AnythingLLM vs PrivateGPT
Side-by-side comparison of AnythingLLM and PrivateGPT for local, private document Q&A.
| AnythingLLM | PrivateGPT | |
|---|---|---|
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Latest release | v1.18.0 | v1.0.1 |
| Release date | 2026-10-13 | 2026-06-18 |
| Hardware | Desktop or Docker; built-in engine runs CPU or GPU (NVIDIA CUDA, AMD/Intel Vulkan) | 8GB+ RAM; GPU recommended unverified |
| Document types | PDF, DOCX, TXT, CSV, web pages, audio | PDF, DOCX, TXT, CSV (tabular via tools), EPUB |
| OCR / tables / retrieval | Basic text extraction; built-in reranker unverified | Basic text extraction unverified |
| Cloud calls | None by default; optional cloud LLM/embedder providers | None (designed fully offline) |
| Fully offline | Yes | Yes |
| Status | Active | Active |
Last updated 2026-10-24. Fields marked unverified are summarized from docs and reviews and have not been checked against primary sources yet.
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