24 ranked picks · Updated daily

Self-hosted AI chat: open-source ChatGPT and Claude UI alternatives

ChatGPT Plus is $20/mo per user. Claude Pro is $20/mo per user. Self-hosted Open WebUI, LibreChat, and ChatGPT-Next-Web give the same chat UX with multi-model support (OpenAI, Anthropic, local Llama) on a $5/mo VPS, billed only by API usage.

Cheapest path: supabase on hetzner for $4.13/mo.

The 24 picks, ranked by health

Health score is a 6-dimension composite. See methodology.

supabase
by supabase
85/100

The Postgres development platform. Supabase gives you a dedicated Postgres database to build your web, mobile, and AI applications.

TypeScript Apache-2.0
102k
$4.13/mo
2/5
siyuan
by siyuan-note
84/100

A privacy-first, self-hosted, fully open source personal knowledge management software, written in typescript and golang.

TypeScript AGPL-3.0
44k
$4.13/mo
2/5
vllm
by vllm-project
83/100

A high-throughput and memory-efficient inference and serving engine for LLMs

Python Apache-2.0
79k
$4.13/mo
2/5
LibreChat
by danny-avila
83/100

Enhanced ChatGPT Clone: Features Agents, MCP, DeepSeek, Anthropic, AWS, OpenAI, Responses API, Azure, Groq, o1, GPT-5, Mistral, OpenRouter, Vertex AI, Gemini, Artifacts, AI model switching, message search, Code Interpreter, langchain, DALL-E-3, OpenAPI Actions, Functions, Secure Multi-User Auth, Presets, open-source for self-hosting. Active.

TypeScript MIT
37k
$4.13/mo
2/5
promptfoo
by promptfoo
83/100

Test your prompts, agents, and RAGs. Red teaming/pentesting/vulnerability scanning for AI. Compare performance of GPT, Claude, Gemini, Llama, and more. Simple declarative configs with command line and CI/CD integration. Used by OpenAI and Anthropic.

TypeScript MIT
21k
$4.13/mo
2/5
open-webui
by open-webui
82/100

User-friendly AI Interface (Supports Ollama, OpenAI API, ...)

Python NOASSERTION
136k
$4.13/mo
3/5
netdata
by netdata
82/100

The fastest path to AI-powered full stack observability, even for lean teams.

C GPL-3.0
79k
$4.13/mo
4/5
fabric
by danielmiessler
82/100

Fabric is an open-source framework for augmenting humans using AI. It provides a modular system for solving specific problems using a crowdsourced set of AI prompts that can be used anywhere.

Go MIT
42k
$4.13/mo
3/5
transformers
by huggingface
81/100

Transformers: the model-definition framework for state-of-the-art machine learning models in text, vision, audio, and multimodal models, for both inference and training.

Python Apache-2.0
160k
$4.13/mo
2/5
MeiliSearch
by meilisearch
81/100

A lightning-fast search engine API bringing AI-powered hybrid search to your sites and applications.

Rust NOASSERTION
57k
$4.13/mo
2/5
llama_index
by run-llama
81/100

LlamaIndex is the leading document agent and OCR platform

Python MIT
49k
$4.13/mo
2/5
LocalAI
by mudler
81/100

LocalAI is the open-source AI engine. Run any model - LLMs, vision, voice, image, video - on any hardware. No GPU required.

Go MIT
46k
$4.13/mo
2/5
LocalAI
by go-skynet
81/100

LocalAI is the open-source AI engine. Run any model - LLMs, vision, voice, image, video - on any hardware. No GPU required.

Go MIT
46k
$4.13/mo
2/5
photoprism
by photoprism
81/100

AI-Powered Photos App for the Decentralized Web

Go NOASSERTION
40k
$4.13/mo
1/5
haystack
by deepset-ai
81/100

Open-source AI orchestration framework for building context-engineered, production-ready LLM applications. Design modular pipelines and agent workflows with explicit control over retrieval, routing, memory, and generation. Built for scalable agents, RAG, multimodal applications, semantic search, and conversational systems.

MDX Apache-2.0
25k
$4.13/mo
2/5
anything-llm
by Mintplex-Labs
80/100

The all-in-one AI productivity accelerator. On device and privacy first with no annoying setup or configuration.

JavaScript MIT
60k
$4.13/mo
1/5
jan
by janhq
80/100

Jan is an open source alternative to ChatGPT that runs 100% offline on your computer.

TypeScript NOASSERTION
42k
$4.13/mo
2/5
tidb
by pingcap
80/100

TiDB is built for agentic workloads that grow unpredictably, with ACID guarantees and native support for transactions, analytics, and vector search. No data silos. No noisy neighbors. No infrastructure ceiling.

Go Apache-2.0
40k
$4.13/mo
2/5
mindsdb
by mindsdb
80/100

AI Data Vault - A query engine for AI Agents to securely query data from any datasource

Python NOASSERTION
39k
$4.13/mo
2/5
frigate
by blakeblackshear
80/100

NVR with realtime local object detection for IP cameras

TypeScript MIT
32k
$4.13/mo
2/5
excelize
by xuri
80/100

Go language library for reading and writing Microsoft Excel™ (XLAM / XLSM / XLSX / XLTM / XLTX) spreadsheets

Go BSD-3-Clause
21k
$4.13/mo
2/5
xonsh
by xonsh
80/100

Python-powered shell. Full-featured, cross-platform and AI-friendly.

Python NOASSERTION
9.3k
$4.13/mo
2/5
langchain
by langchain-ai
79/100

The agent engineering platform. Available in TypeScript!

Python MIT
136k
$4.13/mo
2/5
milvus
by milvus-io
79/100

Milvus is a high-performance, cloud-native vector database built for scalable vector ANN search

Go Apache-2.0
44k
$4.13/mo
2/5

Specifically replacing

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Ready to self-host?

Most operators land on supabase (top health) and run it on hetzner for around $4.13/mo.

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