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DocsGPT vs LocalGPT: catalog facts
DocsGPT	LocalGPT
Free Free and open source to self-host.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Web, Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Self-hosted, so documents stay on your own infrastructure Works with multiple models, including self-hosted LLMs	Documents and queries stay on your own machine Hybrid vector and full-text search with reranking
Requires setting up and maintaining a server Answer quality depends on the model you connect	No packaged releases; you set it up from source Requires Ollama and enough hardware for local models
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 26, 2026

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