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LocalGPT vs PrivateGPT: catalog facts
LocalGPT	PrivateGPT
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free Free to run yourself from the public repository.
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Documents and queries stay on your own machine Hybrid vector and full-text search with reranking	Document question answering (RAG) on local models Works with any OpenAI-compatible inference server
No packaged releases; you set it up from source Requires Ollama and enough hardware for local models	Aimed at developers; requires setting up a separate inference server Mainly an API layer rather than a finished desktop app
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Closed 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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