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Kotaemon vs GPT4All: catalog facts
Kotaemon	GPT4All
Free Free and open source.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence, including for commercial use.
Web, Self-hosted	Windows, macOS, Linux
Chat with your own documents through a web interface Works with local or hosted language models	LocalDocs answers questions from your own files, entirely on your machine Runs on CPU; no API calls and no GPU required
Needs a server or local setup rather than a simple installer Answer quality depends on the model you connect	The latest release, 3.10.0, dates from February 2025 Nomic’s website now foregrounds a separate commercial platform rather than GPT4All
Self-hosted	Downloadable app
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 20, 2026

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