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PrivateGPT

Local document chat app for private retrieval and question answering with your own offline models and data.

BYOM · Local models
Platform
Desktop app
Submitted by
Cassia Anderson
Listed
Mar 31, 2026

Decision snapshot

Quality

Production-ready

Ready for serious regular use. Looks slower-moving than the leading tools in this category.

Price

Open source

Free and open source. Self-host it yourself — no API key or subscription needed.

Control

You run the model side

Best for people who want privacy or local control and accept the hardware and setup tradeoffs.

Worth paying for?

Strong when control matters more than polish

Privacy-focused users who want to chat with their documents locally and are comfortable setting up a more technical open-source stack.

Best for
Privacy-focused users who want to chat with their documents locally and are comfortable setting up a more technical open-source stack.
Setup
Advanced setup

Pricing

Pricing model
Open source

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