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Open-source alternatives to ChatGPT

Two hand-approved projects in our catalog replace ChatGPT. Both are aI assistants software. AnythingLLM has the most GitHub stars (67.8K). Tick what matters to you and the list re-sorts so the closest fits come first.

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The alternatives

Pick what matters below. For now the two alternatives are in order of GitHub stars.

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AnythingLLM

AI assistants

A private ChatGPT-style assistant that answers from your own documents.

  • Chat with PDFs, Word files and text documents, with source citations in each answer.
  • Build agents with a no-code flow editor, custom skills and MCP servers.
  • The Docker version adds user roles, white-labelling and an embeddable website chat widget.
Meets: Permissive licenceMeets: Open-source licenceMeets: Released ≤ 90 daysDoes not meet: Gaining starsMeets: Written in JavaScriptMeets: In a stack
67.8K starsMITJavaScriptLatest release 5 days agoWebsite ↗Full profile →

Cherry Studio

AI assistants

One desktop app to chat with many AI models, agents and your documents.

  • Connect cloud providers or local models through Ollama and LM Studio in one place.
  • Build local knowledge bases from files, folders, notes and web pages for chats and agents.
  • Create agents with their own instructions, models and tool permissions, extended with MCP.
Does not meet: Permissive licenceMeets: Open-source licenceMeets: Released ≤ 90 daysDoes not meet: Gaining starsMeets: Written in TypeScriptDoes not meet: In a stack
53.1K starsAGPL-3.0TypeScriptLatest release yesterdayWebsite ↗Full profile →

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