Open Source Claude AlternativesTop AI Chatbots & Large Language Model (LLM) Tools like Claude

The best open source alternative to Claude is Lumo by Proton. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Claude and loads of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Claude are DeepSeek, HuggingChat, Jan.ai and Qwen.

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  1. Lumo by Proton icon
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    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.

    143 Lumo by Proton alternatives

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    Lumo guarantees privacy for all of its users in regards to training data gathering, free and premium.

    • Lumo by Proton is Freemium and Open SourceClaude is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Lumo by Proton is Privacy focusedClaude is not according to our users
  2. 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...

    229 DeepSeek alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Online
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  3. Jan.ai icon
     115 likes

    Open-source offline AI platform supports local LLMs including Llama, Gemma, Qwen, GPT-oss, integrates cloud services like OpenAI and Anthropic, enables custom assistant creation, offers OpenAI-compatible API on localhost, operates across diverse hardware and ensures privacy.

    267 Jan.ai alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  4. Qwen icon
     59 likes

    The Qwen team is dedicated to pursuing artificial general intelligence (AGI) and is focused on building generalist models, including large language models and large multimodal models.

    149 Qwen alternatives

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    • Online
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  5. AnythingLLM icon
     62 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.

    239 AnythingLLM alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
  6. Ensu icon
     31 likes

    Private offline AI chat using local language models on mobile and desktop, no accounts or tracking, open source Rust core, privacy-first design, cross-platform availability, ideal for confidential conversations, with end-to-end encrypted sync coming soon.

    74 Ensu alternatives

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  7. Alpaca is an Ollama client where you can manage and chat with multiple models, Alpaca provides an easy and begginer friendly way of interacting with local AI.

    196 Alpaca - Ollama Client alternatives

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Linux Mobile
     
  8. Euria icon
     25 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.

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    • Online
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    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  9. Apertus icon
     28 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.

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
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