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LocalGPT vs QAnything: catalog facts
LocalGPT	QAnything
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free Free and open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence.
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Documents and queries stay on your own machine Hybrid vector and full-text search with reranking	One-command startup with Docker Compose Compose files for Linux, macOS and Windows
No packaged releases; you set it up from source Requires Ollama and enough hardware for local models	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: MIT	License: AGPL-3.0
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 26, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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