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 You can find various examples of Chainlit apps [here](https://github.com/Chainlit/cookbook) that leverage tools and services such as OpenAI, Anthropiс, LangChain, LlamaIndex, ChromaDB, Pinecone and more.
 
+> **Tip:** Apps that use the OpenAI Python/JS client can point `base_url` at any OpenAI-compatible multi-model gateway — for example [DaoXE](https://daoxe.com/) at `https://api.daoxe.com/v1`.
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 Tell us what you would like to see added in Chainlit using the Github issues or on [Discord](https://discord.gg/k73SQ3FyUh).
 
 ## 💁 Contributing