ChatGPT AlternativesOnly Open Source apps categorised as AI Writing Tools

The best open source AI Writing alternative to ChatGPT is HuggingChat. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to ChatGPT and many of them are open source AI Writing Tools so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source AI Writing Tool alternatives to ChatGPT are GPT4ALL, Secret Llama, Meta Llama and Mistral Le Chat.

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ChatGPT alternatives page was last updated Jan 10, 2025
  1. HuggingChat icon
     138 likes

    Hugging Face is now using these servers for its first potentially massive project: HuggingChat is intended to be the first true open-source alternative to OpenAI’s ChatGPT.

    186 HuggingChat alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Mac

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  AI Chatbot
    2.  Chat Bot
    3.  AI-Powered
    4.  AI Writing
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  No Coding Required
    7.  Dark Mode
    8.  No registration required
    9.  Marketing Automation
    10.  No Tracking
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    Richie Scassellati

    This is a more open source alternative to ChatGPT, and I don't find it as limited as ChatGPT's freemium limitations.

    Top positive commentMar 22, 2024
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    It's a good option. Unlike ChatGPT Free, HuggingChat offers a range of models, the main one being llama. However, I have encountered problems with those models when asking questions in Spanish and Portuguese, where instead of giving a proper answer, it returned a sequence of random characters. So it is not too reliable if working with non English prompts.

    Top negative commentJan 10, 2025
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    maurosoft391

    file upload is missing but you have aa large selection of models

    CommentMay 17, 2024
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    • Almost everyone thinks HuggingChat is a great ChatGPT alternative.

    • HuggingChat is the most popular Web-based, Mac, iPhone & iPad alternative to ChatGPT.

    • HuggingChat is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to ChatGPT.

    • HuggingChat is Free and Open SourceChatGPT is Freemium and Proprietary
    • HuggingChat is Privacy focused and LightweightChatGPT is not according to our users
  2. GPT4ALL icon
     79 likes

    An ecosystem of open-source chatbots trained on a massive collections of clean assistant data including code, stories and dialogue.

    114 GPT4ALL alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Distraction-free

    Features

    1.  AI Chatbot
    2.  AI Writing
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  No Coding Required
    5.  Dark Mode
    6.  Works Offline
    7.  Text to Image Generation
    8.  No registration required
    9.  No Tracking
    10.  Marketing Automation
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    maurosoft391

    the models are bad and repetitive in answering the questions, the documents are a problem because the models don't answer right to a question related to a single document. the model gives me multiple document instead and make lots of mistakes

    Negative commentMay 18, 2024
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    • Almost everyone thinks GPT4ALL is a great ChatGPT alternative.

    • GPT4ALL is the most popular Windows & Linux alternative to ChatGPT.

    • GPT4ALL is Free and Open SourceChatGPT is Freemium and Proprietary
    • GPT4ALL is Privacy focusedChatGPT is not according to our users
  3. Secret Llama icon
     34 likes

    Fully private LLM chatbot that runs entirely with a browser with no server needed. Supports Mistral and LLama 3.

    81 Secret Llama alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  AI Chatbot
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  No Coding Required
    5.  Works Offline
    6.  WebGPU
    7.  AI-Powered
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    Breat

    works great but it's a conv chat, can't help with code for example

    CommentJun 5, 2024
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    maurosoft391

    not working. model won't load

    Negative commentMay 18, 2024
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    • Secret Llama is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to ChatGPT.

    • Secret Llama is Free and Open SourceChatGPT is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Secret Llama is Privacy focusedChatGPT is not according to our users
  4. Meta Llama icon
     27 likes

    As part of Meta’s commitment to open science, today we are publicly releasing Llama (Large Language Model Meta AI), a state-of-the-art foundational large language model designed to help researchers advance their work in this subfield of AI.

    190 Meta Llama alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted

    Meta Llama Features

    1.  AI-Powered
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  5. Mistral Le Chat icon
     19 likes

    Explore Mistral’s conversational tech with educational, fun interactivity. Customizable, unbiased models excel in performance benchmarks, supporting flexible deployment.

    88 Mistral Le Chat alternatives
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    License model

    • Free PersonalOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)

    Mistral Le Chat Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Text to Speech
    3.  AI-Powered
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  6. Private GPT icon
     26 likes

    Ask questions to your documents without an internet connection, using the power of LLMs. 100% private, no data leaves your execution environment at any point. You can ingest documents and ask questions without an internet connection!

    162 Private GPT alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  AI-Powered
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  7. Grok icon
     15 likes

    Grok is an AI system by xAI inspired by the "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."

    55 Grok alternatives
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    License model

    • FreemiumOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • iPhone
    • X

    Grok Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  No Coding Required
    3.  Text to Image Generation
    4.  AI-Powered
    5. X icon  X Integration
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    maurosoft391

    not an alternative if you don't have X (twitter) premium. if you don't use X (twitter) it will become a problem

    Negative commentJul 2, 2024
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    Guest

    It actually a general purpose chat AI and some some AI copy writer.

    Positive commentNov 10, 2023
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    • Grok is Freemium and Open SourceChatGPT is Freemium and Proprietary
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