7 open source edge AI platforms. All have a free plan. Paid plans start at $20 a month. Newest check: 12 Nov 2026.
268 of 721 tools were checked against the vendor's own page in the last 30 days.
| Tool | Price from | Free plan | Runs on | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OllamaMIT-licensed runtime that runs open-weight LLMs on macOS, Windows and Linux with a local API, plus an optional paid cloud for larger models. | $20/mo | Yes | Web · Mac · Windows | 12 Nov |
| AnythingLLMFree MIT-licensed desktop app that chats with your documents and runs agents on local models, no account needed. About 66,700 GitHub stars. | $50/mo | Yes | Web · Android · Mac · Windows | 6 Oct |
| CactusOpen-source engine that runs LLM, speech and vision models on phones and wearables, with 6 language bindings and cloud handoff. | Free | Yes | iOS · Android · Mac | 14 Oct |
| GPT4AllFree MIT-licensed desktop app that runs open-weight LLMs offline, with LocalDocs chat over your own folders. About 77K GitHub stars. | Free | Yes | Mac · Windows | 6 Oct |
| JanOpen-source desktop app that runs open LLMs offline on Windows, macOS and Linux, with optional cloud models through your own API keys. | Free | Yes | Mac · Windows | 6 Oct |
| llama.cppFree MIT-licensed C/C++ engine that runs LLMs locally. 130,000+ GitHub stars, GGUF models, OpenAI-compatible server. A developer tool. | Free | Yes | Mac · Windows | 7 Oct |
| Open WebUISelf-hosted browser chat for Ollama and OpenAI-compatible models, adding retrieval, plugins and user roles. Free software, about 154K GitHub stars. | -- | Yes | Web | 6 Oct |
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