AnythingLLM — A local-first AI assistant that runs models, document chat, and agents on your own machine, MIT-licensed and free to self-host, with a hosted team version from $50/month.
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Best for: developers and privacy-sensitive teams that want document chat and agents running on their own hardware
Pricing: Free to self-host under MIT and free on the desktop; hosted Cloud is $50/month (Basic) or $99/month (Pro), plus your own LLM API costs.
- AnythingLLM is published on GitHub under the MIT license and has more than 66,000 stars.
- The AnythingLLM desktop app is free and runs on macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel), Windows (x64 and ARM), and Linux with no account or API key.
- AnythingLLM Cloud costs $50/month for Basic and $99/month for Pro, with Enterprise priced on request.
- AnythingLLM works with local runtimes such as Ollama and LM Studio and with cloud providers including OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google Gemini.
- AnythingLLM's mobile app ships on Google Play and as a manual APK; there is no iOS version.
Limitations: No iOS app; mobile is Android-only.; The Desktop Pro price that removes Magic-feature daily caps is not published on the site.; Answer quality depends on the local model your hardware can run.
Top alternatives: Ollama, LM Studio, Open WebUI, Jan, Msty — full list
What is AnythingLLM?
AnythingLLM is a desktop and self-hosted AI application that bundles a model runner, a document knowledge base, and agents into one install, so chats, files, and embeddings stay on hardware you control. AnythingLLM's desktop app installs as a single file on macOS, Windows, or Linux and works with no sign-up, no API key, and no token limits: documents dropped into a workspace become retrievable context, and agents can scrape the web, search files, and call custom tools. The same project is published on GitHub under the MIT license (Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm) and ships as a Docker image for multi-user, self-hosted deployments with per-user isolation, admin controls, and white-labeling. For teams that do not want to run infrastructure, AnythingLLM Cloud sells a private hosted instance with a custom subdomain at $50/month (Basic) or $99/month (Pro, adding priority resources and a 72-hour support SLA), in both cases with the customer bringing their own LLM API key. A separate AnythingLLM Desktop Pro subscription removes the daily usage caps on the newer system-wide Magic features (Magic Echo dictation, Magic Tab autocomplete, Magic Beacon) and the branding watermark on AI-generated documents.
AnythingLLM is a local-first AI assistant from Mintplex Labs that runs language models, document retrieval, and tool-using agents on your own computer instead of a vendor's servers. The desktop app for macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel), Windows (x64 and ARM), and Linux is free, needs no account or API key, and can point at a local runtime such as Ollama or LM Studio or at cloud providers including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, Groq, Mistral, and OpenRouter. The same codebase is published on GitHub under the MIT license, with more than 66,000 stars and over 5 million Docker pulls, so a multi-user deployment can be self-hosted at no license cost; AnythingLLM Cloud is the hosted alternative at $50/month for Basic and $99/month for Pro, with Enterprise priced on request. Mobile is Android only — the app ships on Google Play and as a manual APK, and there is no iOS build.
Standout feature: One install bundles a local model runner, a document knowledge base, and tool-using agents with no account or API key, including a meeting assistant that transcribes and summarizes calls on-device without a bot joining the call.
Biggest weakness: Mobile is Android-only — there is no iOS app — and the newer Magic features that make AnythingLLM work system-wide are capped by daily usage limits unless you buy a Desktop Pro license whose price appears nowhere on anythingllm.com or docs.anythingllm.com. Answer quality is also bounded by whatever model your own hardware can run, which varies far more than a fixed cloud model.
Pros
- MIT-licensed on GitHub with more than 66,000 stars and over 5 million Docker pulls, and free to self-host for unlimited users.
- The desktop app runs with no account, no API key, and no token limits; documents, embeddings, and chat history stay on the machine.
- Works with local runtimes (Ollama, LM Studio, LocalAI, KoboldCPP) and cloud providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, Groq, Mistral, OpenRouter) behind the same interface.
- The meeting assistant transcribes and summarizes calls entirely on-device, with no bot joining the meeting.
- Self-hosted deployments include multi-user tenant isolation, fine-grained admin controls, and white-labeling without a paid tier.
Cons
- No iOS app; the mobile client ships only on Google Play and as a manual APK download.
- The Magic features have daily free-usage caps, and the Desktop Pro subscription that lifts them has no price published on the site or in the docs.
- AnythingLLM Cloud starts at $50/month for the whole instance and still requires you to bring your own LLM API key, so the model bill is separate.
- Output quality depends on which local model your hardware can run, so results are less predictable than a hosted assistant on a fixed model.
AnythingLLM pricing
Free tier · paid from $50/mo · verified from the vendor's pricing page
| Plan | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Desktop | Free | Free desktop app for macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel), Windows (x64 and ARM), and Linux; no account, API key, or token limits. The Magic features carry daily free-usage caps. |
| Self-hosted | Free | MIT-licensed Docker deployment on your own infrastructure; multi-user with tenant isolation, admin controls, and white-labeling, at no license fee. |
| Cloud Basic | $50/mo | Hosted private instance with a custom subdomain, RAG and agents enabled out of the box; you supply the LLM API key. |
| Cloud Pro | $99/mo | Hosted private instance with priority resources for teams using AI daily, plus a 72-hour support SLA. |
| Desktop Pro | Custom | Optional subscription that removes the daily caps on the Magic features and the watermark on AI-generated documents; its price is not published on anythingllm.com or docs.anythingllm.com and is shown only at the Mintplex Labs checkout. |
| Enterprise | Custom | Contact sales: on-premise deployment, custom SLA, custom integrations, SSO and RBAC. |
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