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Freemium

The desktop app is free and MIT licensed. Mintplex Labs sells a hosted cloud version.

 Freemium

The free plan runs local models and the built-in agent. Paid plans from $20 a month add…

Windows, macOS, Linux Windows, macOS, Linux
  • Chat, vector database and document pipeline in one install, no setup
  • Works fully locally, or with a cloud provider key if you prefer
  • Search and download models from Hugging Face without leaving the app
  • Serves local models on OpenAI-compatible endpoints, locally and over the network
  • Answer quality depends on the local model, which on a normal laptop is modest
  • Indexing a large document set takes time and disk
  • Closed source, unlike most of the local-AI stack it builds on
  • Cloud features require an account and a subscription
Downloadable app, Self-hosted Downloadable app
Open source Closed source
License: MIT License not stated
No account needed No account needed
Works offline Works offline

Checked September 21, 2026

Checked September 20, 2026

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