Claude
ChatGPTAbout AnythingLLM
AnythingLLM turns 'chat with your documents' from a SaaS subscription into software you own. Drop in PDFs, docs and websites, pick any model — GPT, Claude, Gemini or a local Ollama model — and get accurate, cited answers over your own knowledge.
It's a full AI workspace: multi-user support with permissions, AI agents that can browse and run tools, and a no-code agent builder. Run it as a desktop app or self-host the server; with local models, nothing ever leaves your machine.
MIT-licensed with one of the largest communities in local AI, AnythingLLM is the practical way for teams and tinkerers to get private, document-grounded AI.
What makes it different
PDFs, docs, websites and more become a knowledge base your AI answers from, with citations.
OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini or fully local models via Ollama — swap anytime.
Built-in AI agents that browse, summarize and act, plus a no-code agent builder.
Self-host with workspaces and permissions; local models keep data fully on-device.
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DockerThe honest read
- Genuine private RAG over your documents
- Works with commercial and local models
- Multi-user with permissions
- Desktop app or Docker server
- MIT licensed, huge community
- Answer quality depends on the model you pick
- Local models need decent hardware
- UI is functional over fancy
- Advanced RAG tuning takes reading
Quick answers
Yes — MIT-licensed and free whether you use the desktop app or self-host the server. Your only cost is model usage, or nothing with local models.
Yes — pair it with Ollama and a local model, and documents, embeddings and chats never leave your machine.
AnythingLLM is open source and grounds answers in your own documents with citations, using whichever model you choose — instead of a closed assistant with your data on someone else's servers.
Yes — multi-user workspaces with permissions make it usable as a shared internal AI over company knowledge.
Configurable AI agents that can search the web, scrape pages, summarize and chain tools — buildable without code.
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