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Apply for a Featured slot · $79 / 30 days →- Ollama
Local open-weight LLM runner.
- VRAM & RAM for local LLMs
Honest VRAM/RAM bands — disclosed Associates.
- Storage for local models
NVMe/library disk notes.
- VPS vs local hardware
When to buy a GPU box vs rent — disclosed Associates.
- LocalAI
OpenAI-compatible local API.
- Jan
Desktop ChatGPT-shaped app.
- text-generation-webui
AGPL-3.0 local LLM UI/API (TextGen / oobabooga); model licenses separate.
- LM Studio
Desktop local model app.
- Open WebUI
Self-hosted chat UI.
- LibreChat
MIT ChatGPT-shaped multi-provider chat UI (self-hostable).
- GPT4All
MIT desktop app for local open-weight chat; model licenses separate.
- llama.cpp
MIT C/C++ inference engine.
- llamafile
Single-file local LLM runner.
- KoboldCpp
Single-file GGUF runner + Kobold UI.
- vLLM
High-throughput GPU serving.
- SGLang
Apache-2.0 high-performance LLM/multimodal serving (RadixAttention).
- mlx-lm
MIT LLMs on Apple silicon (MLX).
- LiteLLM
OpenAI-compatible LLM gateway.
- Nextcloud
Self-hosted files and apps.
- Immich
Self-hosted photo library.
- Paperless-ngx
Document DMS with OCR.
- Vaultwarden
Bitwarden-compatible vault server.
- Jellyfin
GPL media server.
- Audiobookshelf
GPL-3.0 self-hosted audiobook and podcast server.
- Syncthing
P2P folder sync.
- Home Assistant
Local-first home automation.
- n8n
Fair-code workflow automation.
- Uptime Kuma
Self-hosted uptime monitoring.
- ntfy
Apache-2.0 pub-sub push notifications (HTTP PUT).
- SearXNG
AGPL-3.0 self-hosted metasearch (privacy-respecting aggregator).
- Stirling PDF
Self-hosted PDF toolkit.
- Docker
Containers for the stack.
- Portainer
Docker/K8s UI.
- Tailscale
WireGuard mesh.
- Nginx Proxy Manager
Reverse proxy UI.
- Caddy
Apache-2.0 reverse proxy / server; automatic HTTPS by default.
- Coolify
Self-hosted PaaS on your VPS.
- Forgejo
GPL-3.0+ self-hosted software forge (v9+).
- Aider
Terminal AI pair programming.
- Continue
Open editor companion.
- Tabby
Self-hosted coding assistant.
- OpenHands
Coding-agent platform.
- Goose
Extensible open coding agent.
- Cursor
Proprietary AI code editor.
- Zed
GPL-3.0-or-later editor (+ Apache-2.0 components); hosted AI under Zed ToS/pricing.
- Cline
Open coding agent in the editor.
- Kilo Code
MIT coding agent for VS Code/JetBrains/CLI.
- Plandex
Terminal agent for large multi-file tasks.
- GitHub Copilot
Hosted coding assistant.
- whisper.cpp
Local speech-to-text.
- AnythingLLM
Local-first RAG UI.
- Dify
LLM app platform; Apache-2.0 with extra conditions.
- Langfuse
MIT-core LLM observability (traces/prompts/evals); ee/ is Enterprise.
- ComfyUI
Node-based local diffusion.
- Stable Diffusion WebUI
Classic Gradio UI.
- AnythingLLM vs Open WebUI
Local-first RAG product vs general self-hosted chat UI.
- Continue vs Kilo Code
Apache-2.0 editor companion vs MIT coding agent.
- LiteLLM vs Ollama
OpenAI-compatible gateway vs local model runner — different jobs.
- LocalAI vs Ollama
Multi-backend OpenAI-shaped API vs local runner.
- Open WebUI vs Jan
Self-hosted chat UI vs desktop ChatGPT-shaped app.