- Primary focus
- Free, open-source local and self-hosted LLM workspace
- Deployment
- Self-hosted
- Source model
- Open source
- Pricing model
- open source
- API available
- Yes
- Windows desktop
- Not specified
- Mobile app
- Not specified
- Overview
- AnythingLLM is a free, MIT-licensed desktop and self-hostable app (by Mintplex Labs) for chatting with your own documents locally, with a separate paid team/cloud option.

| Attribute | ||
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Primary focus | Free, open-source local and self-hosted LLM workspace | Run open-weight LLMs locally, with a free local API |
| Deployment | Self-hosted | Self-hosted |
| Source model | Open source | Open source |
| Pricing model | open source | open source |
| API available | Yes | Yes |
| Windows desktop | Not specified | Not specified |
| Mobile app | Not specified | Not specified |
| Overview | AnythingLLM is a free, MIT-licensed desktop and self-hostable app (by Mintplex Labs) for chatting with your own documents locally, with a separate paid team/cloud option. | Ollama is an open-source, MIT-licensed tool for running LLMs on your own hardware via a local REST API and CLI; local use is free and unlimited, with an optional paid Ollama Cloud for larger models. |
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- Primary focus
- Run open-weight LLMs locally, with a free local API
- Deployment
- Self-hosted
- Source model
- Open source
- Pricing model
- open source
- API available
- Yes
- Windows desktop
- Not specified
- Mobile app
- Not specified
- Overview
- Ollama is an open-source, MIT-licensed tool for running LLMs on your own hardware via a local REST API and CLI; local use is free and unlimited, with an optional paid Ollama Cloud for larger models.
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