AnythingLLM
Private AI assistant — documents, agents, multi-user
📋 Overview
AnythingLLM is a private AI assistant that provides document Q&A, agent capabilities, and multi-user support — all running locally. Unlike Jan (which focuses on chat), AnythingLLM provides a full workspace — upload documents, create agents, and collaborate with team members. It provides a comprehensive solution for modern AI workflows.
✨ Key Features
- •20K+ GitHub stars — private AI assistant
- •Document Q&A with embedding
- •Custom agent creation
- •Multi-user workspaces
- •Any LLM support
- •MIT licensed
🎯 The Problem It Solves
Teams need a private AI assistant that can answer questions from documents, automate tasks, and collaborate — without sending data to the cloud.
🔧 How It Works
AnythingLLM provides a workspace where you can upload documents, create agents with custom tools, and chat with any LLM. It supports multi-user workspaces, document embedding for Q&A, and custom agent creation.
🚀 Installation & Quick Start
Installation
See websiteQuick Start
- See documentation
✅ Pros
- •Best document Q&A
- •Custom agents
- •Multi-user support
- •MIT licensed
- •Active community
- •Comprehensive documentation
❌ Cons
- •Smaller community
- •UI functional but not polished
- •Setup requires technical knowledge
💬 Practitioner Verdict
“AnythingLLM is the best private AI assistant for teams — the document Q&A and agent capabilities are genuinely differentiated. The trade-off: smaller community, the UI is functional but not polished, and setup requires some technical knowledge.”
Self-Hosted (Free)
Open source, MIT/Apache licensed. Run it yourself.
⭐ Star & Clone on GitHubFree forever. Your infrastructure, your data.
📊 Specifications
- Language
- JavaScript
- License
- MIT
- Platform
- Linux, macOS, Windows
- Supported Models
- REST API, CLI
💰 Pricing Reality
100% free MIT license. No paid tier.