudio4 - Chatting with AI, managing conversations, working with prompts, using tools, and attachments
- Key Features in Detail - AI model integration, tool system, UI customization, project integration, and backend functionality
- Advanced Configuration - Backend settings, user-specific configurations, and API key management
- Troubleshooting - Common issues and solutions
- Technical Stack - Technologies and frameworks used
- Contributing - How to contribute and development notes
- License - Licensing information
- Author & Acknowledgements - Credits and acknowledgements
- Further Reading & Links - Additional resources and external links
- Changelog - Recent changes and version history
- Unified AI Chat with OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini, local Llama.cpp instances, and MCP servers
- Powerful Tool Ecosystem for file operations, web tasks, developer integrations (including new Azure DevOps pipeline and wiki search tools), and even getting a second AI opinion on a topic.
- Multi-Project Management: Define and switch between different development projects.
- Deep Project Integration with context-aware AI assistance linked to the active project.
- Advanced Conversation Management with branched history and tree visualization
- Marp Presentation Support for creating and viewing interactive markdown-based presentations directly in the chat interface
- Extensible & Customizable with custom tools and AI-powered theming
- Real-time Interaction with streaming responses and tool interjection
- Modern Desktop Experience built with .NET 9 and React
For the complete user guide, please refer to the individual documentation sections linked above.