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// ai-chat · LibreChat-AI/LibreChat

LibreChat

Enhanced ChatGPT Clone: Features Agents, MCP, Skills, DeepSeek, Anthropic, AWS, OpenAI, Responses API, Azure, Groq, o1, GPT-5, Mistral, OpenRouter, Vertex AI…

★ 45.3k stars⑂ 9.3k forksMITupdated 2026-10
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// project facts

Project facts

LibreChat is an open-source ai chat project by LibreChat-AI (LibreChat-AI/LibreChat on GitHub). It has 45,252 GitHub stars and 9,278 forks, is released under the MIT license, and was last updated on GitHub on 4 October 2026.

GitHub stars
45,252
Forks
9,278
License
MIT
Last updated on GitHub
4 October 2026
Category
AI Chat
Listing
Full install guide
Official site
Official site
// how it works

How it works

  1. Define the job

    Research, coding, browsing, or ops — agents work best with a clear goal.

  2. Pick a framework

    From no-code builders to code-first SDKs, match complexity to the task.

  3. Give it tools

    Web search, code execution, and APIs are what make agents useful.

  4. Run and supervise

    Watch the trace, approve consequential actions, iterate.

// features

Why people love it

Multi-agent teams

Specialized agents collaborate on bigger jobs.

Tool use

Agents call real tools: browsers, terminals, APIs.

Evaluations

Benchmarks keep agent quality measurable.

Self-hosted

Run agents on your infra with your keys.

Model agnostic

Swap frontier models as better ones appear.

Observability

Traces show exactly what the agent did and why.

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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/LibreChat-AI/LibreChat.git
    cd LibreChat
  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 LibreChat?

It is an open-source project at LibreChat-AI/LibreChat with 9,274 forks. Check the repo's contributors and recent commits to see how active maintenance is.

Is LibreChat free for commercial use?

MIT licensed — use it commercially, no strings attached.

Do I need to code?

Builders exist, but code-first frameworks go further.

What does it cost to run?

Model API bills dominate; self-hosted stacks cut that sharply.

Are agents reliable enough?

For bounded tasks with supervision, yes. Fully autonomous money-moves still need guardrails.

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