AnythingLLM

What it does

AnythingLLM is a private AI assistant that runs on your own computer. It ingests documents, web pages, and meeting audio, and produces chat answers, searchable document knowledge, transcripts, summaries, and action items. The homepage describes local use as needing no accounts, no API keys, and no token limits.

People use it to chat with their own documents, run web search and research, build agent flows, and have meetings transcribed and summarized on-device without a bot joining the call. Distinct features include the Meeting Assistant and Magic Echo dictation. It is MIT licensed and open source, with a self-hostable multi-user option via Docker.

It suits individuals and teams who want privacy-focused local AI and are comfortable installing a desktop app or self-hosting. The desktop app is listed for macOS, Windows, and Linux, with a mobile version for Android that runs small models on-device. Local model performance depends on your hardware.

What it can do

• Chat with uploaded documents using a local knowledge base
• Automatic on-device meeting transcription with summaries and action items
• Web search and web scraping as built-in agent skills
• Dynamic model selection based on hardware specs
• Agent flows and custom skills, with a developer API
• Browser extension and dictation with Magic Echo

Before you choose

• Local model performance depends on your computer's hardware; the app recommends models based on your specs.
• Pro, Cloud, and Mobile are documented as separate offerings; verify their terms and pricing before relying on them.
• Connecting a cloud model provider means data is sent to that provider rather than staying on the device.

Listed under

• Productivity
• AI agents
• Desktop app
• Local AI
• Meeting assistant
• Open source
• Private AI

Get started

Download the app, pick a model or let it auto-recommend one, then start chatting.

1. Download the app from the download page; it is a single file with no dependencies, for macOS, Windows, or Linux.
2. Select a preferred model or let AnythingLLM auto-recommend one based on your hardware.
3. Start chatting with documents and running research locally, without a cloud API key.

The desktop app is offered as a free download. Verify pricing for Pro, Cloud, and Mobile with the vendor before purchasing.

AnythingLLM is free to use. See their pricing page ↗

Sources for this overview

Product pages, documentation, and pricing checked 29 Oct 2026. Each source supports part of the overview; availability and prices can change.

• AnythingLLM — On-device AI for productivity | Local & Private ↗anythingllm.com
• Home ~ AnythingLLM ↗docs.anythingllm.com

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Last checked 29 Oct 2026. Every field keeps its source and date; unknown means we couldn’t confirm it.