What is AnythingLLM?
Chat with your documents using local or cloud models, with agents, in a desktop app or Docker.
Who is AnythingLLM best for?
AnythingLLM is best for privacy-minded teams who want to chat with their own documents using local models.
Chatting with private files
Documents join a workspace's knowledge base without leaving your device.
Running models locally
The desktop app suggests a model to suit your hardware and needs no cloud API key.
Meeting notes without a bot
Its meeting assistant transcribes and summarises calls on your computer, with no bot joining the call.
A shared team workspace
The Docker build serves several users on one server, with isolation between them and admin controls.
How much does AnythingLLM cost?
AnythingLLM is free as a desktop app or a self-hosted Docker server, and its managed cloud costs $50 a month for Basic or $99 a month for Pro.
- MIT licence
- Desktop app for macOS, Windows and Linux
- Docker build for several users
- Private hosted instance with a custom subdomain
- RAG and agents ready to use
- Bring your own LLM API key
- Private instance with priority resources
- Built for larger teams
- 72-hour support SLA
Enterprise adds on-premise deployment, SSO, role-based access and a custom SLA, priced on request. An Android app is also available. Full pricing on anythingllm.com. We checked these prices on .
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Is AnythingLLM open source?
Yes. AnythingLLM's code is public under the MIT licence, so you can run it on your own server.
On GitHub
68,225stars
+1,175 (+1.8%) in the last 30 days
- Last commit
- 13 Nov
- Repository age
- 3 years
- Latest release
- 26 Oct
- Licence
- MIT
- Self-hosted
- Yes
- Repository
- Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm
What are the best AnythingLLM alternatives?
AnythingLLM is an open source alternative to ChatPDF, BoltAI and Msty. Jan, Khoj and Cherry Studio do the same job and are open source too.
ChatPDFFreeChat with PDFs and get answers with page citations.
BoltAIFreemium300 models in one native Mac app.
MstyFreeLocal and cloud models in one private workspace.
JanOpen SourceDesktop app that runs open AI models offline on your computer or connects to cloud model APIs.
KhojOpen SourcePersonal AI that answers from your notes, PDFs and the web, with any local or online model.
Cherry StudioOpen SourceDesktop AI workspace that chats with many models, runs agents and searches your own documents.
Questions about AnythingLLM
What is AnythingLLM?
Chat with your documents using local or cloud models, with agents, in a desktop app or Docker.
Who is AnythingLLM for?
AnythingLLM is best for privacy-minded teams who want to chat with their own documents using local models.
Is AnythingLLM free?
Yes. The AnythingLLM desktop app and the self-hosted Docker version are free under the MIT licence. Only the managed cloud costs money, at $50 a month for Basic or $99 a month for Pro.
How much does AnythingLLM cost?
AnythingLLM's paid plans are Basic at $50 per month and Pro at $99 per month.
Is AnythingLLM open source?
Yes. AnythingLLM's code is public under the MIT licence, so you can run it on your own server.
What are the best AnythingLLM alternatives?
The closest alternatives on Recaply are ChatPDF, BoltAI, Msty, Jan, Khoj and Cherry Studio.
Where can I try AnythingLLM?
On its official website, anythingllm.com.
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