ChatOSS Alternatives

ChatOSS is described as 'The desktop app for Ollama. Chat, code, and plan with your local models — and scale to faster cloud models when you need them. Free local use, no account required' and is an app in the ai tools & services category. There are more than 10 alternatives to ChatOSS for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, Flathub and Flatpak apps. The best ChatOSS alternative is Open WebUI, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like ChatOSS are AnythingLLM, Alpaca - Ollama Client, Goose OSS and Ollama App.

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  1. Open WebUI icon
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    Feature-rich offline AI platform with support for Ollama and OpenAI-compatible APIs, retrieval-augmented generation, text-to-image, cloud sync, privacy focus, ad-free experience, distraction-free and dark modes, no registration, easy deployment, and customizable UI.

    56 Open WebUI alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
    • Docker
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  2. AnythingLLM icon
     71 likes

    Open-source privacy-focused chatbot platform allowing unlimited document uploads, multi-user and single-user modes, AI-powered chat with documents, vector database and LLM compatibility, customizable interface, message history, secure desktop deployment, and full user controls.

    253 AnythingLLM alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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  3. Alpaca is an Ollama client where you can manage and chat with multiple models, Alpaca provides an easy and begginer friendly way of interacting with local AI.

    201 Alpaca - Ollama Client alternatives

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Linux Mobile
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  4. Goose OSS icon
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    An open-source platform for seamless automation in engineering tasks, providing local execution and control. Customizable with any LLM for enhanced autonomy, enabling developers to efficiently handle debugging to deployment tasks while preserving privacy.

    144 Goose OSS alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  5. Reins icon
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    Empowering LLM researchers and hobbyists with seamless control over self-hosted models. Connect remotely, customize prompts, manage chats, and fine-tune configurations. All in one intuitive app.

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    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  6. Mocolamma icon
     6 likes

    Mocolamma is an Ollama management application for macOS and iOS / iPadOS that connects to Ollama servers to manage models and perform chat tests using models stored on the Ollama server.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • visionOS
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  7. LLMChat icon
     8 likes

    LLMChat offers a versatile platform to engage with various AI models, enhance your experience with plugins, and create custom assistants.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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  8. Askimo icon
     2 likes

    Askimo is an open-source, privacy-first AI desktop application designed to help users work with multiple AI models from a single, consistent interface. It supports popular AI providers such as OpenAI, Anthropic (Claude), Gemini, Ollama, LocalAI, Docker AI, LM Studio, and X AI...

    6 Askimo alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • US flagUnited States
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  9. Camel Chat icon
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    Camel Chat is a feature-rich Flutter application designed to provide a seamless interface for communicating with large language models (LLMs) served via an Ollama server. It offers a user-friendly way to interact with open-source AI models on your own hardware.

    Cost / License

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    • Android
    • Linux
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  10. Follamac icon
     5 likes

    You need Ollama running on your localhost with some model. Once Ollama is running the model can be pulled from Follamac or from command line. From command line type something like: Ollama pull llama3 If you wish to pull from Follamac you can write llama3 into "Model name to...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • BSD
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