Product
AnythingLLM
AnythingLLM is an open-source AI app, launched in 2023, made for developers, people who don't write code and businesses.
A desktop and self-hosted app for chatting with your documents and running agents on local or cloud models.
Main jobs: Ask your documents, Knowledge base (RAG). It is open source and free to use. You can use it in the browser, as a desktop app, on your own server, through an API and offline on your own machine.
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At a glance
- Type
- Product
- Launched
- 2023
- Galaxy
- Assistants
- Pricing
- Open source, free
- Open source
- Yes · MIT
- Source code
- github.com/Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm
- GitHub stars
- 66,400
- How you run it
- Web · Desktop · Self-host · API · Runs offline
- Made for
- Developers · No-code users · Businesses
- Protocols
- Model Context Protocol
- Website
- anythingllm.com
What it can do
Ask your documentsmain jobunconfirmed
“Chat with your docs. Automate complex workflows with AI Agents.”— github.com, 2026-09-24
Knowledge base (RAG)main jobunconfirmed
Build a chatbotsupportedunconfirmed
“Custom Embeddable Chat widget for your website Docker version only”— github.com, 2026-09-24
Build AI agentssupportedunconfirmed
“No-code AI Agent builder”— github.com, 2026-09-24
Run models locallysupportedunconfirmed
“A free, private AI assistant that runs on your device. No accounts, no API keys, no token limits.”— anythingllm.com, 2026-09-24
Web scrapingsupportedunconfirmed
“Web Scraping Search”— anythingllm.com, 2026-09-24
Web search with answerssupportedunconfirmed
“Web search is on from your first chat, with no API key and nothing to setup.”— anythingllm.com, 2026-09-24
unconfirmedproposed by a machine, awaiting calibration
Alternatives
- ChatGPTFree plan + paid upgradesAlso does: Ask your documents, Web search with answers
- RAGFlowOpen source, freeAlso does: Ask your documents, Knowledge base (RAG), Build a chatbot
- KhojOpen source, freeAlso does: Ask your documents, Knowledge base (RAG), Build AI agents
- Langchain-ChatchatOpen source, freeAlso does: Ask your documents, Knowledge base (RAG), Run models locally
- kotaemonOpen source, freeAlso does: Ask your documents, Knowledge base (RAG), Build a chatbot
- MaxKBOpen source, freeAlso does: Build a chatbot, Knowledge base (RAG), Ask your documents
- QAnythingOpen source, freeAlso does: Ask your documents, Knowledge base (RAG), Build a chatbot
- DifyOpen source, freeAlso does: Build a chatbot, Build AI agents, Knowledge base (RAG)
- BotpressOpen source, freeAlso does: Build a chatbot, Build AI agents, Knowledge base (RAG)
- FastGPTOpen source, freeAlso does: Build a chatbot, Build AI agents, Knowledge base (RAG)
- PrivateGPTOpen source, freeAlso does: Ask your documents, Knowledge base (RAG)
- LlamaIndexOpen source, freeAlso does: Knowledge base (RAG), Ask your documents, Build AI agents
Connections
- Integrates with
- Ollama
Questions
What is AnythingLLM?
AnythingLLM is an open-source AI app, launched in 2023, made for developers, people who don't write code and businesses. A desktop and self-hosted app for chatting with your documents and running agents on local or cloud models.
Is AnythingLLM free?
Yes. AnythingLLM is open source (MIT) and free to use.
Is AnythingLLM open source?
Yes, under the MIT license. The source code is at https://github.com/Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm.
Can AnythingLLM run locally?
Yes. AnythingLLM can run offline on your own machine. It can also be self-hosted on your own server.
What can AnythingLLM do?
Main jobs: Ask your documents, Knowledge base (RAG). It can also do: Build a chatbot, Build AI agents, Run models locally, Web scraping, Web search with answers.
What are open-source alternatives to AnythingLLM?
Open-source ones: RAGFlow, Khoj, Langchain-Chatchat, kotaemon, MaxKB, QAnything, Dify and Botpress. Others: ChatGPT.
Sources
- github.com/Mintplex-Labs/anything-llmchecked 2026-09-24
- anythingllm.com/checked 2026-09-24