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// rag · Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm

anything-llm

Stop renting your intelligence. Own it with AnythingLLM. Everything you need for a powerful local-first agent experience

★ 66.7k stars⑂ 7.4k forksMITupdated 2026-10
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// project facts

Project facts

anything-llm is an open-source rag & knowledge project by Mintplex-Labs (Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm on GitHub). It has 66,695 GitHub stars and 7,442 forks, is released under the MIT license, and was last updated on GitHub on 3 October 2026.

GitHub stars
66,695
Forks
7,442
License
MIT
Last updated on GitHub
3 October 2026
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Full install guide
Official site
Official site
// how it works

How it works

  1. Install the runtime

    One binary or app gets you a working local model setup.

  2. Download a model

    Pick a size that fits your RAM/VRAM; smaller models run on laptops.

  3. Chat or integrate

    Use the built-in UI, or point OpenAI-compatible clients at it.

  4. Go private

    Airplane mode works — your prompts never leave the device.

// features

Why people love it

No subscriptions

Pay nothing per token, ever.

100% private

Prompts and documents stay on your hardware, always.

Extensible

RAG, tools, and agents build on the same base.

Quantized efficiency

Smart compression runs big models on modest hardware.

Offline capable

Works on planes, in basements, behind firewalls.

Model choice

Swap between hundreds of open models freely.

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// run it

Run it yourself

  1. Step 1 — Clone the repo

    Download the source and move into the project folder.

    git clone https://github.com/Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm.git
    cd anything-llm
  2. Step 2 — Check the README

    Every project documents its own setup; start with install requirements.

    cat README.md | head -60
  3. Step 3 — Run it

    Follow the project's launch command — Docker, pip, npm, or a binary release.

    # see README for the exact launch command
// use cases

What you can build

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// faq

Questions, answered

Who maintains anything-llm?

It is an open-source project at Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm with 7,442 forks. Check the repo's contributors and recent commits to see how active maintenance is.

Is anything-llm free for commercial use?

MIT licensed — use it commercially, no strings attached.

Is it really private?

Yes — with no network calls, there's nothing to leak.

Are local models as good as GPT-4?

Close on many tasks now; frontier cloud models still lead on hard reasoning.

What hardware do I need?

8B models run on 16GB RAM; bigger models want a real GPU.

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