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AnythingLLM vs QAnything: catalog facts
AnythingLLM	QAnything
Freemium The desktop app is free and MIT licensed. Mintplex Labs sells a hosted cloud version.	Free Free and open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence.
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	One-command startup with Docker Compose Compose files for Linux, macOS and Windows
Answer quality depends on the local model, which on a normal laptop is modest Indexing a large document set takes time and disk	Last major version was 2.0 in 2024 Requires Docker and enough local resources to run the stack
Downloadable app, Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: AGPL-3.0
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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