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Local LLMs

Run open-weight language models on your own computer or server.

Free local LLMs

Every free tool in this category, by name.

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5 alternatives

GPT4All
Desktop app that runs language models privately on your computer, with LocalDocs for chatting with your own files.
License: Open source
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
Status: Stalled
This replaces ChatGPT, Claude and Google Gemini
Jan
Open-source desktop chat app that runs local language models or connects to cloud APIs, with a local OpenAI-compatible server.
License: Open source
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
Status: Active
This replaces ChatGPT, Claude and Google Gemini
LM Studio
Desktop app for downloading and chatting with local language models, with a local API server and optional paid cloud models.
License: Free tier
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
- Self-hosted
Status: Verified Oct 7, 2026
This replaces ChatGPT, Claude, Copy.ai, Google Gemini and Jasper
Ollama
Runs open-weight language models on your own computer through a command line and a local API, with an optional paid cloud service.
License: Open source
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
- Self-hosted
- Command line
Status: Active
This replaces ChatGPT, Claude, Copy.ai, Google Gemini and Jasper
Open WebUI
Self-hosted web interface for local and cloud language models, with document chat, web search, voice and multi-user accounts.
License: Source-available
- Web
- Self-hosted
Status: Active
This replaces ChatGPT, Claude and Google Gemini