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Kotaemon vs QAnything: catalog facts
Kotaemon	QAnything
Free Free and open source.	Free Free and open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence.
Web, Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Chat with your own documents through a web interface Works with local or hosted language models	One-command startup with Docker Compose Compose files for Linux, macOS and Windows
Needs a server or local setup rather than a simple installer Answer quality depends on the model you connect	Last major version was 2.0 in 2024 Requires Docker and enough local resources to run the stack
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: AGPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is 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 October 2, 2026

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