AI answers,
no browser needed
Press Alt+A anywhere on desktop. Ask anything. Get answers instantly — right on top of whatever you're doing.
Free & open source · Bring your own API key · No data leaves your machine
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Features
Everything you need,
nothing you don't
QuickNo lives quietly in your tray and appears exactly when you need it — then disappears.
Open the overlay from any app, any moment. No Alt-Tab, no context switching. One keystroke away.
Paste your OpenAI API key once. It's stored securely in Windows Credential Manager — never on our servers.
See AI responses with full markdown formatting — code blocks, bullet lists, and syntax highlighting — right in the overlay.
One click to open your query in Google, Bing, or Perplexity. Choose your engine in settings.
Jump to ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, or Claude with your prompt pre-filled — for when you need a full conversation.
All API calls go directly from your machine to OpenAI over HTTPS. No intermediary server. No telemetry. Ever.
How it works
Three seconds
from question to answer
The overlay appears instantly on top of any window — editor, browser, game, or terminal. Focus goes straight to the input.
Ask anything. Error messages, definitions, how-to steps, code snippets. Hit Enter or Ctrl+Enter to submit.
The AI response appears with formatting. Copy it, open it in a browser, or just read it and press Esc to disappear.
No browser tab opened. No context switch. You're back in your flow in seconds.
It ensures:
· One owner per value at a time
· Borrows must not outlive owner
· No data races at compile time
Privacy & Security
Your key, your data,
your machine
QuickNo is local-first by design. No backend means there's nothing to breach, no subscription to worry about, no account to create.
Your API key is saved in Windows Credential Manager — the same place Windows stores your WiFi passwords and certificates.
API calls go directly from your machine to OpenAI's servers over HTTPS. QuickNo has no server that could log your queries.
No usage analytics. No crash reporting. No phoning home. QuickNo v1 collects nothing about how or when you use it.
The Settings screen has a "Reset All" button that removes your API key and all config from your machine completely.
Bring Your Own Key
Works with your
existing API key
Paste your OpenAI key once. Test it. Done. You pay OpenAI directly at their rates — no markup, no subscription, no middleman.
Built with
Built on a serious stack
Tauri keeps it tiny. Rust keeps it fast and safe. React makes it beautiful.
Stop opening browser tabs for quick questions,
Use QuickNo
Download QuickNo and stay in your flow.