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GPT4All vs LocalGPT: catalog facts
GPT4All	LocalGPT
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence, including for commercial use.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Self-hosted
LocalDocs answers questions from your own files, entirely on your machine Runs on CPU; no API calls and no GPU required	Documents and queries stay on your own machine Hybrid vector and full-text search with reranking
The latest release, 3.10.0, dates from February 2025 Nomic’s website now foregrounds a separate commercial platform rather than GPT4All	No packaged releases; you set it up from source Requires Ollama and enough hardware for local models
Downloadable app	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: MIT
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 26, 2026

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