ChatGPT AlternativesOnly Open Source apps categorised as AI Writing Tools

The best open source AI Writing alternative to ChatGPT is DeepSeek. 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 Lumo by Proton, Qwen, AnythingLLM and Alpaca - Ollama Client.

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  1. DeepSeek icon
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    DeepSeek is a state-of-the-art AI assistant designed to provide intelligent, conversational support across diverse tasks. It leverages advanced natural language processing and machine learning to answer questions, generate creative content, solve complex problems, and offer...

    197 DeepSeek alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
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    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
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  2. Lumo by Proton icon
     106 likes

    Privacy-first AI assistant utilizing zero-access encryption and open-source code, ensuring no data logging, profiling, or training on chats, providing user-controlled, encrypted conversations, with compliance under GDPR and no sharing with third parties.

    126 Lumo by Proton alternatives

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • F-Droid
     
  3. AnythingLLM icon
     51 likes

    Open-source privacy-focused chatbot platform allowing unlimited document uploads, multi-user and single-user modes, AI-powered chat with documents, vector database and LLM compatibility, customizable interface, message history, secure desktop deployment, and full user controls.

    215 AnythingLLM alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
  4. Ollama App icon
     30 likes

    A modern and easy-to-use client for Ollama.

    148 Ollama App alternatives

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    • F-Droid
     
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  5. Meta Llama icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
     
  6. Apertus icon
     26 likes

    As a fully open language model, Apertus allows researchers, professionals and enthusiasts to build upon the model and adapt it to their specific needs, as well as to inspect any part of the training process.

    101 Apertus alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  7. Euria icon
     17 likes

    Confidential AI chat assistant delivering writing, summarization, voice transcription, email handling, and document search tools, all hosted exclusively in Switzerland with open source models, data sovereignty, and compliance with GDPR and FADP standards.

    80 Euria alternatives

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  8. Khoj icon
     40 likes

    Khoj is an open-source AI second brain that learns from your notes (Obsidian, EMACS), documents, and has access to the internet. It can replace your search engine, help you with reading papers, and get you transparent, fast answers.

    196 Khoj alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Docker
    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
     
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