[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":22},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-quickgpt-update":3},{"excerpt":4,"private":5,"author":6,"slug":7,"featured":8,"date":9,"status":10,"title":11,"tags":12,"thumbnail":18,"load_readme_from_this_repo":19,"content":20,"body":21},"When our friends' chatgpt.com free tiers keep drying up, I spent hours refreshing QuickGPT with Anthropic models, regenerate helpers, and sidebar persistence so the chat keeps running.",false,"Jovylle Bermudez","quickgpt-update",true,"2026-02-06","published","QuickGPT update: multi-model chat and sidebar productivity",[13,14,15,16,17],"chatbot","openai","anthropic","netlify","ui","https://content.jovylle.com/images/post/chat.png","https://github.com/jovylle/chat","# QuickGPT update: multi-model chat and sidebar productivity\n\nOur friends were running out of free time on chatgpt.com, so I spent hours experimenting, having fun, and pushing QuickGPT way beyond the little GPT-3.5 page it used to be. This refresh keeps the same obsessive focus on a fast, responsive chat while adding the choices and polish that make it a reliable fallback when other free tiers die.\n\n## What changed\n\n- **More GPT models** – I added two newer GPT-4o variants on top of gpt-3.5-turbo-16k so the UI can stay responsive while letting users pick higher-capacity brains.\n- **Anthropic API support** – Claude 3 variants now run through the same Netlify function, so anyone with an Anthropic key gets three free-model options.\n- **Advanced API keys** – There is now a toggle for power users to drop in their own API key/provider whenever they want full control.\n- **Regenerate & code copy helpers** – Each AI reply can be regenerated, and code blocks show copy buttons to drop snippets directly into a terminal or editor.\n- **Sidebar persistence** – The conversation list keeps every thread organized, stores collapsed state, and syncs the active conversation with exports/imports so nothing ever disappears.\n\n## Backend notes\n\n`netlify/functions/chat.js` continues to proxy both OpenAI and Anthropic calls. The function validates history, translates between provider formats, and surfaces rate-limit/quota errors so the UI can show consistent feedback. Fallback data stores ensure the newly added conversation sidebar, metadata, and exports always read the same thread state.\n\nKeeping a homegrown chat UI feels like playing with a very fun control panel. The rebuild keeps me productive, reminds me why I build, and gives us a dependable tool whenever other free chat rooms start to throttle requests.","---\ntitle: \"QuickGPT update: multi-model chat and sidebar productivity\"\ndate: 2026-02-06T00:00:00Z\ncategories: [\"chatbot\",\"openai\",\"anthropic\",\"netlify\",\"ui\"]\nfeatured: true\ndraft: false\n---\n",1783435413722]