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AnythingLLM

Free private AI assistant that runs on your computer and chats with your documents.

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Solid optionUseful private document chat on your own computer, best for technical-minded teams.

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Price

Open source · Free (desktop)

Nonprofit offer

None found

Available in

🌍Anywhere

Suits

Volunteer-run · Small · Medium · Large

Great for

Teams wanting to ask questions about confidential reports, policies and case files without uploading them
Organisations with some IT support who may later move to a shared server
Free and MIT licensed
Good for private document Q&A
No account required

Watch out for

Staff who want a one-click consumer app with no set-up decisions
Quality depends on the local model and hardware
Telemetry settings not confirmed
Team features need the cloud product or self-hosting

Problems it solves

“We can't put client data into ChatGPT”“I want to ask questions about our policies and reports without uploading them”“I need meeting notes without a bot joining the call and without sending audio to the cloud”“Is there a free private AI for confidential documents”“Can we run AI on our own server for our staff”

About AnythingLLM+

AnythingLLM is an open-source AI assistant you install on your own computer. It runs locally by default, needs no account, and lets you chat with your own documents, including a meeting assistant that listens locally without a bot joining calls. It is MIT licensed and free for organisations. A hosted cloud version and self-hosting options also exist.

Pricing: Desktop app is free and MIT licensed. A separate cloud product for team collaboration exists; its prices were not confirmed.

Key features+

Chat with your documents locallyLocal meeting assistant (no bot in the call)No accounts, API keys or token limits for local usemacOS, Windows and Linux desktop appsSelf-hosting optionAndroid app

Works with (2)+

Ollama

LM Studio

AI features+

The product runs AI models locally and adds document chat.

Data & privacy+

AnythingLLM says it runs locally by default with no accounts or API keys and that data stays on your device with no cloud processing. Its meeting assistant listens locally. Telemetry settings were not confirmed on the page; check the app's privacy settings. If you connect an external model provider, data goes to that provider.

How sure are we?+

Partly confirmed on the vendor's pages; some details from reputable secondary sources. Prices and nonprofit programs change often, so check with AnythingLLM before you commit. Rankings on Nonprofit Tools are never for sale.

Sources · last checked 2026-10-02