Onyxonyx-dot-app/onyx
Open-source AI platform with enterprise searchEnterpriseChat UIsRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-host★ 32kcommit 16 hours ago77worth
Open-source alternatives to AnythingLLM
24 projects in the catalog share a category with AnythingLLM (Chat UIs or RAG & vector DBs). They are ranked by how closely their categories, platforms and GitHub topics match, then by worth score. Of these, 21 run with Docker, 15 have a permissive license and 24 had a commit in the last 90 days.
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| Project | Runs on | Self-host with Docker | License | Stars | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AnythingLLM (this project) | Docker / self-host, Desktop | Yes | MIT | 67k | |
| Onyx | Docker / self-host | Yes | Custom (read before use) | 32k | |
| Khoj | Web, Docker / self-host | Yes | AGPL-3.0 | 38k | |
| Vane | Docker / self-host | Yes | MIT | 37k | |
| LobeHub | Web, Docker / self-host, Desktop | Yes | Custom (read before use) | 83k | |
| NextChat | Web, Docker / self-host, Desktop | Yes | MIT | 89k | |
| Crawl4AI | Docker / self-host, Library / SDK | Yes | Apache-2.0 | 85k | |
| RAGFlow | Docker / self-host | Yes | Apache-2.0 | 92k | |
| LightRAG | Docker / self-host, Library / SDK | Yes | MIT | 40k | |
| Dify | Web, Docker / self-host | Yes | Custom (read before use) | 158k | |
| gpt-researcher | Web, Docker / self-host, Library / SDK | Yes | Apache-2.0 | 30k | |
| Open Notebook | Web, Docker / self-host | Yes | MIT | 40k | |
| Cherry Studio | Desktop | Not listed | AGPL-3.0 | 52k | |
| PrivateGPT | Docker / self-host | Yes | Apache-2.0 | 58k | |
| CowAgent | Docker / self-host | Yes | MIT | 47k | |
| Milvus | Docker / self-host | Yes | Apache-2.0 | 46k | |
| AstrBot | Docker / self-host | Yes | AGPL-3.0 | 41k | |
| Open WebUI | Web, Docker / self-host | Yes | Custom (read before use) | 154k | |
| Qdrant | Docker / self-host | Yes | Apache-2.0 | 35k | |
| AIRI | Web, Desktop | Not listed | MIT | 50k | |
| AionUi | Desktop | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 33k | |
| WeKnora | Docker / self-host | Yes | Custom (read before use) | 32k | |
| Hermes WebUI | Web, Docker / self-host | Yes | MIT | 19k | |
| MaxKB | Docker / self-host | Yes | GPL-3.0 | 23k | |
| DocsGPT | Docker / self-host | Yes | MIT | 18k |
Self-hosted Docker apps (21)
Khojkhoj-ai/khoj
Your self-hostable AI second brainPersonalChat UIsRAG & vector DBsWebDocker / self-host★ 38kAGPL-3.0commit 2 months ago73worth
VaneItzCrazyKns/Vane
AI-powered answering enginePersonalChat UIsRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-host★ 37kMITcommit last month71worth
LobeHublobehub/lobehub
Polished multi-provider AI chat with pluginsPersonalChat UIsWebDocker / self-hostDesktop★ 83kcommit 16 hours ago84worth
NextChatChatGPTNextWeb/NextChat
Lightweight cross-platform AI chat clientPersonalChat UIsWebDocker / self-hostDesktop★ 89kMITcommit 2 months ago74worth
Crawl4AIunclecode/crawl4ai
Web crawler that turns sites into LLM-ready MarkdownPersonalEnterpriseRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-hostLibrary / SDK★ 85kApache-2.0commit last week88worth
RAGFlowinfiniflow/ragflow
RAG engine built on deep document understandingEnterpriseRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-host★ 92kApache-2.0commit yesterday87worth
LightRAGHKUDS/LightRAG
Simple and fast graph-based RAGPersonalEnterpriseRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-hostLibrary / SDK★ 40kMITcommit last week86worth
Difylanggenius/dify
Build, run and monitor LLM apps and agent workflowsPersonalEnterpriseAgents & frameworksRAG & vector DBsWebDocker / self-host★ 158kcommit 17 hours agolive demo85worth
gpt-researcherassafelovic/gpt-researcher
Autonomous deep research agent for web and local documentsPersonalAgent skillsAgents & frameworksMCP serversRAG & vector DBsWeb★ 30kApache-2.0commit last week85worth
Open Notebooklfnovo/open-notebook
Open-source NotebookLM alternativePersonalNotes & docsRAG & vector DBsWebDocker / self-host★ 40kMITcommit 17 hours ago85worth
PrivateGPTzylon-ai/private-gpt
Private AI API over local modelsEnterpriseLocal inferenceRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-host★ 58kApache-2.0commit 2 weeks ago83worth
CowAgentzhayujie/CowAgent
AI assistant for WeChat and other chat appsPersonalChat UIsAgents & frameworksDocker / self-host★ 47kMITcommit yesterday83worth
Milvusmilvus-io/milvus
Cloud-native vector databaseEnterpriseDatabases & backendsRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-host★ 46kApache-2.0commit 2 days ago83worth
AstrBotAstrBotDevs/AstrBot
AI chatbot for many messaging platformsPersonalChat UIsAgents & frameworksDocker / self-host★ 41kAGPL-3.0commit 17 hours ago83worth
Open WebUIopen-webui/open-webui
Self-hosted chat interface for Ollama and OpenAI-compatible modelsPersonalEnterpriseChat UIsWebDocker / self-host★ 154kcommit 2 weeks ago82worth
Qdrantqdrant/qdrant
High-performance vector database and search engineEnterpriseDatabases & backendsRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-host★ 35kApache-2.0commit last month82worth
WeKnoraTencent/WeKnora
LLM knowledge platformEnterpriseRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-host★ 32kcommit 3 days ago81worth
Hermes WebUInesquena/hermes-webui
Web and mobile UI for Hermes AgentPersonalChat UIsAgents & frameworksWebDocker / self-host★ 19kMITcommit yesterday81worth
MaxKB1Panel-dev/MaxKB
Platform for enterprise agentsEnterpriseAgents & frameworksRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-host★ 23kGPL-3.0commit 6 days ago80worth
DocsGPTarc53/DocsGPT
Private AI platform for agents and searchEnterpriseAgents & frameworksRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-host★ 18kMITcommit yesterday79worth
Desktop apps (3)
Cherry StudioCherryHQ/cherry-studio
Desktop AI studio for many LLMsPersonalChat UIsDesktop★ 52kAGPL-3.0commit yesterday84worth
AIRImoeru-ai/airi
Self-hosted AI companion and virtual characterPersonalChat UIsWebDesktop★ 50kMITcommit 18 hours ago82worth
AionUiiOfficeAI/AionUi
Cowork app for many CLI agentsPersonalChat UIsCoding assistantsDesktop★ 33kApache-2.0commit 3 weeks ago82worth