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PrivateGPT vs AnythingLLM: catalog facts
PrivateGPT	AnythingLLM
Free Free to run yourself from the public repository.	Freemium The desktop app is free and MIT licensed. Mintplex Labs sells a hosted cloud version.
Self-hosted	Windows, macOS, Linux
Document question answering (RAG) on local models Works with any OpenAI-compatible inference server	Chat, vector database and document pipeline in one install, no setup Works fully locally, or with a cloud provider key if you prefer
Aimed at developers; requires setting up a separate inference server Mainly an API layer rather than a finished desktop app	Answer quality depends on the local model, which on a normal laptop is modest Indexing a large document set takes time and disk
Self-hosted	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Closed 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 21, 2026

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