Agora: Open-Source AI Chat

Newo Ether

About this app

Agora is a fully open-source, BYOK (Bring Your Own Key) Android LLM client for power users. It connects directly to 8+ AI providers with no intermediary servers or tracking. All conversations stay local on your device.

Features:
* Multi-round agentic tool calling: web search (Brave, Serper, Tavily, SearXNG), code execution, remote shell execution, file operations (read/write/edit/glob/grep), memory management, and semantic conversation search
* Remote device control via Conch protocol: end-to-end encrypted (ECDH + AES-256-GCM + HMAC-SHA256) with multi-device support and MCP integration for Claude Desktop
* Non-linear branching: edit any past message and explore alternative conversation paths without losing context, powered by a tree-structured Room database
* On-device LLM inference via llama.cpp (GGUF) and local embeddings for RAG-powered semantic search
* Deep reasoning support: leading reasoning models (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, DeepSeek, Qwen) with streaming think-tag rendering
* Active memory and saved memory files for persistent context across conversations
* Context window management with real-time token counting and sliding window
* .agora export/import (conversations, memories, prompts, settings, keys) and import from Claude and ChatGPT exports
* Markdown rendering with syntax highlighting, LaTeX math, image and file attachments
* English and Chinese language support

Ratings and reviews

The best BYOK app. I tried a bunch and this is by far the most intuitive, easy to use, user friendly experience I had with any of them. Easy to sync across devices.

Great app! I like the UI. Currently, I'm using it with OmniRoute.

Amazing Minimalist, Powerful have almost all features i need. Clutter free 1. OpenAi API 2. GPT 5.6 Responses 3. Chatgpt import 4. RAG 5. Memory 6. Local Embedding 7. BYOK 8. Local Storage in Device 9. Clean UI

What’s new

New in Agora 2.1:
• Reusable Skills to customize AI workflows.
• OpenAI Responses API with web search and source citations.
• Structured prompt templates and prompt caching.
• Improved local models with tool calling, optimized CPU performance, and automatic unloading when idle.
• Improved conversation search and faster history loading.
• Expanded backup and import options, preserving ChatGPT conversation branches.

Requires Android 8.0 or later.