Self-Hosted Chat UIs for LLMs: Build Your Own Private AI Assistant
Want the freedom of your own chat interface while still tapping into powerful models like ChatGPT or Gemini? Or looking to run open-source LLMs locally? This post covers the top self-hosted chat UIs that let you control the experience—whether you're connecting to remote APIs or hosting models like LLaMA, Mistral, or GPT-J on your own machine. Explore lightweight dashboards, advanced multi-agent tools, and open platforms that bring AI chat to your terms.
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Open Web UI
Open WebUI is an extensible, feature-rich, and user-friendly self-hosted AI platform designed to operate entirely offline. It supports various LLM runners like Ollama and OpenAI-compatible APIs, with built-in inference engine for RAG, making it a powerful AI deployment solution.
LibreChat
LibreChat is the ultimate open-source app for all your AI conversations, fully customizable and compatible with any AI provider — all in one sleek interface
AnythingLLM
Everything great about AI in one desktop application.
Chat with docs, use AI Agents, and more - full locally and offline.
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