24 ranked picks · Updated daily

Self-hosted AI chat: open-source ChatGPT and Claude UI alternatives

ChatGPT Plus is $20/mo per user. Claude Pro is $20/mo per user. Self-hosted Open WebUI, LibreChat, and ChatGPT-Next-Web give the same chat UX with multi-model support (OpenAI, Anthropic, local Llama) on a $5/mo VPS, billed only by API usage.

Cheapest path: supabase on hetzner for $4.13/mo.

The 24 picks, ranked by health

Health score is a 6-dimension composite. See methodology.

supabase
by supabase
81/100

The Postgres development platform. Supabase gives you a dedicated Postgres database to build your web, mobile, and AI applications.

TypeScript Apache-2.0
102k
$4.13/mo
2/5
vllm
by vllm-project
80/100

A high-throughput and memory-efficient inference and serving engine for LLMs

Python Apache-2.0
79k
$4.13/mo
2/5
siyuan
by siyuan-note
80/100

A privacy-first, self-hosted, fully open source personal knowledge management software, written in typescript and golang.

TypeScript AGPL-3.0
44k
$4.13/mo
2/5
promptfoo
by promptfoo
79/100

Test your prompts, agents, and RAGs. Red teaming/pentesting/vulnerability scanning for AI. Compare performance of GPT, Claude, Gemini, Llama, and more. Simple declarative configs with command line and CI/CD integration. Used by OpenAI and Anthropic.

TypeScript MIT
21k
$4.13/mo
2/5
countly-server
by Countly
79/100

Countly is a privacy-first, AI-powered analytics and engagement platform for understanding and optimizing customer journeys across digital applications, from desktop and mobile to IoT and connected environments.

JavaScript NOASSERTION
5.9k
$4.13/mo
2/5
LibreChat
by danny-avila
78/100

Enhanced ChatGPT Clone: Features Agents, MCP, DeepSeek, Anthropic, AWS, OpenAI, Responses API, Azure, Groq, o1, GPT-5, Mistral, OpenRouter, Vertex AI, Gemini, Artifacts, AI model switching, message search, Code Interpreter, langchain, DALL-E-3, OpenAPI Actions, Functions, Secure Multi-User Auth, Presets, open-source for self-hosting. Active.

TypeScript MIT
37k
$4.13/mo
2/5
livehelperchat
by LiveHelperChat
78/100

Live Helper Chat - live support for your website. Featuring web and mobile apps, Voice & Video & ScreenShare. Supports Telegram, Twilio (whatsapp), Facebook messenger including building a bot.

PHP Apache-2.0
2.2k
$4.13/mo
3/5
open-webui
by open-webui
77/100

User-friendly AI Interface (Supports Ollama, OpenAI API, ...)

Python NOASSERTION
136k
$4.13/mo
3/5
netdata
by netdata
77/100

The fastest path to AI-powered full stack observability, even for lean teams.

C GPL-3.0
79k
$4.13/mo
4/5
openclaw
by openclaw
76/100

Your own personal AI assistant. Any OS. Any Platform. The lobster way.

TypeScript MIT
368k
$4.13/mo
3/5
transformers
by huggingface
76/100

Transformers: the model-definition framework for state-of-the-art machine learning models in text, vision, audio, and multimodal models, for both inference and training.

Python Apache-2.0
160k
$4.13/mo
2/5
LocalAI
by mudler
76/100

LocalAI is the open-source AI engine. Run any model - LLMs, vision, voice, image, video - on any hardware. No GPU required.

Go MIT
46k
$4.13/mo
2/5
LocalAI
by go-skynet
76/100

LocalAI is the open-source AI engine. Run any model - LLMs, vision, voice, image, video - on any hardware. No GPU required.

Go MIT
46k
$4.13/mo
2/5
fabric
by danielmiessler
76/100

Fabric is an open-source framework for augmenting humans using AI. It provides a modular system for solving specific problems using a crowdsourced set of AI prompts that can be used anywhere.

Go MIT
42k
$4.13/mo
3/5
haystack
by deepset-ai
76/100

Open-source AI orchestration framework for building context-engineered, production-ready LLM applications. Design modular pipelines and agent workflows with explicit control over retrieval, routing, memory, and generation. Built for scalable agents, RAG, multimodal applications, semantic search, and conversational systems.

MDX Apache-2.0
25k
$4.13/mo
2/5
MetaGPT
by geekan
75/100

The Multi-Agent Framework: First AI Software Company, Towards Natural Language Programming

Python MIT
68k
$4.13/mo
2/5
anything-llm
by Mintplex-Labs
75/100

The all-in-one AI productivity accelerator. On device and privacy first with no annoying setup or configuration.

JavaScript MIT
60k
$4.13/mo
1/5
MeiliSearch
by meilisearch
75/100

A lightning-fast search engine API bringing AI-powered hybrid search to your sites and applications.

Rust NOASSERTION
57k
$4.13/mo
2/5
llama_index
by run-llama
75/100

LlamaIndex is the leading document agent and OCR platform

Python MIT
49k
$4.13/mo
2/5
jan
by janhq
75/100

Jan is an open source alternative to ChatGPT that runs 100% offline on your computer.

TypeScript NOASSERTION
42k
$4.13/mo
2/5
photoprism
by photoprism
75/100

AI-Powered Photos App for the Decentralized Web

Go NOASSERTION
40k
$4.13/mo
1/5
quivr
by StanGirard
75/100

Opiniated RAG for integrating GenAI in your apps Focus on your product rather than the RAG. Easy integration in existing products with customisation! Any LLM: GPT4, Groq, Llama. Any Vectorstore: PGVector, Faiss. Any Files. Anyway you want.

Python NOASSERTION
39k
$4.13/mo
2/5
mindsdb
by mindsdb
75/100

AI Data Vault - A query engine for AI Agents to securely query data from any datasource

Python NOASSERTION
39k
$4.13/mo
2/5
cognee
by topoteretes
75/100

Memory control plane for AI Agents in 6 lines of code

Python Apache-2.0
17k
$4.13/mo
1/5

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Most operators land on supabase (top health) and run it on hetzner for around $4.13/mo.

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