Open-source TextCortex alternatives

AnythingLLM is an all-in-one AI application for chatting with your own documents and automating work with AI agents. It runs locally by default, lets you connect local or cloud language models, and is written in JavaScript under the MIT license. The README describes it as a way to build a private, fully featured assistant in the style of ChatGPT.

Vector databases, document processing pipelines, multi-user support and agents all come included. Newer features listed include dynamic model routing based on rules you define, automatic and user-managed memories, scheduled tasks with agent capabilities, skill selection, a no-code agent builder, MCP compatibility and multi-modal support for both closed and open-source models.

It is available as a desktop app for Mac, Windows and Linux, as a Docker version that adds multi-user access control, and as a hosted instance, and there is an open-source Android app. Administrators can control access and experience per user. It suits individuals and teams who want a private document-chat and agent workspace without much setup.

Page Assist is a browser extension, released as open source, with a sidebar and a web interface for AI models running on your own machine. It lets you talk to a local model from any webpage without switching to a separate chat application.

The sidebar opens on any page, and the web UI behaves like a ChatGPT-style site for your model. A chat-with-webpage feature lets you ask questions about the content of the page you are viewing. It works with Ollama as the local provider and with any OpenAI API compatible endpoint, such as LM Studio or llamafile. Chromium-based browsers such as Chrome, Brave and Edge are supported, as well as Firefox.

Page Assist is written in TypeScript and released under the MIT licence. It can be installed from the browser's extension store or built manually with Bun, and the project lists several sponsors from the AI API space.