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AnythingLLM alternatives (2026)
AnythingLLM is a personal agents tool: Local-first desktop and server app for chatting with your documents, running agents and connecting any LLM. Pricing, as the maker states it: Open source + cloud. Its GitHub repo has 67,210 stars. We found 85 tools in the directory that do overlapping work (controlling a computer, personal assistance, working with documents); 48 of them are open source and 15 list a free or freemium plan. Below are the 10 closest, ranked by how many tasks and sub-tasks they share with AnythingLLM, then by GitHub stars.
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Quick comparison Top 10 of 11 listed below. Pricing as the maker states it; blank means we don't have it.
| Tool | Pricing | Best for | Open source |
|---|---|---|---|
 5ire | Source-available | Control a computer | Source-available |
 DeepChat | Open source | Control a computer | Yes |
 LobsterAI | Open source | Control a computer | Yes |
 JustHireMe | Open source | Control a computer | Yes |
 Orkas | Open source | Write code | Yes |
 Jarvis | Source-available | Control a computer | Source-available |
 Eigent | Open source | Control a computer | Yes |
 Rakazo | Open source | Control a computer | Yes |
 Skales | Freemium | Write code | |
 Memmy | Open source | Give agents memory | Yes |
- 5ire (Source-available): Cross-platform desktop AI assistant and MCP client with a local knowledge base and support for major model providers. Consider it because it does the same job with a different approach (source-available).
- DeepChat (Open source): Open-source, local-first AI agent desktop client with MCP, skills, ACP support and remote control from messaging apps. Consider it because it also covers rules, skills and config.
- LobsterAI (Open source): NetEase Youdao's desktop agent for data analysis, slides, documents and web research. Consider it because it also covers research and reports.
- JustHireMe (Open source): Local-first desktop workbench that finds job listings, ranks your fit and generates tailored application materials. Consider it because it does the same job with a different approach (open source).
- Orkas (Open source): Local-first multi-agent desktop app where a commander model coordinates specialist agents and your installed coding CLIs. Consider it because it also covers multi-agent orchestration.
- Jarvis (Source-available): Private, local-first desktop AI assistant with voice and text chat, personal memory, dictation and MCP tools. Consider it because it also covers memory and voice and phone agents.
- Eigent (Open source): Open-source cowork desktop app that runs multi-agent workflows locally. Consider it because it also covers workflow automation and multi-agent orchestration.
- Rakazo (Open source): Self-hosted personal AI agent and persistent teammate for web, desktop, iPhone and Android, with your own choice of model and computer sandbox. Consider it because it also covers voice and phone agents and sandboxes and secure execution.
- Skales (Freemium): Personal AI agent for desktop and mobile that codes, automates the desktop and browser and runs scheduled tasks with local or cloud models. Consider it because it also covers browser automation and mobile and remote control.
- Memmy (Open source): A local-first personal AI agent with a self-evolving long-term memory that its desktop app, CLI and your other AI agents can all share. Consider it because it also covers memory and terminal and CLI agents.
AnythingLLM vs alternatives at a glance
| Tool | Pricing | Open source / licence | GitHub stars | Good for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 AnythingLLM | Open source + cloud | MIT | 67,210 | controlling a computer, personal assistance |
| 5ire | Source-available | No | 5,372 | controlling a computer, personal assistance |
| DeepChat | Open source | Apache License 2.0 | 6,371 | controlling a computer, automating workflows |
| LobsterAI | Open source | MIT | 6,119 | controlling a computer, personal assistance |
| JustHireMe | Open source | Yes | 2,255 | controlling a computer, personal assistance |
| Orkas | Open source | Yes | 2,203 | writing code, controlling a computer |
| Jarvis | Source-available | No | 2,097 | controlling a computer, building voice agents |
| Eigent | Open source | Apache License 2.0 | 15,571 | controlling a computer, automating workflows |
| Rakazo | Open source | Yes | 4,713 | controlling a computer, personal assistance |
| Skales | Freemium | No | 2,196 | writing code, browsing the web |
| Memmy | Open source | Yes | 2,125 | coding in the terminal, personal assistance |
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Alternatives are picked from directory data only: same category plus shared tasks and sub-tasks. Pricing is as each maker states it; GitHub stars as recorded on each listing.