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OpenAI · for the subscription AI assistant
Locally, quality depends on the model your machine can run: see the LLM guide.
- Ollama 182.8 k stars GitHub
The easiest way to download and run open models on your own computer.
Free when localLocalOpen source
- Open WebUI 154.3 k stars GitHub
The most widely used ChatGPT-style web UI for your local models, self-hosted.
FreeLocal
- LM Studio
A free desktop app to find, download and chat with local models, no command line required.
FreeLocalOpen weights
- Jan 44.9 k stars GitHub
An open-source ChatGPT alternative that runs 100% offline on your computer.
FreeLocalOpen source
- LibreChat 45.5 k stars GitHub
An open-source, self-hostable ChatGPT clone that brings all your models into one interface.
FreeOpen source
- AnythingLLM 66.9 k stars GitHub
The all-in-one app to chat with your documents and build agents, locally or self-hosted.
FreeLocalOpen source
- LumaBrowser 101 stars GitHub
Your whole local AI stack in a browser.
FreeLocalOpen source
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Kuaishou · Google · Runway · for AI video generation
You need an NVIDIA graphics card (12 GB recommended); clips are shorter than online.
- Wan2GP (WanGP) 10.3 k stars GitHub
An all-in-one app to run big video models (Wan, LTX…) on modest graphics cards.
Free when localLocal
- Wan 2.2 17.9 k stars GitHub
Alibaba's family of open video models: text-to-video, image-to-video and more.
FreeOpen sourceOpen weights
- LTX-2 9,676 stars GitHub
Lightricks' model that generates synchronized video and audio in a single pass.
Free when localOpen weightsLocal
- ComfyUI 137 k stars GitHub
The go-to node-based interface for generating images, video and audio with open models.
FreeOpen sourceLocal
- Chain Motion 22 stars GitHub
Edit your AI film shot by shot.
Free when localOpen source
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Midjourney · for AI image generation
An 8 GB graphics card is enough for most image models.
- ComfyUI 137 k stars GitHub
The go-to node-based interface for generating images, video and audio with open models.
FreeOpen sourceLocal
- InvokeAI 28.6 k stars GitHub
A polished image-creation studio with a real canvas for editing and composing.
FreeOpen sourceLocal
- Krita AI Diffusion 10.7 k stars GitHub
The plugin that brings AI image generation right into the Krita painting app.
FreeOpen sourceLocal
- Wan2GP (WanGP) 10.3 k stars GitHub
An all-in-one app to run big video models (Wan, LTX…) on modest graphics cards.
Free when localLocal
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Topaz Labs · for AI image upscaling
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ElevenLabs · for text-to-speech and voice cloning
Check the weights license: some voice models are for non-commercial use only.
- Chatterbox 26.9 k stars GitHub
A family of MIT-licensed TTS models to clone a voice, in English or 23+ languages.
FreeOpen sourceOpen weights
- F5-TTS 15.4 k stars GitHub
Voice cloning from a few seconds of audio, with a ready-to-use web UI.
FreeOpen sourceOpen weights
- Piper 5,831 stars GitHub
An ultra-light local text-to-speech engine with ready-made voices in many languages.
FreeOpen sourceOpen weights
- Coqui TTS (XTTS) 2,337 stars GitHub
Coqui's TTS toolkit, maintained by Idiap, with XTTS-v2 to clone a voice in seconds.
FreeOpen sourceOpen weights
- IndexTTS 24.4 k stars GitHub
bilibili's dubbing-oriented TTS: voice cloning with controllable emotion and speed.
Free when localOpen weightsLocal
- Applio 3,821 stars GitHub
The easiest tool for RVC voice conversion: train a model and transform your voice.
FreeOpen sourceLocal
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Suno · Udio · for AI music generation
- ACE-Step 1.5 13.4 k stars GitHub
A full-song generator, lyrics included, that runs on a consumer GPU.
FreeOpen sourceOpen weights
- YuE 11.6 k stars GitHub
An open model that turns lyrics into a full song, vocals and backing track.
Free when localOpen sourceOpen weights
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Otter.ai · for meeting and audio transcription
- Whisper 110.3 k stars GitHub
OpenAI's speech-to-text model, the reference for open speech recognition.
FreeOpen sourceOpen weights
- faster-whisper 25.8 k stars GitHub
Whisper reimplemented with CTranslate2: same accuracy, up to 4x faster and lighter.
FreeOpen sourceLocal
- WhisperX 24.5 k stars GitHub
Fast transcription with word-level timestamps and speaker identification.
FreeOpen sourceLocal
- whisper.cpp 54.3 k stars GitHub
Whisper in dependency-free C/C++: fast, lightweight and portable.
FreeOpen sourceLocal
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Zapier · Make · for app-to-app automation
Self-hosted, it's free with no task limits; you need a small server.
- n8n 207 k stars GitHub
Automate repetitive work by wiring apps and AI together with drag and drop.
Free when localFreemiumLocal
- Activepieces 25 k stars GitHub
The open-source Zapier alternative that's easy to pick up.
Free when localFreemiumLocal
- Windmill 18.2 k stars GitHub
Turn your scripts into workflows, scheduled jobs and small internal apps.
Free when localFreemiumLocal
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Notion Labs · for notes, wikis and knowledge bases
- AFFiNE 73.4 k stars GitHub
Docs, whiteboard and databases on one shared canvas.
Free when localFreemiumLocal
- AppFlowy 77.2 k stars GitHub
The open-source Notion alternative, with AI that can run locally.
Free when localFreemiumLocal
- Docmost 21.9 k stars GitHub
The open-source team wiki, an alternative to Confluence and Notion.
Free when localFreemiumLocal
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Google · for chatting with your documents and turning them into podcasts
- Open Notebook 40.1 k stars GitHub
The open-source NotebookLM alternative: your sources, your models, on your machine.
FreeOpen sourceLocal
- Khoj 37.6 k stars GitHub
Your AI second brain: chat with your notes and documents, and run web research.
FreemiumFree when localOpen source
- AnythingLLM 66.9 k stars GitHub
The all-in-one app to chat with your documents and build agents, locally or self-hosted.
FreeLocalOpen source
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Perplexity · for web search with sourced answers
- Vane (ex-Perplexica) 37.3 k stars GitHub
Your self-hosted, Perplexity-style AI answer engine that cites sources and respects your privacy.
FreeOpen sourceLocal
- GPT Researcher 30 k stars GitHub
An agent that searches the web and your documents, then hands you a sourced research report.
FreeOpen sourceLocal
- Local Deep Research 9,185 stars GitHub
Deep research that can run 100% locally with Ollama and SearXNG.
FreeOpen sourceLocal
- SearXNG 38.2 k stars GitHub
The free metasearch engine that doesn't track you, and the go-to web search backend for local AI.
FreeOpen sourceLocal
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Anysphere · GitHub · for the in-editor coding assistant
The agents are free; you pay for the model you use, or nothing with a local model.
- Cline 70.2 k stars GitHub
The open-source coding agent in VS Code (and as a CLI) that asks permission before every action.
FreeFree when localOpen source
- Aider 49.5 k stars GitHub
The pioneer of AI pair programming in the terminal, with a clean Git commit for every change.
FreeFree when localOpen source
- opencode 212.7 k stars GitHub
An open-source, provider-agnostic coding agent for the terminal, with a polished TUI.
FreeFree when localOpen source
- goose 55.2 k stars GitHub
A general-purpose, open-source AI agent that runs on your machine, for code and automation alike.
FreeFree when localOpen source
- OpenHands 90.6 k stars GitHub
An open-source platform for autonomous software agents, run on your machine or on a server.
FreemiumOpen source
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Hootsuite · Buffer · for social media post scheduling
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Intuit · for newsletters and email marketing
You plug in your own sending service (SMTP), often a few euros a month.
- listmonk 23.8 k stars GitHub
Your self-hosted newsletter: fast and with no monthly fee.
FreeLocalOpen source
- Mautic 10.7 k stars GitHub
Open-source marketing automation: email, segments and journeys.
FreeLocalOpen source
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HubSpot · Salesforce · for CRM and marketing automation
- Twenty 58.2 k stars GitHub
A modern open-source CRM, built as a Salesforce alternative.
Free when localFreemiumLocal
- Mautic 10.7 k stars GitHub
Open-source marketing automation: email, segments and journeys.
FreeLocalOpen source
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Intercom · Zendesk · for customer support and live chat
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Atlassian · Linear · for project and issue tracking
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Adobe · for editing, merging and converting PDFs
- Stirling-PDF 94 k stars GitHub
Every PDF operation in your browser, without sending files anywhere.
Free when localFreemiumLocal
- Docling 68.7 k stars GitHub
Converts PDF, DOCX, PPTX and more into Markdown or structured JSON, locally, for AI.
FreeOpen sourceLocal
- MarkItDown 189.6 k stars GitHub
A lightweight utility that converts almost any file into LLM-friendly Markdown.
FreeOpen sourceLocal
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Bloomberg · for financial data and analysis
Less complete than a professional terminal billed tens of thousands of dollars a year, but remarkable for a free tool. No investment advice.
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LangChain · for tracing and evaluating LLM apps
- Langfuse 35.7 k stars GitHub
Monitor, evaluate and improve your AI agents and apps.
Free when localFreemiumLocal
- promptfoo 25.9 k stars GitHub
Test, compare and red-team your prompts and LLM apps before shipping them.
FreeOpen sourceLocal
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Apify · for extracting website data for AI
- Crawl4AI 85.3 k stars GitHub
Turns any website into clean Markdown, ready to feed your LLMs and RAG pipelines.
FreeOpen sourceLocal
- Firecrawl 190.6 k stars GitHub
An API that searches, scrapes and crawls the web to deliver clean data to your AI agents.
FreemiumFree when localOpen source
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OpenAI · Anthropic · Google · Mistral · for API access to large language models
Free tiers have limits (requests per day or per minute) and change often. Locally, your data never leaves your machine.
- Awesome Free LLM APIs 9,877 stars GitHub
The list of LLM APIs with a permanent free tier, with limits and models.
FreeOpen source
- Ollama 182.8 k stars GitHub
The easiest way to download and run open models on your own computer.
Free when localLocalOpen source
- llama.cpp 130.9 k stars GitHub
The C/C++ inference engine that runs LLMs everywhere; the foundation of many local tools.
Free when localLocalOpen source
- LM Studio
A free desktop app to find, download and chat with local models, no command line required.
FreeLocalOpen weights
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Anthropic · for AI-generated short animations
Same idea (the animation is code), but on your machine and without a Team plan. Note: Remotion becomes paid beyond 3 employees.
- Remotion 63.3 k stars GitHub
Make videos programmatically with React: ideal for automated or batch-produced videos.
FreemiumLocal
- HyperFrames 60.9 k stars GitHub
Turns HTML, CSS and animations into MP4 videos, and lets your AI agent write them.
FreeOpen sourceLocal
- /brag 15.3 k stars GitHub
Turn your project into a launch video with one command.
FreeOpen source
