AI & LLM apps you can self-host — Oct 2026
Every ai & llm tool below runs on your own server — no per-seat bills, no vendor lock-in.
Rather than a flat list, we ranked these 16 tools by how many times people actually started them on PickYour.App.
How they stack up
| # | App | Category | Installs | From |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ollama Run Llama, Mistral & Gemma models locally | AI & LLM | 94 000 | €0.092/hr |
| 2 | Open WebUI ChatGPT-style interface for your LLMs | AI & LLM | 82 000 | €0.092/hr |
| 3 | OpenHands Self-hosted AI developer control center — run coding agents across local, remote & cloud | AI & LLM | 78 000 | €0.046/hr |
| 4 | ComfyUI Node-based UI for diffusion image workflows | AI & LLM | 62 000 | €0.092/hr |
| 5 | AnythingLLM All-in-one AI app — chat, documents & agents | AI & LLM | 56 000 | €0.046/hr |
| 6 | Dify Production-ready LLM app platform | AI & LLM | 54 000 | €0.092/hr |
| 7 | Flowise Drag-and-drop LLM orchestration | AI & LLM | 49 000 | €0.046/hr |
| 8 | Qdrant High-performance vector database for AI | AI & LLM | 47 000 | €0.046/hr |
| 9 | LibreChat Open-source ChatGPT alternative for every LLM | AI & LLM | 42 000 | €0.046/hr |
| 10 | bolt.diy AI full-stack web builder in the browser — open-source Bolt.new | AI & LLM | 41 000 | €0.046/hr |
| 11 | LiteLLM One API to call 100+ LLM providers, OpenAI-compatible | AI & LLM | 39 000 | €0.046/hr |
| 12 | Tabby Self-hosted AI coding assistant — the open-source Copilot alternative | AI & LLM | 36 000 | €0.046/hr |
| 13 | Perplexica Open-source AI search engine, Perplexity alternative | AI & LLM | 34 000 | €0.046/hr |
| 14 | LocalAI Drop-in OpenAI API replacement that runs locally | AI & LLM | 31 000 | €0.092/hr |
| 15 | Langfuse LLM engineering: traces, evals & prompt management | AI & LLM | 28 000 | €0.046/hr |
| 16 | 9router Free AI-coding gateway for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor & more — 40+ providers with auto-fallback | AI & LLM | 21 000 | €0.023/hr |
Reading the field
Ollama
Teams pick Ollama when they need the basics done well. Spec: 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 100 GB disk. Start here if you want the safe pick.
Open WebUI
Open WebUI covers the essentials without demanding a manual. Spec: 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 100 GB disk. Close second, and some teams prefer its take on the problem.
OpenHands
Built around its core job, OpenHands stays out of your way. It runs comfortably on 2 vCPU / 4 GB here. Newer to the catalog, climbing steadily.
ComfyUI
The core loop is what ComfyUI does best. Plan for 4 vCPU and 8 GB of RAM. Newer to the catalog, climbing steadily.
Before you install
None of these need a big machine. Budget roughly €0.092/hour for the largest spec in the table (peak 4 vCPU, 8 GB), and less for the rest. The install wizard pre-selects the right plan for you.
Generated 2026-10-22 from live catalog data · all guides