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Sidekick vs AnythingLLM: catalog facts
Sidekick	AnythingLLM
Free Free to download from GitHub.	Freemium The desktop app is free and MIT licensed. Mintplex Labs sells a hosted cloud version.
macOS	Windows, macOS, Linux
Native macOS interface Answers using your own files, folders and websites	Chat, vector database and document pipeline in one install, no setup Works fully locally, or with a cloud provider key if you prefer
macOS only Answer quality depends on the local model and your hardware	Answer quality depends on the local model, which on a normal laptop is modest Indexing a large document set takes time and disk
Downloadable app	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: MIT
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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