AI Chatbots
Self-hosted chat UIs and assistants — open alternatives to ChatGPT and Claude web apps.
195 projects
See methodology for ranking rules; order uses public GitHub metrics within this scenario.
| Rank | Project | Stars | Forks | Updated | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
open-webui
User-friendly AI Interface (Supports Ollama, OpenAI API, ...) |
150.3K | 22.0K | 08/29/26 | Other |
| 2 |
NextChat
✨ Light and Fast AI Assistant. Support: Web | iOS | MacOS | Android | Linux | Windows |
88.7K | 59.2K | 08/11/26 | MIT |
| 3 |
gpt4free
The official gpt4free repository | various collection of powerful language models | opus 4.6 gpt 5.3 kimi 2.5 deepseek v3.2 gemini 3 |
66.6K | 13.5K | 08/26/26 | GPL-3.0 |
| 4 |
system_prompts_leaks
Extracted system prompts from Anthropic - Claude Fable 5, Opus 5, Claude Design, Claude Code. OpenAI - ChatGPT GPT-5.6-Sol, Codex. Google - Gemini 3.5 Flash, 3.1 Pro, Antigravity. xAI - Grok, Cursor, Copilot, VS Code, Perplexity, and more. Updated regularly. |
63.8K | 10.5K | 08/29/26 | Other |
| 5 |
cherry-studio
AI productivity studio with smart chat, autonomous agents, and 300+ assistants. Unified access to frontier LLMs |
51.2K | 4.9K | 08/29/26 | AGPL-3.0 |
| 6 |
LibreChat
Enhanced open-source ChatGPT clone with multi-model support, agents, MCP, and secure self-hosting. |
42.6K | 8.8K | 08/29/26 | MIT |
| 7 |
jan
Jan is an open source alternative to ChatGPT that runs 100% offline on your computer. |
44.3K | 3.0K | 08/29/26 | Other |
| 8 |
AstrBot
AI Agent Assistant & development framework that integrates lots of IM platforms, LLMs, plugins and AI feature, and can be your openclaw alternative. ✨ |
39.8K | 2.9K | 08/29/26 | AGPL-3.0 |
| 9 |
ChatGPT
❄️ ChatGPT Desktop Application (Mac, Windows and Linux) |
54.5K | 6.1K | 08/29/24 | Other |
| 10 |
chatbox
Powerful AI Client |
41.6K | 4.2K | 08/14/26 | GPL-3.0 |
| 11 |
SillyTavern
LLM Frontend for Power Users. |
32.8K | 6.2K | 08/26/26 | AGPL-3.0 |
| 12 |
khoj
Your AI second brain. Self-hostable. Get answers from the web or your docs. Build custom agents, schedule automations, do deep research. Turn any online or local LLM into your personal, autonomous AI (gpt, claude, gemini, llama, qwen, mistral). Get started - free. |
36.8K | 2.4K | 08/02/26 | AGPL-3.0 |
| 13 |
rasa
💬 Open source machine learning framework to automate text- and voice-based conversations: NLU, dialogue management, connect to Slack, Facebook, and more - Create chatbots and voice assistants |
21.3K | 4.9K | 07/24/26 | Apache-2.0 |
| 14 |
Open-Assistant
OpenAssistant is a chat-based assistant that understands tasks, can interact with third-party systems, and retrieve information dynamically to do so. |
37.4K | 3.3K | 08/17/24 | Apache-2.0 |
| 15 |
python-telegram-bot
We have made you a wrapper you can't refuse |
29.4K | 6.1K | 08/23/26 | GPL-3.0 |
| 16 |
xiaozhi-esp32
An MCP-based chatbot |
29.4K | 6.8K | 08/28/26 | MIT |
| 17 |
chatbot-ui
AI chat for any model. |
33.3K | 9.4K | 08/03/24 | MIT |
| 18 |
chatbot
A full-featured, hackable Next.js AI chatbot built by Vercel |
20.9K | 6.7K | 07/08/26 | Other |
| 19 |
nonebot2
跨平台 Python 异步聊天机器人框架 / Asynchronous multi-platform chatbot framework written in Python |
7.7K | 663 | 08/29/26 | MIT |
| 20 |
voyager
Enhancement suite for Gemini, AI Studio, Claude & ChatGPT — plus a prompt manager for any web UI, DeepSeek Harness included. / 面向 Gemini、AI Studio、Claude 与 ChatGPT 的增强套件;提示词管理器可用于任意 Web UI,含 DeepSeek Harness。 |
19.9K | 658 | 08/26/26 | GPL-3.0 |