OpenAI

Sure, OpenAI ChatGPT is awesome.

But have you considered these open source alternatives?

They are free, self-hostable and community-driven.

Check by yourself: Ollama  Ollama ,  LiteLLM , OpenWebUI  Open WebUI , LobeHub  LobeChat ,  AnythingLLM ,  Onyx ,  Khoj .

  1. So is Ollama Ollama

    The easiest way to get up and running with large language models

    ★ 179K LLM AI License: MIT

    Ollama is a platform that makes it easy to get up and running with large language models. It provides a simple API to interact with the models, and you can use it to generate text, answer questions, and more.

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  2. So is LiteLLM

    Proxy Server to call 100+ LLMs in the OpenAI format

    ★ 57.1K AI LLM License: MIT

    Call all LLM APIs using the OpenAI format [Bedrock, Huggingface, VertexAI, TogetherAI, Azure, OpenAI, Groq etc.]

    preview

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  3. So is OpenWebUI Open WebUI

    A user-friendly interface for AI chat

    ★ 150K LLM AI RAG Chatbot License: MIT

    An extensible, feature-rich, and user-friendly self-hosted WebUI designed to operate entirely offline. It supports various LLM runners, including Ollama and OpenAI-compatible APIs.

    Open WebUI Demo

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  4. So is LobeHub LobeChat

    Open-source, modern-design AI chat framework

    ★ 81.9K LLM AI RAG Chatbot License: Apache-2.0 (with a twist)

    An open-source, modern-design ChatGPT/LLMs UI/Framework that supports speech-synthesis, multi-modal, and extensible (function call) plugin system.

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  5. So is Onyx

    Open-source AI platform with Chat UI, RAG, Web Search, Agents, and 40+ connectors

    ★ 31.7K AI Chat RAG Search LLM Enterprise License: MIT

    Onyx is a feature-rich, self-hostable Chat UI that works with any LLM. It is easy to deploy and can run in a completely airgapped environment.

    Onyx comes loaded with advanced features like Agents, Web Search, RAG, MCP, Deep Research, Connectors to 40+ knowledge sources, and more.

    Onyx Preview

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