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Kotaemon vs AnythingLLM: catalog facts
Kotaemon	AnythingLLM
Free Free and open source.	Freemium The desktop app is free and MIT licensed. Mintplex Labs sells a hosted cloud version.
Web, Self-hosted	Windows, macOS, Linux
Chat with your own documents through a web interface Works with local or hosted language models	Chat, vector database and document pipeline in one install, no setup Works fully locally, or with a cloud provider key if you prefer
Needs a server or local setup rather than a simple installer Answer quality depends on the model you connect	Answer quality depends on the local model, which on a normal laptop is modest Indexing a large document set takes time and disk
Self-hosted	Downloadable app, 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 September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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