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Meltdown Now Supports OpenRouter

Meltdown, a lightweight Python-based LLM client built with Tkinter, now supports OpenRouter alongside local servers, ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Kimi. The tool offers custom widgets, a scratch-built markdown engine, and features like multi-model sessions, web search, image creation, and memory. Meltdown is free for personal and educational use, with commercial licenses starting at $199 per seat.

read2 min publishedMay 29, 2026

Unconventional by Design #

Built in Python with Tkinter, Meltdown trades a heavy embedded browser for custom widgets—including a markdown engine written entirely from scratch. The result is a lightweight, precision-driven client for power users. Upload files, run multi-model sessions, and equip your LLMs with custom tools like live web search, image creation, document creation, and memory. You get total control from an interface that stays completely out of your way.

  • Tabs, and lots of ways of using and closing them

  • Several ways to save log files or up them to services

  • Hundreds of commands and arguments to enable programatic control

  • Supports local servers, ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Kimi, OpenRouter

  • Upload one or multiple files for context

  • Web search, image creation, document creation, and remembering information about the user

  • Multiple models can be active, allowing to use only the first one, or a specific one, or all at once

  • Code snippets with colored syntax for multiple languages

  • Custom find widget. Summarize conversations. Register custom prompts

  • More ways to use prompts, like with a file listener or through the terminal console

  • Command Palette. Mouse Gestures. Filterable menus

  • Task system that runs commands periodically

  • Locket system to retrieve sensitive data in a subtle way

  • Aliases, scripts, and shortcuts

  • Buttons to go to the top, bottom, or to points in the conversation

  • Signal system to send conversation data to remote servers

  • Different profiles, and the ability to save/load configs and sessions

  • Use and open conversations or items with system programs

  • Several themes including dark, light, and high contrast

  • Several times more lightweight (cpu and ram) than alternatives that use electron

Available Themes #

Licensing #

Personal & Educational Use: Meltdown is completely free for students, hobbyists, and independent non-commercial use.

Commercial Use: A paid license is required for any professional, corporate, or organizational use. This includes use within a company, agency, institution, or on work-owned devices.

Professional License: Starting at**$199 per seat** for individuals and small teams. Volume discounts are available for multi-seat purchases.Site / Enterprise License: Unlimited deployment across your organization with a single purchase, including priority support and invoicing.Contact usfor a custom quote.

To purchase a license, request an invoice, or ask about volume pricing, email meltdown.amigo210@aleeas.com.

Documentation #

Portable Executables #

Standalone executables. No installation required.

By down or using Meltdown, you agree to the licensing terms above. The software is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. Commercial, corporate, or organizational use is expressly prohibited without a valid commercial license.

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