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AutoGPT vs ChatDev: catalog facts
AutoGPTChatDev
Free

The code is free to download and run yourself.

Free

Free to self-host; you pay for whichever model API you connect.

Self-hosted Self-hosted
  • Large, active project with a big community
  • Can be self-hosted with Docker
  • Workflows defined in YAML templates
  • Docker and compose files for self-hosting
  • Setup requires Docker and some technical knowledge
  • Needs access to language model APIs to be useful
  • Needs access to an LLM to do anything useful
  • Setup assumes familiarity with Docker and environment files
Self-hosted Self-hosted
Closed source Open source
License not stated License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 26, 2026

Checked October 1, 2026

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