Open-source self-hosted chat UIs

NextChat

ChatGPTNextWeb/NextChat

Lightweight, self-hostable ChatGPT-style web/desktop client for many model providers.

docker run -d -p 3000:3000 -e OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-xxxx -e CODE=your-password yidadaa/chatgpt-next-web

AnythingLLM

Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm

Local-first desktop/Docker app for chatting with documents, agents and any LLM (local or cloud), with built-in RAG.

Install: Desktop download at anythingllm.com/download; Docker image also available.

Cherry Studio

CherryHQ/cherry-studio

Desktop AI studio with multi-provider chat, agents and 300+ preset assistants.

Install: Desktop installers on cherryai.com / GitHub Releases.

Chatbox

chatboxai/chatbox

Desktop and mobile AI client for many providers and local models, with prompt library and file chat.

Install: Installers on chatboxai.app and GitHub Releases.

Khoj

khoj-ai/khoj

Self-hostable "AI second brain": chat over your docs and the web, deep research, custom agents and scheduled automations.

Install: pip or Docker install per docs.khoj.dev.

SillyTavern

SillyTavern/SillyTavern

Local LLM frontend for power users and roleplay, connecting to many text, image and TTS backends.

Install: Install guides at docs.sillytavern.app (Windows, macOS/Linux, Android, Docker).

Hugging Face Chat UI

huggingface/chat-ui

The open-source SvelteKit codebase behind HuggingChat; self-host a chat UI for any OpenAI-compatible endpoint.

git clone https://github.com/huggingface/chat-ui

big-AGI

enricoros/big-AGI

Power-user AI chat suite with multi-model "Beam" comparisons, personas, voice and image generation; self-hostable.

Install: See docs/installation.md (Node or Docker).