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Since the system prompt tied to the artifacts feature seems to be the reason for it having a preference for react, seems like the solution would be to use the API instead. Plenty of front ends available nowadays that let you use your own API key. I've been using typingmind since I paid for it over a year ago but I'd be interested to know if some good open source alternatives have popped up more recently.

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The main blocker to using the API with an alternative frontend is the cost.

Daily API usage can easily go above the $20/month subscription cost since output tokens are expensive and each new message reuses the whole message chain as input tokens. Especially true if you often upload images or documents.

Third party providers work through the APIs and thus do not have these issues. I use Kagi but there are many options out there for a price similar to the normal subscription, and plus you get a wider choice of models.

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