h2oGPT
Private chat and document Q&A with local LLMs
This project is archived. Upstream development has stopped, so expect no new features or security fixes. Consider an actively maintained self-hosted ai alternative.
h2oGPT is an open-source platform for private question answering and chat over documents using local or remote LLMs. It supports many file types, web search, and an OpenAI-compatible server.
Key features
- Document Q&A
- Many file formats
- OpenAI-compatible API
- Local and remote models
Strengths
- Released under the Apache-2.0 license
- First-class Docker support for quick deployment
- Mature project with 12k GitHub stars
- Written in Python
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