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20 AnythingLLM alternatives

AnythingLLM: An all-in-one private AI workspace: chat with your documents, run agents, and keep everything on your device. 20 apps do similar work, most sharing Privacy, Local Models and Local-First, ranked by how much they have in common with AnythingLLM.

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  1. Menlo Research

    An open-source, offline-first ChatGPT alternative that runs models on your own computer.

    Also: Local Models, Local-First, Privacy

  2. A self-hosted, feature-rich chat interface that puts a polished front end on Ollama and any OpenAI-compatible API.

    Also: Local Models, RAG

  3. Glean Technologies, Inc.

    Enterprise Work AI platform — permission-aware search across every company app, plus an assistant and agents that act on the results.

    Also: Knowledge Base, RAG

  4. Instantly provide support with your custom AI agent

    Also: Knowledge Base, RAG

  5. Open-source inference engine that runs LLMs, vision and speech models fully on-device — no API keys, no cloud calls, from Swift to Godot.

    Also: Local Models, Local-First

  6. EGOIST

    A fast, local-first desktop AI chat client that works with GPT, Claude, Gemini, and local models, with markdown and LaTeX rendering, web search, image generation, and MCP tool support.

    Also: Local Models, Local-First

  7. Brave

    Brave's built-in browser assistant that summarizes pages and PDFs, with Brave Search grounding and bring-your-own-model support.

    Also: Local Models, Privacy

  8. Open-source local inference server that profiles your hardware, picks models that fit, and points your coding agent at them — free, private and offline.

    Also: Local Models, Privacy

  9. Privacy-first voice to text for macOS, Windows, and iOS — runs offline on-device with customisable AI modes.

    Also: Local Models, Privacy

  10. A polished desktop app for discovering, running, and chatting with local language models — no terminal required.

    Also: Local Models, Privacy

  11. Run open language models on your own machine with a single command — no cloud, no API key, no data leaving the laptop.

    Also: Local Models, Privacy

  12. System-wide AI autocomplete for macOS that finishes your sentences in any app — fully on-device, no account, no cloud.

    Also: Local Models, Privacy

  13. Daniel Saad

    On-device Mac dictation, rewriting, translation, and local agent — no cloud, no accounts.

    Also: Local Models, Privacy

  14. Inkeep

    Open-source, local-first markdown editor and knowledge base that Claude, Codex, and Cursor can read and write directly.

    Also: Knowledge Base, Local-First

  15. MemTensor

    Local-first memory hub that reads your existing AI chat history and gives every agent you use the same long-term context.

    Also: Knowledge Base, Local-First

  16. Pieces (formerly Pieces for Developers) is a desktop app that records your work on-device and makes it searchable for you and your AI tools.

    Also: Knowledge Base, Local-First

  17. Clipto, Inc.

    Local-first AI memory for your media: index terabytes of video, audio and documents on your own machine and search them in plain language.

    Also: Local-First, Privacy

  18. Local, 24/7 screen and audio recorder that turns your work into searchable memory for AI agents.

    Also: Local-First, Privacy

  19. A Mac budgeting app whose AI chat runs entirely on your machine, so your ledger and your questions never leave your disk.

    Also: Local-First, Privacy

  20. Reflect App, LLC

    Open-source, MIT-licensed note-taking app with daily notes, backlinks and local Markdown files, plus optional AI using your own API key.

    Also: Local-First, Privacy