AnythingLLM
Verified Oct 2, 2026 ActivePrivate on-device AI assistant for chatting with your documents, running agents and transcribing meetings, free on desktop.
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Pricing
- Pricing model
- Freemium
- Paid options from
- $50/mo
- Billing
- Monthly
The desktop app and Docker self-hosting are free. Hosted Cloud starts at $50 per month (Basic, private instance with your own LLM key) and $99 per month (Pro, higher performance and a 72-hour support SLA); Enterprise is custom.
Use tool ↗About AnythingLLM
AnythingLLM is an open-source app from Mintplex Labs that runs an AI assistant entirely on your own computer, with no account or API key needed. It builds a knowledge base from your documents for retrieval-based chat, offers web search, scheduled background jobs, custom agent skills and a local meeting assistant that transcribes calls without a bot joining. It works with local models or with cloud providers you connect, ships for macOS, Windows, Linux and Android, and can be self-hosted with Docker. Teams that want a shared workspace can pay for a hosted multi-user cloud instance.
- API
- Yes
- Last verified
- Oct 2, 2026
Verified sources
- On-device assistant for macOS, Windows, Linux and Android; document knowledge, agents, meeting assistant; free downloadanythingllm.com ↗
- Cloud plans: Basic $50 per month, Pro $99 per month, Enterprise custom; free Docker self-hostinganythingllm.com ↗
- MIT-licensed open-source repository by Mintplex Labsgithub.com ↗
Is AnythingLLM legit?
We don’t label tools safe or unsafe. Below are the records we checked ourselves, each with the date we read it.
- Last checked
- Oct 2, 2026The site answered
- On the market since
- 2023The vendor's own material, read by us
- Operated by
- Mintplex Labs, United StatesOur research, card verified Oct 2, 2026
Pros & cons of AnythingLLM
A strong choice if you want document chat and agents that stay on your own machine, with a free desktop app and a Docker option for teams. It is more of a toolbox than a polished single-purpose product, so expect to pick a model and tune workspaces. Teams that do not want to self-host can pay for the hosted cloud.
Pros
- MIT-licensed code with a free desktop app
- Works with local models or bring-your-own cloud keys
- Document knowledge base, web search, agents and meeting transcription in one app
- Self-host with Docker or use a hosted cloud instance
Cons
- Answer quality depends on the model and hardware you pick
- Hosted Cloud plans require your own LLM API key
- Wide feature set means more setup than a single-purpose app
Best for
- Privacy-conscious users who want chat with their documents without sending files to a cloud
- Small teams that want a self-hosted, multi-user AI workspace
- Developers who want an agent builder and API around local or cloud models
Not for
- People who want a zero-setup consumer chatbot with the strongest hosted models built in
- Users with older hardware that cannot run useful local models
Watch out: Hosted Cloud Basic and Pro include the instance only; model usage is billed by whichever LLM provider's API key you connect, so the real monthly cost is higher than the $50 or $99 headline.
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