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AnythingLLM
AnythingLLM is a free, MIT-licensed AI assistant that runs on your own computer, with document chat, agent skills, background jobs and an on-device meeting assistant. It needs no account or API key, and it can be self-hosted for teams.
Description of AnythingLLM
AnythingLLM is a desktop AI assistant designed to run entirely on your own computer, without accounts, API keys or token limits. You download one app, pick a model or let the app recommend one for your hardware, and start chatting with your documents, researching or building workflows. Documents you add become part of the agent's knowledge base without leaving the device. Other built-in features include web scraping and search, switching between models, background jobs, custom agent skills and a tool builder with a developer API. On Windows it can use Microsoft Foundry Local to run models on the CPU, GPU or NPU.
A meeting assistant records, transcribes and summarizes calls on your machine, with speaker labels, action items and decisions, and no bot joining the meeting. Magic features add on-device dictation that refines your words as you speak and context-aware autocomplete. Native builds are offered for macOS on Apple Silicon and Intel, Windows on x64 and ARM, and Linux, and an Android app runs small models on the phone and can pair with the desktop for larger ones.
AnythingLLM is open source under the MIT license and free to download. Organizations can self-host a multi-user deployment on their own servers using Docker. One caveat for privacy-minded users: web search is on by default through You.com, which sends search queries to an outside service, so turn it off if every request must stay local.
Features of AnythingLLM
- Runs models, document chat and agent skills locally on Mac, Windows and Linux, with no account or API key required.
- On-device meeting assistant that transcribes and summarizes calls with speaker labels and action items, without a meeting bot.
- MIT-licensed and free, with a self-hosted multi-user option via Docker and an Android app that can pair with the desktop.
Frequently asked questions
Is AnythingLLM free?
Yes. The desktop app is a free download and the project is open source under the MIT license. No account or API key is needed to use local models.
Does AnythingLLM keep everything on my computer?
Documents and meeting audio are processed on your device, according to the vendor. Web search, which is on by default through You.com, sends queries to an outside service.
Website: https://anythingllm.com/
Company: AnythingLLM
Key facts
Free, MIT-licensed desktop assistant that runs models, document chat, agents and meeting notes on your own machine; self-hostable for teams. Default web search calls You.com. Free.
| Pricing model | Open source |
|---|---|
| Free tier | Yes · Free MIT-licensed desktop app; no account, API key or token limits · no credit card required |
| Starting price | Not verified |
| Data residency | On-premises — Vendor says documents and meeting audio are processed on-device; web search defaults to You.com, an external call. |
| Compliance (as stated by vendor) | Not verified |
| Integrations | You.com, Microsoft Foundry Local |
| Public API | Yes |
| Self-hostable | Yes |
| Official site | Not verified |
| Can a general AI assistant replace it? | Cloud chatbots are easier to start with, but send data to a provider. AnythingLLM keeps documents on your computer; quality depends on the local model your hardware can run. |
| Last verified | 2026-10-12 by editor |
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