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Abacus AI Desktop FAQ
What is Abacus AI Desktop?

Abacus AI Desktop is the most powerful general AI agent—your all-in-one desktop AI assistant and listener.

With four modes—CLI, Code Editor, Chat and Listener—it helps you build apps, ship features in minutes, answer queries, and collaborate with leading AI models. Beyond coding and debugging, it brings agentic browsing, desktop listening, and seamless automation directly to your workflow. Whether you're creating, exploring new ideas, or managing tasks, Abacus AI Deep Agent adapts effortlessly to the way you work.

Where can I use Abacus AI Desktop?
  • Desktop App: Access All 3 Modes - Terminal/CLI, Code Editor and Chat mode on Desktop App. Available on macOS, Windows, and Linux.
  • Terminal / CLI: Install via npm using npm install -g @abacus-ai/deepagent and use deepagent to launch a CLI-based Terminal UI (TUI) in your terminal.
  • Code Editor: Integrated via Desktop app, with a dedicated IDE Extension launching soon.

You may check out more about Abacus AI Desktop on our help documentation here

What are the different models available in Abacus AI Desktop?

Abacus AI Desktop provides access to multiple state-of-the-art models optimized for different coding and reasoning tasks. The available models include Sonnet 4, Sonnet 3.7, GPT-5, Gemini 2.5, o4 Mini, o3, Qwen 3 Coder and Dracarys, or the Abacus AI Deep Agent Agent, which automatically routes to the best LLM based on your specific task.

What are the other benefits of Abacus AI Desktop?

In addition to the coding agent combined with multiple state-of-the-art models, Abacus AI Desktop comes with several powerful benefits:

  • Seamless Workflow Integration: Works in any Terminal, a Abacus AI Deep Agent Terminal UI, or inside a Code Editor too, fitting smoothly into your development pipeline.
  • Dedicated Chat Mode: Go beyond coding — brainstorm, answer queries, or explore ideas with leading models like Claude, Gemini, and OpenAI. You also get access to ChatLLM Teams with a Abacus AI Desktop subscription.
  • Extensibility & Integrations: Abacus AI Desktop supports MCP integrations, agentic browser automation, agent rules for workflow customization, and Abacus AI Deep Agent Extensions (coming soon).
  • Rapid Innovation: It consistently ranks among the Top 3 Agents on Verified Benchmarks, outperforming Claude Code and Codex. Along with this, new capabilities are released frequently, so your toolkit keeps growing.
  • Abacus AI Listener: Transcribes your meetings in real time and provides live AI-powered answers during calls.
  • Chrome Extension(Coming Soon): Assists with browser automation and gives contextual help on any website you visit.Affordable Pricing: All of this is available for just $10 a month.
What are the benefits of the combined - Abacus AI Desktop and ChatLLM package?

Abacus AI Desktop is our AI-powered editor and will help 10x your developer productivity. In addition, with ChatLLM you can:

  • Use our AI engineer to create custom chatbots
  • Use our Agents interface to create AI agents
  • Access all the SOTA LLMs including GPT-5 (Pro and Thinking), o3-pro, GPT-4.1, GPT-4o, Claude Sonnet 4 and Opus 4.1, and Google Gemini 2.5 models
  • Access to the top image and video generators
  • You get all this and more for just $10 a month. Please see ChatLLM FAQ for more details
How is my data protected?

We don't use your data for training, it's always encrypted at all times and we have enterprise compliance including SOC-2 Type-2 and HIPAA

How much is the Abacus AI Desktop + ChatLLM subscription?

A Abacus AI Desktop + ChatLLM subscription is $10 per user per month. You can cancel anytime, and your subscription will stay active for the remainder of the month for you to use.

How can I cancel my subscription?

You can cancel anytime from the ChatLLM interface. Billing subscription details are available on the desktop interface by clicking on the top right corner, and going to the Billing and Invoices page from your profile.

How can I view my past payments?

You can view all past payments by going to your profile, and navigating to the Billing and Invoices page. There, you will be able to see your payment details and history. You will also be able to download past invoices and update your payment information.

Are there any usage limits or quotas?

Your subscription includes fair-use access to all supported models. Specific quotas (e.g., generations per month or per user) depend on your plan tier. Please refer to your billing dashboard for the latest limits.

Upcoming Features

Two of the main features in pipeline are going to be launched in next couple of weeks:

  • Abacus AI Listener: Transcribes your meetings in real time and provides live AI-powered answers during calls.
  • Chrome Extension: Assists with browser automation and provides contextual help on any website you visit.
I have more questions or feedback. How can I reach you?

For product-related questions, you can start by exploring our help documentation here. If you still need assistance, we'd love to hear from you. Reach out anytime at support@abacus.ai—our team is here to help with setup, troubleshooting, or to hear your feedback.