Open Source Google Gemini AlternativesLarge Language Model (LLM) Tools & AI Chatbots like Google Gemini

The best open source alternative to Google Gemini is Lumo by Proton. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Google Gemini and loads of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Google Gemini are DeepSeek, Qwen, Jan.ai and Ensu.

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Google Gemini alternatives are mainly AI Chatbots, but if you're looking for Large Language Model (LLM) Tools or AI Writing Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Free, Android + Open Source, Android + Free, Open Source and Android. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Google Gemini.
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  1. Lumo by Proton icon
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    Privacy-first AI assistant utilizing zero-access encryption and open-source code, ensuring no data logging, profiling, or training on chats, providing user-controlled, encrypted conversations, with compliance under GDPR and no sharing with third parties.

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  2. DeepSeek icon
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    DeepSeek is a state-of-the-art AI assistant designed to provide intelligent, conversational support across diverse tasks. It leverages advanced natural language processing and machine learning to answer questions, generate creative content, solve complex problems, and offer...

    244 DeepSeek alternatives

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  3. Qwen icon
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    The Qwen team is dedicated to pursuing artificial general intelligence (AGI) and is focused on building generalist models, including large language models and large multimodal models.

    155 Qwen alternatives

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  4. Jan.ai icon
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    Open-source offline AI platform supports local LLMs including Llama, Gemma, Qwen, GPT-oss, integrates cloud services like OpenAI and Anthropic, enables custom assistant creation, offers OpenAI-compatible API on localhost, operates across diverse hardware and ensures privacy.

    278 Jan.ai alternatives

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    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  5. Ensu icon
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    Private offline AI chat using local language models on mobile and desktop, no accounts or tracking, open source Rust core, privacy-first design, cross-platform availability, ideal for confidential conversations, with end-to-end encrypted sync coming soon.

    77 Ensu alternatives

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  6. 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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    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Linux Mobile
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  7. Euria icon
     29 likes

    Confidential AI chat assistant delivering writing, summarization, voice transcription, email handling, and document search tools, all hosted exclusively in Switzerland with open source models, data sovereignty, and compliance with GDPR and FADP standards.

    92 Euria alternatives

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  8. 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.

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  9. Apertus icon
     30 likes

    As a fully open language model, Apertus allows researchers, professionals and enthusiasts to build upon the model and adapt it to their specific needs, as well as to inspect any part of the training process.

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  10. Meta Llama icon
     38 likes

    As part of Meta’s commitment to open science, today we are publicly releasing Llama (Large Language Model Meta AI), a state-of-the-art foundational large language model designed to help researchers advance their work in this subfield of AI.

    275 Meta Llama alternatives

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  11. Mellum icon
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    Mellum-4b-base is JetBrains' first open-source large language model (LLM) optimized for code-related tasks.

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
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  12. Google Gemma icon
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    A family of lightweight, state-of-the art open models built from the same research and technology that we used to create the Gemini models.

    104 Google Gemma alternatives

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