Major AI Assistants
ChatGPT
OpenAI
128K tokens
USA
OpenAI's flagship AI assistant, powered by GPT-4o and o-series reasoning models. Handles writing, coding, analysis, image generation, and web browsing. Free tier available.
Free / Plus $20/mo / Pro $200/mo
Free Tier Available
✅ Private mode
✅ Turn off learning
Claude
Anthropic
200K tokens
USA
Anthropic's AI assistant known for thoughtful, nuanced responses. Excels at writing, analysis, coding, and long-document processing with a large context window. Free tier available.
Free / Pro $20/mo / Team $30/user/mo
Free Tier Available
✅ Private mode
✅ Turn off learning
Google Gemini
Google
1M tokens
USA
Google's multimodal AI assistant with deep integration into Google Workspace, Search, and Android. Supports text, images, audio, and code. Free tier available.
Free / Advanced $19.99/mo (Google One AI)
Free Tier Available
⚠ Activity controls
✅ Turn off learning
Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft
128K tokens
USA
Microsoft's AI companion with free web chat, image generation, and deep integration with Windows, Edge, and Microsoft 365 apps. Powered by OpenAI models.
Free / Pro $20/mo
Free Tier Available
✅ Protected mode (Enterprise)
⚠ Consumer data used
Grok
xAI
128K tokens
USA
xAI's AI assistant with real-time access to X (Twitter) posts and trending topics. Features reasoning modes, image understanding, and a conversational style. Free tier on X.
Free on X / Premium+ $16/mo
Free Tier Available
❌ No private mode
⚠ Opt-out via settings
Meta AI
Meta
128K tokens
USA
Meta's free AI assistant built on Llama models, available across WhatsApp, Messenger, Instagram, and the web. Handles everyday questions, creative tasks, and image generation.
Free
Completely Free
⚠ Data used for improvement
❌ No learning opt-out
Research & Search-Focused
Perplexity AI
Perplexity
128K tokens
USA
AI-powered answer engine combining conversational chat with real-time web search. Every answer comes with inline citations and source links. Free tier with Pro searches.
Free / Pro $20/mo
Free Tier Available
⚠ Search history stored
✅ Turn off learning
You.com
You.com
128K tokens
USA
AI search and chat platform combining web search with conversational AI for cited answers. Features AI agents and multiple model access. Free tier available.
Free / Premium $15/mo
Free Tier Available
✅ Private mode
✅ Turn off learning
Ask McKinsey
McKinsey & Company
McKinsey insights
USA
McKinsey's public gen-AI chatbot for exploring the firm's published research. Answers business and management questions with footnoted summaries that link back to the original articles and reports.
Free
Completely Free
✅ Source-grounded answers
Open-Source & International
Mistral Le Chat
Mistral AI (Paris)
128K tokens
France
European AI assistant from Paris-based Mistral AI. Features web search, canvas for documents, image generation, and strong multilingual capabilities. Free to use.
Free / Enterprise pricing available
Free Tier Available
✅ EU data residency
✅ Turn off learning
HuggingChat
Hugging Face
32K–128K tokens
USA / 🇫🇷 France
Free, open-source chatbot by Hugging Face running community models (Llama, Mistral, Command R+, and more). No login required. Fully transparent and privacy-friendly.
Free
Completely Free
✅ Open-source interface
✅ Turn off learning
DeepSeek
DeepSeek
128K tokens
China
Chinese AI lab's free chatbot featuring strong reasoning and coding abilities. The DeepSeek-R1 model rivals top commercial models. Open-weights models available.
Free (web) / Self-host (open weights)
Free Tier Available
❌ Data stored in China
✅ Self-host for full privacy
Qwen
Alibaba Cloud
128K tokens
China
Alibaba Cloud's free AI assistant with strong multilingual support, coding, maths, and reasoning. Open-source models available for self-hosting. Competitive with top models.
Free (web) / Self-host (open weights)
Free Tier Available
❌ Data stored in China
✅ Self-host for full privacy
Kimi
Moonshot AI
200K tokens
China
Moonshot AI's free chatbot from China with a massive context window for processing long documents. The Kimi K2 model ranks amongst the top global AI models. Strong at analysis and summarisation.
Free
Completely Free
❌ Data stored in China
❌ No learning opt-out
Privacy-Focused
Duck.ai
DuckDuckGo
Varies by model
USA
DuckDuckGo's private AI chat. No login required, no conversation history stored, queries anonymised through DuckDuckGo's proxy. Access multiple models (GPT-4o mini, Claude, Llama, Mistral).
Free
Completely Free
✅ No history stored
✅ Queries anonymised
Brave Leo
Brave
Varies by model
USA
AI assistant built into the Brave browser. No login or account needed, chats are never stored or used for training. Accesses Claude, Llama, and Qwen models through Brave's own secure infrastructure.
Free / Premium $7/mo
Free Tier Available
✅ No data stored
✅ Never used for training
Venice AI
Venice
Varies by model
USA
Privacy-first AI platform running uncensored open-source models locally. No data logging, no accounts required. Offers text chat, image generation, and code assistance.
Free / Pro $9.99/mo
Free Tier Available
✅ No data logging
✅ No account required
Conversational & Character
Pi by Inflection
Inflection
~20K tokens
USA
Personal AI companion designed for supportive, empathetic conversation. Available on web, iOS, and Android. Focus on emotional intelligence and natural dialogue.
Free
Completely Free
⚠ Conversations stored
❌ No learning opt-out
Character AI
Character.AI
~8K tokens
USA
Platform for chatting with AI-generated characters — fictional, historical, or custom-built. Large community creating millions of unique conversational personas.
Free / c.ai+ $9.99/mo
Free Tier Available
⚠ Chats used for training
❌ No learning opt-out
Robyn
Robyn AI
Persistent memory
USA
Emotionally intelligent AI companion built by a Harvard-trained physician. Remembers patterns, mirrors emotional tone, and routes self-harm topics to crisis resources. Not a clinical replacement for therapy.
$19.99/mo or $179/yr
Paid Only
✅ Crisis-line routing
⚠ Conversations stored
Multi-Model Platforms
Poe
Quora
Varies by model
USA
Quora's platform for accessing ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Llama, and thousands of custom bots in one interface. Free tier with daily message limits across all models.
Free (limited) / Subscriber $19.99/mo
Limited Free Tier
⚠ Shared with model providers
❌ No learning opt-out
Krater.ai
Krater
Varies by model
USA
All-in-one AI SuperApp combining chatbots, image generation, and writing tools in a single interface with access to multiple AI models.
Free trial / Premium $9.99/mo
Limited Free Trial
⚠ Data used for improvement
Vercel AI Playground
Vercel
Varies by model
USA
Free side-by-side comparison tool from Vercel. Test prompts across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Llama, Mistral, and others simultaneously to compare outputs.
Free
Completely Free
⚠ Data shared with model providers
Research & Academic Literature Tools
Google NotebookLM
Google
Upload sources
USA
Upload documents and sources for grounded, source-cited research. Generates summaries, study guides, FAQs, and analysis — all anchored to your uploaded material.
Free (with Google account)
Free
✅ Sources stay private
Elicit
Elicit Inc.
Millions of papers
One of the top tools for academic literature reviews — searches millions of papers, extracts data, and answers your research questions with citations.
Free tier / Plus from $10/mo
Free Tier Available
✅ Research-focused
Consensus
Consensus NLP Inc.
Peer-reviewed papers
Scientific consensus chatbot — ask questions about research and get evidence-based answers drawn from peer-reviewed papers with citations and agreement meters.
Free tier / Premium from $8.99/mo
Free Tier Available
✅ Research-focused
SciSpace
SciSpace (Typeset)
Chat with PDFs
Chat directly with research papers and PDFs — explains complex sections, summarises findings, and answers questions grounded in the academic literature.
Free tier / Premium from $9.99/mo
Free Tier Available
⚠ Uploads processed
Scite.ai Assistant
scite Inc.
Citation analysis
Citation analysis and smart research assistant. See how papers are supported or contradicted by other research — invaluable for literature reviews and fact-checking claims.
Free limited / Premium from $20/mo
Limited Free
✅ Research-focused
ScholarAI
ScholarAI Inc.
200M+ papers
Access to 200M+ research papers with citations, study guides, and deep literature exploration. Great for students and researchers needing comprehensive academic coverage.
Free tier / Pro from $9.99/mo
Free Tier Available
✅ Research-focused
Technical / Developer / Fast Research Chatbots
Phind
Phind Inc.
Web-grounded
USA
Strong for technical and research questions with web grounding and source citations. Particularly popular among developers for coding questions, debugging, and technical research.
Free / Pro $20/mo
Free Tier Available
⚠ Queries logged
GroqChat
Groq Inc.
Ultra-fast inference
USA
Extremely fast inference on open models powered by Groq's custom LPU hardware. Ideal for real-time serious work and experimentation with Llama, Mixtral, and other open models.
Free
Free
⚠ Standard logging
Cohere Coral
Cohere
128K tokens
Canada
Cohere's free chat interface powered by Command R+ models. Strong at retrieval-augmented generation, grounded answers with citations, and enterprise-grade text analysis.
Free
Free
✅ Enterprise options
Reka AI
Reka
128K tokens
Multimodal AI chatbot from Reka, capable of understanding text, images, and video. Free to use with competitive performance on reasoning and analysis tasks.
Free
Free
⚠ Standard logging
Google AI Studio
Google
1M tokens
USA
Google's developer-focused playground for Gemini models. Test prompts, tune parameters, and prototype AI applications with free API access and generous usage limits.
Free
Free
⚠ Google account required
Research Lab / Multi-Model / Open Platforms
LMSYS Chatbot Arena
UC Berkeley / LMSYS
Blind model comparison
Run by UC Berkeley and collaborators. Clean multi-model chat plus a blind arena for comparing frontier models head-to-head. Heavily used by AI researchers for model evaluation.
Free
Completely Free
⚠ Conversations may be collected for research
Official Model Sites
DeepSeek
DeepSeek AI
128K tokens
China
Official DeepSeek chat — V4-Pro (Expert reasoning) and V4-Flash (instant response). Free with sign-up, unlimited usage.
Free / API paid
Free Tier Available
Google AI Studio
Google
1M tokens
USA
Official Google playground for Gemini 3.1 Pro and beyond. Add features like grounding, code execution, and structured output.
Free with Google account
Free Tier Available
Z.ai
Zhipu AI
200K tokens
China
Official Z.ai chat for GLM-5.1 and GLM-5-Turbo. Includes slide generation and file analysis.
Free / Pro ~$10/mo
Free Tier Available
Qwen
Alibaba
256K tokens
China
Official Qwen chat — Qwen3.6-Plus and Qwen3.5-Plus. Multimodal, image and video generation built in.
Free with sign-up
Free Tier Available
Gemini
Google
1M tokens
USA
Google's flagship assistant. Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview (5 daily) plus unlimited Gemini 3 Flash. Add features for grounding and tools.
Free / Advanced $20/mo
Free Tier Available
Kimi
Moonshot AI
200K tokens
China
Kimi K2.6 with deep reasoning. Slide generation included. Google or phone sign-in required.
Free / Pro tiers
Free Tier Available
Meta AI
Meta
USA
Meta AI assistant powered by the Muse Spark model. Unlimited use with Meta sign-in. Image and video generation included.
Free with Meta account
Free Tier Available
Ernie
Baidu
China
Baidu's flagship assistant — Ernie 5.1 Preview and ERNIE 5.0. Strong on Chinese-language reasoning and multimodal tasks.
Free with sign-up
Free Tier Available
ChatGPT
OpenAI
256K tokens
USA
OpenAI's flagship — GPT-5.5 Instant. Web browsing, image generation, custom GPTs, and code interpreter.
Free / Plus $20/mo / Pro $200/mo
Free Tier Available
MiMo Studio
Xiaomi
256K tokens
China
Xiaomi's AI Studio — MiMo-V2.5-Pro and MiMo-V2.5 (also known as MiMo-V2-Flash). MIT-licensed open weights.
Free with sign-up
Free Tier Available
Grok
xAI
256K tokens
USA
Grok 4.2 — choose between fast non-reasoning and reasoning variants. Real-time X integration. Rate limits displayed in UI.
Free / Premium tiers
Limited Free Use
Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft
USA
Microsoft's consumer AI assistant powered by GPT-5.1. Unlimited free use with Microsoft sign-in.
Free / Pro $20/mo
Free Tier Available
Claude
Anthropic
200K tokens
USA
Anthropic's flagship assistant — Claude Sonnet 4.6 and the Opus family. Strong on long-form reasoning and coding. Sign-up plus phone verification required.
Free / Pro $20/mo / Max
Free Tier Available
✅ Private mode
✅ Turn off learning
MiniMax AI
MiniMax
China
Official MiniMax agent platform running MiniMax-M2.7. Strong on tool-use and agentic workflows.
Free / Pro tiers
Free Tier Available
Mistral
Mistral AI
France
Le Chat by Mistral, running Mistral Large 3. Free conversational use; developer console available separately.
Free / Pro tiers
Free Tier Available
Ai2 Playground
Allen Institute for AI
USA
Allen AI's open playground featuring Olmo 3.1 32B with thinking mode. No sign-up required, unlimited.
Free, no sign-up
Free Tier Available
LongCat
Meituan
128K tokens
China
Meituan's LongCat Flash with reasoning mode. 560B MoE, ~27B active. Free with sign-up, unlimited.
Free with sign-up
Free Tier Available
Cohere Playground
Cohere
Canada
Cohere's Command A Reasoning in their playground. 1000 free messages per month with sign-up.
1000/month free
Limited Free Use
Solar (Upstage)
Upstage
Korea
Upstage's Solar Pro 3 in the official console playground. No sign-up to try.
Free preview
Free Tier Available
StepFun
StepFun
China
StepFun's Step 3.5 Flash and DeepSeek R1 hosted side by side. Sparse MoE for fast agentic intelligence.
Free preview
Free Tier Available
Sarvam
Sarvam AI
India
Sarvam-105b and Sarvam-30b — India's flagship multilingual models. Unlimited free use with sign-up.
Free with sign-up
Free Tier Available
Apertus
PublicAI
Switzerland
Open chat hosting Apertus 70B — Switzerland's sovereign open-weight model.
Free
Free Tier Available
Hy3-preview
Tencent
China
Tencent's Hy3-preview model on a Hugging Face Space. Unlimited free use.
Free
Free Tier Available
Reka
Reka AI
USA
Reka Flash 3.1 multimodal assistant. Strong on image and document understanding.
Free with sign-up
Free Tier Available
K2Think
MBZUAI / LLM360
UAE
Open reasoning system — K2 Think V2 70B. Hosted on Cerebras for ~2000 tokens/sec inference. Sign-up required.
Free with sign-up
Free Tier Available
Inception Chat
Inception Labs
USA
Mercury 2 from Inception Labs. Diffusion-style language model with unique generation behaviour. Unlimited free use.
Free
Free Tier Available
Multiple Model Sites
ISH
ISH
Beta multi-model chat surface — Claude Opus 4.6, Claude Sonnet 4.6, and others through one interface. GitHub sign-in.
Free with GitHub sign-in
Free Tier Available
Woozlit
Woozlit
Free multi-model assistant — Opus 4.7, Sonnet 4.6, Gemini 3.1 Pro, DeepSeek-V4-Pro. ~2000 messages monthly.
Free / Pro tiers
Limited Free Use
Arena (chat)
LMArena
LMArena's direct mode — pick from many models side-by-side. Sign-up required; reset limits with temp mail. OpenAI bridge available.
Free with sign-up
Limited Free Use
Pollinations Chat
Pollinations
Open multi-modal playground — Grok 4.20 Non-Reasoning, GLM-5.1, GPT-5.4, plus image/video/audio generation in one place.
Free
Limited Free Use
NVIDIA NIM
NVIDIA
NVIDIA-hosted inference for GLM-5.1, DeepSeek-V4-Pro, Kimi K2.6 and many more. No sign-up, unlimited preview.
Free preview
Free Tier Available
Together.ai
Together
Together's chat interface — GLM-5.1, Kimi K2.6, DeepSeek-V4 and 100+ open models. Up to 110 messages daily on the free tier.
110/day free
Limited Free Use
Element Flash
Kernal
Multi-model frontier-AI sandbox. Queues during high traffic. Sign-up required.
Free with sign-up
Limited Free Use
Indic LLM Arena
AI4Bharat
AI4Bharat's arena for Indic-language LLMs. Multi-model comparison, unlimited use.
Free, unlimited
Free Tier Available
AI Assistant
Community
Cloudflare-hosted assistant offering 30+ free AI models — DeepSeek V3.2, GLM-4.7, Kimi K2.5 and others. No sign-up.
Free, no sign-up
Free Tier Available
Cerebras Chat
Cerebras
Run GLM-4.7 and Qwen3-235B on Cerebras Wafer-Scale Engine — extreme-speed inference. Sign-up required.
Free with sign-up
Free Tier Available
Groq
Groq
Groq's LPU-accelerated playground — Kimi K2-0905, GPT-OSS-120B and other open models. Sign-up required, daily limits apply.
Free with limits
Limited Free Use
Specialized Chatbots
Awesome AI Web Search
felladrin
Curated GitHub index of AI-powered web-search engines. Useful starting point for finding the right search assistant.
Free open list
Free Tier Available
NotebookLM
Google
USA
Document and notebook chatbot. Upload sources, get grounded answers, generate audio overviews and Anki-export flashcards.
Free with Google account
Free Tier Available
Google AI Mode
Google
Google's AI search interface. Pro mode (Google sign-in) and Fast mode (no sign-up).
Free
Free Tier Available
Ask Brave
Brave
Brave's privacy-first AI answer engine, grounded in independent search results.
Free
Free Tier Available
✅ Privacy-first
Perplexity
Perplexity AI
USA
AI search engine with cited answers. Pro tier offers stronger models, image generation, and additional research tools.
Free / Pro $20/mo
Free Tier Available
Arena (search)
LMArena
Compare AI search engines side by side. Sign-up required; reset limits with temp mail.
Free with sign-up
Limited Free Use
iAsk AI
iAsk
Research-focused chatbot with structured answers and source attribution.
Free / Pro tiers
Free Tier Available
Exa
Exa Labs
Neural search engine designed for AI applications. Strong on niche, technical, and long-tail queries.
Free / API paid
Free Tier Available
Alphaxiv
Alphaxiv
Research-paper chatbot. Discuss arXiv papers in context, follow citation graphs, and export notes.
Free
Free Tier Available
Vane
ItzCrazyKns
FOSS AI search engine you can self-host. Successor to Perplexica.
Free open source
Free Tier Available
Learn About
Google Learning
Google's educational AI search experiment. Built for guided study with adaptive explanations.
Free with Google account
Free Tier Available
SciSpace
SciSpace
Research chatbot for academic literature — read, explain, and discover papers from a unified workspace.
Free / Pro tiers
Free Tier Available
Scinito
Scinito
Specialised research chatbot covering academic and engineering knowledge bases.
Free
Free Tier Available
Elicit
Elicit
Research assistant that finds, summarises, and synthesises peer-reviewed papers. Widely used in academia.
Free / Pro tiers
Free Tier Available
PrivateGPT
PrivateGPT
Document chatbot you can run locally. Note-taking, RAG, and full data isolation.
Free open source
Free Tier Available
✅ Local processing
Onyx
Onyx
Document chatbot for teams — connect your knowledge sources and chat with them.
Free / paid tiers
Free Tier Available
DocsGPT
DocsGPT
Open-source document chatbot. Self-hostable; cloud version available.
Free open source
Free Tier Available
Anara
Anara
AI research assistant — find, organise, and chat across PDFs, audio, and video with passage-level citations.
Free / Pro $20/mo
Limited Free Use
Paper2Gal
Paper2Galgame
Turn academic papers into interactive visual novels powered by Gemini. Niche but novel way to engage with dense research.
Free
Free Tier Available
Local AI Frontends
SillyTavern
SillyTavern Devs
Power-user desktop frontend with presets, themes, and rich character/role-play tooling.
Free open source
Free Tier Available
Open WebUI
Open WebUI
Polished web UI for self-hosted LLMs. Works with Ollama, llama.cpp, and any OpenAI-compatible API.
Free open source
Free Tier Available
Jan
Jan
Open-source desktop AI client. Run local models or connect remote APIs from one app.
Free open source
Free Tier Available
LM Studio
LM Studio
Desktop app for downloading and running local language models. Self-hosted models only.
Free / paid for commercial
Free Tier Available
oobabooga (Text Generation WebUI)
oobabooga
Veteran web UI for local language models. Self-hosted only; Colab notebook available.
Free open source
Free Tier Available
Msty
Msty
Modern desktop AI app — chat with local and remote models, side-by-side comparison, knowledge stacks.
Free / paid tiers
Free Tier Available
Cherry Studio
CherryHQ
AGPL desktop client supporting 300+ models. Built-in assistants, RAG knowledge base, multi-provider unified access.
Free open source
Free Tier Available
Chatbox
Chatbox
Cross-platform desktop AI client. Connect any OpenAI-compatible API or local model.
Free / paid tiers
Free Tier Available
LobeHub
LobeHub
Polished desktop and web AI client. Plugin ecosystem, custom assistants, multimodal support. Sign-up required.
Free / paid tiers
Free Tier Available
Noi
lencx
Open-source AI browser. Send one prompt to many models at once; manage prompts; isolated cookie sessions.
Free open source
Free Tier Available
LibreChat
LibreChat
Web UI clone of ChatGPT with multi-provider support. Self-hostable.
Free open source
Free Tier Available
LoLLMs
ParisNeo
Lord of LLMs — extensible web UI with bindings to many local and remote models.
Free open source
Free Tier Available
AnythingLLM
Mintplex Labs
All-in-one desktop AI app with RAG, agents, and multi-provider support.
Free open source
Free Tier Available
GPT4All
Nomic AI
Self-hosted desktop AI for laptops. Strong privacy story — everything runs locally.
Free open source
Free Tier Available
✅ Local processing
tgpt
aandrew-me
Terminal AI assistant. Lightweight CLI for piping AI into your shell workflow.
Free open source
Free Tier Available
ch.at
Deep AI Inc
Lightweight, minimal language-model bridge. Designed for low-fuss API routing.
Free open source
Free Tier Available
Stability Matrix
Lykos AI
Multi-platform package manager and frontend for self-hosted image-generation models.
Free open source
Free Tier Available
Invoke
Invoke AI
Professional creative-suite frontend for Stable Diffusion. Node-based workflow and unified canvas.
Free open source
Free Tier Available
ComfyUI
Comfy Org
Modular node-graph UI for Stable Diffusion and other diffusion models. The de-facto power-user frontend.
Free open source
Free Tier Available
Fooocus
lllyasviel
Beginner-friendly Stable Diffusion frontend with a Midjourney-style minimalist workflow. Colab notebook available.
Free open source
Free Tier Available
Mochi Diffusion
MochiDiffusion
Native Stable Diffusion app for macOS, optimised for Apple Silicon.
Free open source
Free Tier Available
DiffusionBee
DiffusionBee
One-click Stable Diffusion app for Mac. No technical setup required.
Free / paid tiers
Free Tier Available
Automatic1111
AUTOMATIC1111
The original power-user Stable Diffusion web UI. Massive ecosystem of forks, extensions, and templates.
Free open source
Free Tier Available
StableStudio
Stability AI
Open-source community-driven evolution of DreamStudio.
Free open source
Free Tier Available
Easy Diffusion
cmdr2
Easiest Stable Diffusion installer for Windows / Mac / Linux. One click to start generating.
Free open source
Free Tier Available
Makeayo
Makeayo
Local Stable Diffusion frontend for non-technical users. Simple installer for Windows.
Free
Free Tier Available
biniou
Woolverine94
Self-hosted webui covering 30+ generative models — image, audio, video, text-to-3D.
Free open source
Free Tier Available
Dione
Dione
AI app launcher with one-click installs for many open-source AI tools.
Free open source
Free Tier Available
Sygil WebUI
Sygil-Dev
Stable Diffusion web UI (formerly hlky/sd-webui). Streamlit-based, Colab notebook available.
Free open source
Free Tier Available
Radiata
ddpn08
Stable Diffusion web UI with TensorRT acceleration. Designed for fast inference on NVIDIA GPUs.
Free open source
Free Tier Available
SD WebUI Forge
lllyasviel
Optimised fork of Automatic1111's UI. Faster, more memory-efficient, with extra features.
Free open source
Free Tier Available
ComfyUI-Zluda
patientx
ComfyUI fork with Zluda support — runs CUDA-only models on AMD GPUs.
Free open source
Free Tier Available
Pinokio
Pinokio
Plugin-based AI launcher — install and run many self-hosted AI tools with a click. NVIDIA GPU recommended.
Free
Free Tier Available
Diffuse
TensorStack
Stable Diffusion runtime tuned for AMD systems via DirectML.
Free open source
Free Tier Available
Self-Hosting Tools
Awesome Local LLM
rafska
Curated GitHub list of local LLM platforms, runtimes, and resources.
Free open list
Free Tier Available
llama.cpp
ggerganov
Fast, dependency-light C/C++ inference engine for transformer LLMs. Powers most local-LLM tools.
Free open source
Free Tier Available
KoboldCpp
LostRuins
llama.cpp wrapped with an API and GUI. ROCm-friendly, Colab notebook available.
Free open source
Free Tier Available
Aphrodite Engine
PygmalionAI
Serve LLMs at scale with KoboldAI and OpenAI-compatible APIs. Production-grade. Colab notebook available.
Free open source
Free Tier Available
Petals
BigScience
Run large language models BitTorrent-style — distributed inference across volunteer nodes.
Free open source
Free Tier Available
Leon
leon-ai
Open-source self-hosted personal AI assistant. Voice and text, plug-in modules.
Free open source
Free Tier Available
Ollama
Ollama
The simplest way to run LLMs locally. Pull and run open models with a single command. Powers many frontends.
Free open source
Free Tier Available
llamafile
Mozilla Ocho
Distribute and run LLMs as a single executable. Cross-platform, no install needed.
Free open source
Free Tier Available
LLM-API-Key-Proxy
Mirrowel
Self-hosted proxy that rotates through your LLM API keys.
Free open source
Free Tier Available
Can I Run AI Locally
canirun.ai
Tool to figure out which local AI models your hardware can actually run.
Free
Free Tier Available
LocalAI
LocalAI
Self-hosted, OpenAI-compatible API for running open models locally. Drop-in replacement for the OpenAI SDK.
Free open source
Free Tier Available
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