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PrivateGPT vs LocalGPT: catalog facts
PrivateGPT	LocalGPT
Free Free to run yourself from the public repository.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Document question answering (RAG) on local models Works with any OpenAI-compatible inference server	Documents and queries stay on your own machine Hybrid vector and full-text search with reranking
Aimed at developers; requires setting up a separate inference server Mainly an API layer rather than a finished desktop app	No packaged releases; you set it up from source Requires Ollama and enough hardware for local models
Self-hosted	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 26, 2026

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