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QAnything vs AnythingLLM: catalog facts
QAnything	AnythingLLM
Free Free and open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence.	Freemium The desktop app is free and MIT licensed. Mintplex Labs sells a hosted cloud version.
Self-hosted	Windows, macOS, Linux
One-command startup with Docker Compose Compose files for Linux, macOS and Windows	Chat, vector database and document pipeline in one install, no setup Works fully locally, or with a cloud provider key if you prefer
Last major version was 2.0 in 2024 Requires Docker and enough local resources to run the stack	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
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-3.0	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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