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RAGFlow vs AnythingLLM: catalog facts
RAGFlow	AnythingLLM
Free Free and open source to self-host.	Freemium The desktop app is free and MIT licensed. Mintplex Labs sells a hosted cloud version.
Web, Self-hosted	Windows, macOS, Linux
Ingestion pipeline for many document and data formats Hybrid vector and full-text search with re-ranking	Chat, vector database and document pipeline in one install, no setup Works fully locally, or with a cloud provider key if you prefer
Server setup is more involved than a desktop chat app Geared toward teams and organisations more than individuals	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 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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