Providers & Models
Add your API key
Open Settings → Providers & keys, find the provider card, paste the key. It is encrypted on your machine. You can update keys at any time.
- Open the provider's console: console.groq.com/keys for Groq, platform.openai.com/api-keys for OpenAI, and so on.
- Create a new API key. Copy it once (most consoles don't show it again).
- Open Dimmy → Settings → Providers & keys.
- Click the card for your provider to expand it.
- Paste the key in the key field and click Connect.
- The card header shows a connected status pill when the key is accepted.
Where the key lives
- Encrypted at rest in ~/.config/dimmy/keys.enc (or %APPDATA%\dimmy\keys.enc on Windows).
- AES-256-GCM with a key derived from your machine. No OS keyring popup.
- Decrypted only in memory when Dimmy needs to call the provider.
- Sent only to the provider domain. Hardcoded host allowlist.
Multiple keys
Each provider has its own card with its own key field. You can keep keys for Groq, OpenAI, Anthropic, and others simultaneously. Each card shows what the provider can do: speech to text, rewrite, recap.
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Last updated: 2026-05-22