ChatGPT Alternatives

One of the most popular alternatives to ChatGPT is Lumo by Proton, which is open source with a free version. Other popular alternatives are DeepSeek, Claude, Mistral Vibe and Google Gemini. There's no shortage of AI Chatbots like ChatGPT, with more than 100 alternatives for the web, Mac, Android, Windows and iPhone.

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  1. Mellum icon
     28 likes

    Explore Mellum, a family of fast language models, including a next-generation model for ultra-low-latency and high-performance inference.

    Cost / License

    Application type

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    • Since 2025

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
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  2. Meta Llama icon
     40 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.

    290 Meta Llama alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2023

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
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  3. Meta AI icon
     30 likes

    Built with Meta Meta Llama, Meta AI is one of the world’s leading AI assistants, already on your phone, in your pocket for free. And it’s starting to go global with more features. You can use Meta AI on .

    162 Meta AI alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2024

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android Tablet
    • Facebook
    • WhatsApp
    • Facebook Messenger
    • Instagram
    • US flagUnited States
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  4. NanoClaw icon
     19 likes

    Lightweight AI assistant runs in Apple containers with isolated Linux container processes for superior OS-level security, transparency, and privacy compared to complex chatbots, enabling quick code review, easy customization, and minimal dependencies for all users.

    154 NanoClaw alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2026

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Docker
    • Node.JS
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  5. Arena AI icon
     23 likes

    Public web platform for large language model evaluation using anonymous pairwise comparisons, crowd-sourced voting, real-time model identity reveals and aggregate performance tracking for both open-source and proprietary LLMs across community-submitted prompts.

    62 Arena AI alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2025

    Platforms

    • Online
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  6. Jev icon
     20 likes

    Jev is TypeSafe’s first public System One Model, optimized for automation. Send Jev structured questions and get typed decisions with probabilities and confidence that your software can act on.

    29 Jev alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Since

    • New

    Platforms

    • Online
    • US flagUnited States
    Jev screenshot 1
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  7. Khoj icon
     49 likes

    Open-source app offers local or cloud AI chat with major LLMs, advanced semantic search, automation, personal newsletters, document indexing, image generation, and text-to-speech. Access from web, Obsidian, Emacs, desktop, mobile, or messaging platforms.

    53 Khoj alternatives

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    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2023

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    • Python
    • Homebrew
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  8. Farfalle icon
     39 likes

    Open-source AI powered answer engine.

    Cost / License

    Since

    • Since 2024

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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  9. Agora icon
     14 likes

    Open-source Android LLM client supporting direct multi-provider access, BYOK security model, encrypted remote control, agentic workflows with tool and code execution, non-linear branching, on-device LLM inference, semantic memory, and flexible data management.

    34 Agora alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2026

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
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  10. Maid (AI) icon
     20 likes

    Maid is a cross-platform Flutter app for interfacing with GGUF / llama.cpp models locally, and with Ollama and OpenAI models remotely.

    125 Maid (AI) alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2025

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
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  11. Private GPT icon
     36 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!

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2023

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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  12. llama.cpp icon
     12 likes

    The main goal of llama.cpp is to enable LLM inference with minimal setup and state-of-the-art performance on a wide range of hardware - locally and in the cloud.

    42 llama.cpp alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2026

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    • Homebrew
    • Nix Package Manager
    • MacPorts
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