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AssistantDanny Avila / LibreChat

LibreChat

Self-hosted ChatGPT alternative unifying every major AI provider.

Category
Assistant
Pricing
BYO KEY
Source
Open source
Hosting
Self-host
Platforms
WebAPI
Models
Multi-model
Verified
Jun 6, 2026

A self-hosted AI chat platform that puts many providers behind one ChatGPT-style UI, with agents, code interpreter, web search, image generation, artifacts, file analysis, and multi-user auth. You run it yourself via Docker and supply your own model keys, or point it at a local Ollama/OpenAI-compatible endpoint. The software is MIT-licensed at no cost.

Capabilities 5

What it actually does — grouped by capability family.

  • Sandboxed code execution (secondary capability)
  • Multi-model access (primary capability)
  • Chat with documents (secondary capability)
  • Text-to-image (secondary capability)
  • Web research agent (secondary capability)

Pros & cons

  • Unifies many providers in one UI
  • Agents, code, RAG, web search
  • Runs on your own infrastructure
  • BYO keys or local endpoints
  • Self-host + Docker setup needed
  • BYO model keys (usage costs)
  • Maintenance burden on you

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