Product
LibreChat
LibreChat is an open-source AI app, launched in 2023, made for developers, businesses and people who don't write code.
A self-hosted chat app that brings many AI providers together, with agents, MCP and a code interpreter.
Main jobs: Chat and Q&A. It is open source and free to use. You can use it in the browser, on your own server and through an API.
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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/LibreChat-AI/LibreChat
- GitHub stars
- 44,848
- How you run it
- Web · Self-host · API
- Made for
- Developers · Businesses · No-code users
- Protocols
- Model Context Protocol
- Website
- librechat.ai
What it can do
Chat and Q&Amain jobunconfirmed
“LibreChat brings together all your AI conversations in one unified, customizable interface”— librechat.ai, 2026-09-24
Ask your documentssupportedunconfirmed
“Chat with Files using Custom Endpoints, OpenAI, Azure, Anthropic, AWS Bedrock, & Google”— github.com, 2026-09-24
Build AI agentssupportedunconfirmed
“No-Code Custom Assistants: Build specialized, AI-driven helpers”— github.com, 2026-09-24
Image understandingsupportedunconfirmed
“Upload and analyze images with Claude 3, GPT-4.5, GPT-4o, o1, Llama-Vision, and Gemini”— github.com, 2026-09-24
Long-term memory for agentssupportedunconfirmed
“Persistent context across conversations so your AI remembers you”— librechat.ai, 2026-09-24
One API for many modelssupportedunconfirmed
“AI model selection including Anthropic, AWS, OpenAI, Azure, and more”— librechat.ai, 2026-09-24
Speech to textsupportedunconfirmed
“Chat hands-free with Speech-to-Text and Text-to-Speech”— github.com, 2026-09-24
Text to imagesupportedunconfirmed
“Text-to-image and image-to-image with GPT-Image-1”— github.com, 2026-09-24
Text to speechsupportedunconfirmed
“Chat hands-free with Speech-to-Text and Text-to-Speech”— github.com, 2026-09-24
Web search with answerssupportedunconfirmed
“Give any model live internet access with built-in search and reranking”— librechat.ai, 2026-09-24
unconfirmedproposed by a machine, awaiting calibration
Alternatives
- ChatGPTFree plan + paid upgradesAlso does: Chat and Q&A, Ask your documents, Image understanding
- Open WebUIOpen source, freeAlso does: Chat and Q&A, Ask your documents, One API for many models; runs offline
- GeminiFree plan + paid upgradesAlso does: Chat and Q&A, Image understanding, Text to image
- ChatboxOpen source, freeAlso does: Chat and Q&A, Ask your documents, One API for many models; runs offline
- ClaudeFree plan + paid upgradesAlso does: Chat and Q&A, Ask your documents, Image understanding
- GeminiAlso does: Chat and Q&A, Image understanding
- GPTAlso does: Chat and Q&A, Image understanding, Text to image
- GPT-4oAlso does: Chat and Q&A, Image understanding
- GrokAlso does: Chat and Q&A, Image understanding, Web search with answers
- KimiFree plan + paid upgradesAlso does: Chat and Q&A, Ask your documents, Web search with answers
- LobeHubOpen source, freeAlso does: Chat and Q&A, Build AI agents, Long-term memory for agents
- QwenFreeAlso does: Chat and Q&A, Image understanding, Web search with answers; runs offline
Questions
What is LibreChat?
LibreChat is an open-source AI app, launched in 2023, made for developers, businesses and people who don't write code. A self-hosted chat app that brings many AI providers together, with agents, MCP and a code interpreter.
Is LibreChat free?
Yes. LibreChat is open source (MIT) and free to use.
Is LibreChat open source?
Yes, under the MIT license. The source code is at https://github.com/LibreChat-AI/LibreChat.
Can LibreChat run locally?
LibreChat can be self-hosted on your own server.
What can LibreChat do?
Main jobs: Chat and Q&A. It can also do: Ask your documents, Build AI agents, Image understanding, Long-term memory for agents, One API for many models, Speech to text.
What are open-source alternatives to LibreChat?
Open-source ones: Open WebUI, Chatbox and LobeHub. Others: ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Gemini, GPT and GPT-4o.
Sources
- www.librechat.ai/checked 2026-09-24
- github.com/LibreChat-AI/LibreChatchecked 2026-09-24
- librechat.ai