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LocalGPT vs Kotaemon: catalog facts
LocalGPT	Kotaemon
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free Free and open source.
Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Documents and queries stay on your own machine Hybrid vector and full-text search with reranking	Chat with your own documents through a web interface Works with local or hosted language models
No packaged releases; you set it up from source Requires Ollama and enough hardware for local models	Needs a server or local setup rather than a simple installer Answer quality depends on the model you connect
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License not stated
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 26, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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