GroutApp Features
An AI Workspace for Students, Creators, and Innovators
Offline AI Support • 200+ AI Models • Vision Analysis
Sketch to Image • AI Tutors • Complete Ecosystem
GroutApp makes creating with AI effortless. Generate images with simple descriptions, transform handwritten notes into editable text, and bring sketches to life with powerful AI models. Run 200+ models fully offline on your own machine, or opt in to the separate Nexus AI cloud module for 300+ cloud models.
AI Image Generation & Image-to-Image Editing
Create stunning visuals with simple descriptions
GroutApp generates high-quality images from simple text descriptions and offers powerful image-to-image editing capabilities. Access multiple AI image generation models including Google's Nano banana and other leading options, all seamlessly integrated into your creative workflow.
- Generate images from simple text descriptions
- Image-to-image editing capabilities
- Multiple AI models including Google's Nano banana
- Works completely offline with local models
Offline AI Support
No Wi-Fi? No problem.
GroutApp delivers full offline AI support, running its 200+ local models on your own machine. All core features — AI text generation, image creation and canvas editing — work with no internet connection and no account. The Nexus AI module is a separate, opt-in cloud service: it sends the prompt to Grout GPU servers, and it needs an account, a connection and Merits.
- Full offline AI support for all core features
- Local models run with no internet and no account
- Optional Nexus AI cloud module: 300+ models, opt-in
- Nexus cloud models need an account, a connection and Merits
Local AI Models & Nexus AI Module
Run any AI model right on your computer
GroutApp runs AI models locally on your own computer, giving you full offline AI support with no internet and no account. The optional Nexus AI module can also connect you to Premium AI models from the Grout cloud — opt in and run them with Merits when you want the most capable models.
- Run 200+ AI models locally on your own computer
- Premium AI models from the Grout cloud, powered by Merits
- Optional Nexus AI cloud module: 300+ models, Merits required
- Works on older systems with local models, enhanced with cloud options
AI Vision Models
Transform handwritten notes into editable text
GroutApp's vision models transform handwritten notes into editable text instantly. Integrated on canvas with QWEN, Llama, and other leading AI models from the Nexus AI module.
- Convert handwritten notes to editable text
- Instant text recognition and extraction
- Integrated with canvas editor
- 300+ extra models via the optional Nexus cloud module
Sketch to Image
Bring your drawings to life with AI
Transform simple sketches into photorealistic images with a single click. The drawing is sent to the integrated chat engine where powerful AI models, including Google's Nano banana and other advanced options, interpret the sketch and bring it to life in stunning realism. The generated image flows seamlessly back to the canvas for immediate use.
- Transform sketches into realistic images
- Single-click processing
- Multiple AI models including Google's Nano banana
- Seamless canvas integration
Intelligent AI Agents
Your personal tutors for any subject
Meet the AI agents inside GroutApp - your personal tutors for any subject you choose: math, physics, chemistry, and beyond. Each agent adapts to how you learn, offering interactive lessons, real-time audio feedback, and advanced reasoning that helps you truly understand concepts, not just memorize them. Configure and customize any AI agent to match your specific learning or teaching needs.
For Students: Adaptive Learning Tutors
- Personalized tutors for any subject
- Interactive lessons with real-time audio feedback
- Advanced reasoning for deep understanding
- Configure and customize AI agents to your learning style
For Teachers: Intelligent Teaching Assistant
- Automate routine work with Agentic AI
- Configure entire syllabuses instantly
- Generate latest academic material automatically
- Customize AI agents for specific teaching requirements
Advanced Configuration & Fine-Tuning
Control every detail of your AI experience
GroutApp provides comprehensive control over your AI experience. Fine-tune every detail, from system prompt configuration to model selection across the 200+ local models — and, if you opt in, the Nexus AI cloud module's 300+ models. Configure and customize any AI agent to match your specific requirements.
- Customize system prompts and AI agent configurations
- Choose from 200+ local models, or 300+ via optional Nexus cloud
- Fine-tune responses for precision and personalization
- Full control over AI behavior and model selection
Integrated Canvas Editor
Where creativity meets intelligence
Inside GroutApp, creativity meets intelligence. Every element tells a story of imagination meeting intelligence, where learning isn't memorized, it's experienced. The generated image flows right back to the canvas for seamless workflow.
- Seamless integration with AI tools
- Real-time image generation to canvas
- Complete creative workflow in one place
- 3D artistry and advanced design tools
Teacher Creation Tools
Load your textbooks, notebooks and syllabus into AI-Memory, then create lesson plans, notes, slides and worksheets from that material — grounded in the book your class actually uses, not in whatever a model absorbed during training.
Build your material from your own books
Load your textbooks, notebooks and syllabus into AI-Memory, then create lesson plans, notes, slides and worksheets from that material — grounded in the book your class actually uses, not in whatever a model absorbed during training.
- Add textbooks, notebooks and syllabus documents to AI-Memory
- Generate lesson plans, notes and slides from a chapter
- Build worksheets and question sets at the level you need
- Map material to your board or university scheme
Agentic AI for Educators
With Agentic AI, educators can automate routine work, configure entire syllabuses, and generate the latest academic material instantly.
- Automate routine teaching tasks
- Generate complete syllabuses automatically
- Create latest academic materials instantly
- Streamline curriculum development
Answer Sheet Evaluation
Scan or photograph handwritten answer sheets and let the vision models read them. Grout marks against your scheme, writes feedback per answer, and shows where a whole class went wrong — all on your own machine, with no scripts leaving the building.
- Read handwritten scripts with on-device vision models
- Mark against your own answer key and rubric
- Generate per-answer feedback you can edit before sharing
- Spot class-wide misconceptions across a batch
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Parent Portal
Stay connected with your child's progress
Parents stay effortlessly connected, seeing their child's progress through detailed reports of projects and homework. Every achievement, every milestone, right at their fingertips.
- Detailed progress reports
- View projects and homework
- Track achievements and milestones
- Real-time updates
Real-Time Collaboration
Connect students and faculty seamlessly
Integrated Communication
With integrated chat, screen share, and audio collaboration, students and faculty connect in real-time sharing projects, feedback, and ideas without ever leaving GroutApp.
- Real-time chat and messaging
- Screen sharing capabilities
- Audio collaboration tools
Live Feedback & Sharing
Share projects and receive feedback instantly through integrated communication tools.
- Instant project sharing
- Real-time feedback exchange
Class Groups & Workspaces
Work seamlessly from home or the school lab within organized class groups.
- Organized class group workspaces
- Access from anywhere
All-in-One Communication
Everything you need for collaboration is built right into GroutApp - no external apps required.
- Integrated chat and messaging
- Screen sharing built-in
- Audio collaboration included
Core Technology
Built for reliability and accessibility
Offline AI Support
Every core feature, including AI tools and the canvas editor, works without an internet connection using the 200+ local models. The optional Nexus AI cloud module adds 300+ models from Grout GPU infrastructure when you choose to opt in and go online.
- Full offline AI support for all core features
- Canvas editor functions completely offline
- Optional Nexus AI cloud module: 300+ models, opt-in
- Try latest model servers when online
Native Desktop App
Runs as a native desktop app on Windows 10/11 (64-bit) and macOS 10.15 or later. 8GB RAM minimum, 16GB recommended.
- Native Windows application
- Native macOS application
- Windows 10/11 (64-bit) and macOS 10.15 or later
- Consistent experience across platforms
One Connected AI Ecosystem
From learning and creation to teaching and collaboration, every idea, every model, and every project comes alive in one connected AI ecosystem - GroutApp.
Unified learning and creation platform
Seamless teaching and collaboration
Complete project lifecycle management
Integrated AI ecosystem
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Every module, in detail
This page is the overview. Each module below has its own page with the workflow, the limits and the questions people actually ask.
The AI learning studio
What the studio is, and how a project moves from a blank canvas to something you hand in.
Local AI models
Text, vision, image, speech and embedding models running on-device, plus Ollama and your own API keys.
AI-Memory textbook assistant
Add your books and notes, OCR photographed pages, and ask questions answered from your own syllabus.
Answer sheet evaluation
Grade scanned, handwritten answer scripts against your rubric — entirely offline.
Voice tutors
Offline speech recognition, turn detection and local text-to-speech for spoken tutoring.
Collaboration
Wi-Fi transfer from a phone, peer-to-peer rooms, screen sharing and casting to a display.
Guardians and screen time
Progress reports, activity statistics and daily screen time for parents and schools.
Offline AI, explained
How on-device inference works, what it trades away, and what runs on which hardware.