AnythingLLM

What is AnythingLLM?

AnythingLLM is an open-source, MIT-licensed AI application that prioritizes privacy and local processing. It lets individuals and organizations chat with documents, run agents and use a model of their choice without renting a cloud service.

Key capabilities of AnythingLLM

• Document chat: Knowledge bases that stay local
• Custom agent skills: Build agent skills and background jobs
• Meeting assistant: Automatic transcription and summarization
• Web scraping and search: Agents can scrape and search the web
• Model choice: Pick a model or get a hardware-based recommendation
• Multi-user Docker: Self-hosted deployment for organizations

How AnythingLLM works

You install the desktop app, add documents to a workspace and pick a model, either local or recommended for your hardware. AnythingLLM answers from your documents and can run agents with custom skills. Teams can instead use the Docker self-hosted version or the Cloud collaboration platform.

Who uses AnythingLLM?

Individuals and businesses that want a private, ownable AI setup. The project reports over 66,000 GitHub stars and 200 contributors.

AnythingLLM pricing

The desktop app is a free download and the code is MIT licensed. The homepage does not list prices for the Cloud platform.

AnythingLLM alternatives

Alternatives include TypingMind, a paid chat front end for many models, HARPA AI, a browser extension, and Manus for cloud-hosted agents. AnythingLLM stands out for local operation and open source.