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AnythingLLM vs PrivateGPT: catalog facts
AnythingLLM	PrivateGPT
Freemium The desktop app is free and MIT licensed. Mintplex Labs sells a hosted cloud version.	Free Free to run yourself from the public repository.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Self-hosted
Chat, vector database and document pipeline in one install, no setup Works fully locally, or with a cloud provider key if you prefer	Document question answering (RAG) on local models Works with any OpenAI-compatible inference server
Answer quality depends on the local model, which on a normal laptop is modest Indexing a large document set takes time and disk	Aimed at developers; requires setting up a separate inference server Mainly an API layer rather than a finished desktop app
Downloadable app, Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Closed source
License: MIT	License not stated
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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