SmolChat Alternatives

Apps similar to SmolChat include Lumo by Proton, which is open source with a free version. Other options are ChatGPT, Ollama, OpenClaw and Mistral Vibe. You're spoiled for choice with AI Chatbots like SmolChat: we list more than 50 alternatives for Mac, Android, iPhone, Windows and iPad.

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  1. nanochat icon
     12 likes

    Complete LLM chatbot implementation, offering tokenization, pretraining, finetuning, evaluation, inference, and a simple web UI. Runs on a single 8xH100 node, features a hackable codebase, dependency-lite design, and automates the full workflow via scripts.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
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  2. 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!

    327 Private GPT alternatives

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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  3. Apollo AI icon
     11 likes

    Customizable interface for private, on-device AI model chatting, open source and closed source LLM connections, OpenRouter support, custom backend support, and unified access to language models without reliance on a single provider, ensuring privacy and flexibility.

    100 Apollo AI alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android
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  4. LlamaGPT icon
     30 likes

    LlamaGPT is a chatbot that provides a ChatGPT-like experience, with no data leaving your device.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  5. Reins icon
     13 likes

    Empowering LLM researchers and hobbyists with seamless control over self-hosted models. Connect remotely, customize prompts, manage chats, and fine-tune configurations. All in one intuitive app.

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    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  6. Custom Mac runtime allows instruction-tuned 26-billion-parameter model inference in about 2 GB RAM by streaming only required model experts from SSD, with 1.35 GB core and cache in memory. Supports 8 GB Apple Silicon Macs with CLI and native app, measured in 103 scenarios.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  7. The Assistant by Kagi combines the top large language models (LLMs) with optional results from Kagi Search, making it the perfect companion for creative, research, and programming tasks.

    76 Kagi Assistant alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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  8.  6 likes

    The Swiss Army Knife of offline AI. Chat, speak, and generate images. Privacy first, zero internet. Download an LLM and use it on your mobile device. No data ever leaves your phone.

    80 Off Grid AI alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Mac
    • Windows
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  9. SillyTavern icon
     15 likes

    SillyTavern is a user interface you can install on your computer (and Android phones) that allows you to interact with text generation AIs and chat/roleplay with characters you or the community create.

    69 SillyTavern alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
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  10. Comprehensive AI suite for Galaxy devices includes photo, video, and audio editing, generative and side-by-side tools, background noise removal, writing and note-taking assistance, AI-powered briefings, real-time info, content organization, and seamless device integration.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Samsung Galaxy Store
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  11. Pi is a new kind of AI, one that isn’t just smart but also has good EQ. We think of Pi as a digital companion on hand whenever you want to learn something new, when you need a sounding board to talk through a tricky moment in your day, or just pass the time with a curious and...

    198 Pi - Personal AI alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • WhatsApp Messenger
    • Instagram
    • Facebook Messenger
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  12. ClawSwarm icon
     5 likes

    A smaller, lighter-weight version of OpenClaw—natively multi-agent, compiles to Rust, and built on the Swarms framework and Swarms ecosystem. One API, unified messaging across Telegram, Discord, and WhatsApp with optional Claude-powered reasoning.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Python
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Windows
    • BSD
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