Chat with PDFs and Notes Using Local AI

AnythingLLM is an open source AI assistant for people who want to chat with their documents and use AI agents on their own hardware. The desktop app runs on Windows, macOS and Linux, while a Docker deployment supports multiple users on a self-hosted server. No account is required for the desktop app.

Noema is a private local AI assistant for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Vision Pro. It's for people who want to chat with models and work with their own files on Apple hardware without depending on a cloud service. Local chats can stay on your device, and file retrieval runs there too.

Open Notebook is a self-hosted alternative to Google's NotebookLM for researchers, students, and professionals who want AI help with their own research materials. It runs locally or on your server through Docker and is open source under the MIT license. You choose which content the AI can access and which provider processes it.

LM Studio is a desktop application for downloading and running language models on macOS, Windows and Linux. You can search for models, manage downloads and chat with them through the app. Downloaded models can run offline, including document chat that uses files on your computer.

Off Grid AI runs language models on iOS, Android, macOS, Windows and Linux. You can chat, analyze documents and generate images on your own hardware. The mobile app uses the MIT license, while the desktop app uses AGPL.

ScribeDog is a Markdown editor for writers and note-takers who want AI assistance while keeping their documents on their own hardware. It displays formatted text, tables and images instead of Markdown syntax, but saves ordinary .md files that work with Git and other editors. It has a native desktop app and a self-hosted Server Edition available through Docker.

RecurseChat is a paid Mac app for people who want to chat with AI and ask questions about their files on their own computer. It runs local LLMs without an internet connection or a server, keeping local conversations on the device. The same app also connects to Claude and ChatGPT, so you can choose local processing or a cloud provider.

Obsidian Local GPT brings AI writing assistance into Obsidian, with local Ollama models for private, offline use or connections to OpenAI-compatible services. It's for people who want help with their notes while keeping control over where the AI runs. The plugin is open source under the MIT license.

localGPT is a self-hosted AI document chat app for people who want to question and summarise files on their own hardware. Its local Ollama setup keeps documents and conversations on your machine. Answers include source passages, so you can check what the model used.

Obsidian Copilot brings AI agents into your vault to find notes by meaning, edit drafts and organize research. It's for writers, researchers and other Obsidian users who want AI to work directly with their existing notes. Agents create Markdown files, wikilinks and canvases that remain in your vault.

GPT4All is a local AI chatbot for people who want to run language models on their own desktop or laptop and keep conversations on their machine. Its LocalDocs feature lets you ask questions about your own documents without sending them to a cloud service. It suits developers, teams and individuals who want control over their models and data.

Khoj is an AI assistant for people who want to ask questions across their own files, research the web, and give recurring work to agents. You can self-host it on your computer or server, or use Khoj's cloud app. It's open source under the GNU AGPL v3.0 license.

Msty Studio is a private AI workspace for chatting with local or hosted models and working with your own documents. It offers a desktop app alongside web and team deployment options. Local model support includes MLX, llama.cpp and Ollama.

Vyact is an open source desktop workspace for people who want to use a local LLM with their documents, email and code. It runs on Apple Silicon Macs, Windows and Linux x64 under the AGPL-3.0 license. Intel Macs aren't supported.

Eclaire is a self-hosted AI assistant for notes, documents, photos, bookmarks and tasks. You can ask questions about saved material, inspect the sources behind an answer and ask the assistant to create notes or update tasks. Scheduled automations handle recurring requests such as a weekly task summary.