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Claude

Anthropic's AI assistant, used through its web, desktop and mobile apps. A closed product from Anthropic.

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ToolFitStarsLicenceTermsSelf-hostedLanguageLatestLast push
OllamaPartial182kMITOpen sourceYesGov0.35.12026-10-06
Open WebUIPartial154kOtherSource availableYesPythonv0.11.42026-10-06
llama.cppPartial130kMITOpen sourceYesC++v0.6.02026-10-06
vLLMPartial93kApache-2.0Open sourceYesPythonv0.31.02026-10-06
NextChatPartial89kMITOpen sourceYesTypeScriptv2.16.12026-08-11
LobeHubPartial83kOtherSource availableYesTypeScriptv2.2.182026-10-06
AnythingLLMPartial67kMITOpen sourceYesJavaScriptv1.17.02026-10-06
Cherry StudioPartial52kAGPL-3.0Open sourceYesTypeScriptv2.1.42026-10-06
LocalAIPartial49kMITOpen sourceYesGov4.11.02026-10-06
TextGenPartial48kAGPL-3.0Open sourceYesPythonv4.92026-08-17
LibreChatPartial45kMITOpen sourceYesTypeScriptv0.8.82026-10-06
JanPartial45kOtherOpen sourceYesRustv0.8.42026-10-06
ChatboxPartial42kGPL-3.0Open sourceYesTypeScriptv1.23.52026-09-24
SGLangPartial37kApache-2.0Open sourceYesPythonv0.5.212026-10-06
DeepChatPartial6.4kApache-2.0Open sourceYesTypeScriptv1.1.22026-10-03

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15 alternatives

OllamaPartial

Get up and running with Kimi, GLM, MiniMax, DeepSeek, gpt-oss, Qwen, Gemma and other models.

Runs open-weight models on your own machine behind a local API. Pair it with a chat app for the interface.

Language
Go
Licence
MIT
Stars
182k
Latest
v0.35.1
Last push
2026-10-06
Open WebUIPartial

User-friendly AI Interface (Supports Ollama, OpenAI API, ...)

The chat app, self-hosted, in front of Ollama or any OpenAI-compatible API. The model comes from elsewhere.

Language
Python
Licence
Other
Stars
154k
Latest
v0.11.4
Last push
2026-10-06
llama.cppPartial

LLM inference in C/C++

Runs open-weight models on CPU or GPU, with a built-in server and a minimal web chat.

Language
C++
Licence
MIT
Stars
130k
Latest
v0.6.0
Last push
2026-10-06
vLLMPartial

A high-throughput and memory-efficient inference and serving engine for LLMs

Serves open-weight models behind an OpenAI-compatible API.

Language
Python
Licence
Apache-2.0
Stars
93k
Latest
v0.31.0
Last push
2026-10-06
NextChatPartial

✨ Zero-config AI chat assistant. No API key needed — sign up and instantly chat with GPT-5, Claude 4, Gemini 2.5, DeepSeek & 100+ top models. Pay-as-you-go saves you more. Available on Web, iOS, macOS, Android, Linux, Windows.

A chat app you deploy yourself in front of OpenAI, Anthropic, Google or a local model. The model comes from elsewhere.

Language
TypeScript
Licence
MIT
Stars
89k
Latest
v2.16.1
Last push
2026-08-11
LobeHubPartial

🤯 LobeHub is your Chief Agent Operator, organizing your agents into 7×24 operations by hiring, scheduling, and reporting on your entire AI team.

Chat app with plugins and agents, self-hosted or on the desktop, for most model providers.

Language
TypeScript
Licence
Other
Stars
83k
Latest
v2.2.18
Last push
2026-10-06
AnythingLLMPartial

Stop renting your intelligence. Own it with AnythingLLM. Everything you need for a powerful local-first agent experience

Desktop or self-hosted app built around chatting with your own documents, with any model provider.

Language
JavaScript
Licence
MIT
Stars
67k
Latest
v1.17.0
Last push
2026-10-06
Cherry StudioPartial

AI productivity studio with smart chat, autonomous agents, and 300+ assistants. Unified access to frontier LLMs

Desktop app for many hosted providers and local models, with assistants, knowledge bases and MCP. The model comes from elsewhere.

Language
TypeScript
Licence
AGPL-3.0
Stars
52k
Latest
v2.1.4
Last push
2026-10-06
LocalAIPartial

LocalAI is the open-source AI engine. Run any model - LLMs, vision, voice, image, video - on any hardware. No GPU required.

Runs open-weight models behind an OpenAI-compatible API.

Language
Go
Licence
MIT
Stars
49k
Latest
v4.11.0
Last push
2026-10-06
TextGenPartial

Open-source desktop app for local LLMs. Text, vision, tool-calling, OpenAI/Anthropic-compatible API. 100% private.

Desktop and web app that runs open models locally through llama.cpp and other backends, or calls a hosted API.

Language
Python
Licence
AGPL-3.0
Stars
48k
Latest
v4.9
Last push
2026-08-17
LibreChatPartial

Enhanced ChatGPT Clone: Features Agents, MCP, Skills, DeepSeek, Anthropic, AWS, OpenAI, Responses API, Azure, Groq, o1, GPT-5, Mistral, OpenRouter, Vertex AI, Gemini, Artifacts, AI model switching, message search, Code Interpreter, langchain, DALL-E-3, OpenAPI Actions, Functions, Secure Multi-User Auth, Presets, open-source for self-hosting. Active

Self-hosted chat app for Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and local models, with agents and file uploads.

Language
TypeScript
Licence
MIT
Stars
45k
Latest
v0.8.8
Last push
2026-10-06

Repository moved

JanPartial

Jan is an open source alternative to ChatGPT that runs 100% offline on your computer.

Desktop app that downloads open models and runs them offline, or calls a hosted API.

Language
Rust
Licence
Other
Stars
45k
Latest
v0.8.4
Last push
2026-10-06
ChatboxPartial

Powerful AI Client

Desktop app in front of OpenAI, Anthropic, Google or a local model through Ollama. The model comes from elsewhere.

Language
TypeScript
Licence
GPL-3.0
Stars
42k
Latest
v1.23.5
Last push
2026-09-24
SGLangPartial

SGLang is a high-performance serving framework for large language models and multimodal models.

Serves open-weight models behind an OpenAI-compatible API.

Language
Python
Licence
Apache-2.0
Stars
37k
Latest
v0.5.21
Last push
2026-10-06
DeepChatPartial

🐬DeepChat - A smart assistant that connects powerful AI to your personal world

Desktop chat app with MCP tool calling, in front of Claude or any other model API.

Language
TypeScript
Licence
Apache-2.0
Stars
6.4k
Latest
v1.1.2
Last push
2026-10-03

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