Best API Self-Hosted AI for self-hosting

The 108 best API self-hosted ai you can self-host, ranked by community traction.

At a glance

AppDeploy effortDifficultyMin. RAMLicense★ Stars
Hugging Face TransformersRead-the-docs projectHard8,192 MBApache-2.0167,686
DifyUnder-an-hour setupMedium4,096 MBApache-2.0158,399
LangflowUnder-an-hour setupMedium2,048 MBMIT155,637
RAGFlowUnder-an-hour setupMedium8,192 MBApache-2.092,165
PaddleOCRUnder-an-hour setupMedium2,048 MBApache-2.091,059
OpenHandsUnder-an-hour setupMedium4,096 MBMIT90,837
screenshot-to-codeUnder-an-hour setupEasy1,024 MBMIT80,328
UnslothRead-the-docs projectMedium8,192 MBApache-2.077,964
GPT AcademicUnder-an-hour setupMedium2,048 MBGPL-3.071,469
ClineRead-the-docs projectEasy512 MBApache-2.070,284

Quick picks

Every option here is open-source and self-hostable, tagged API within the self-hosted ai category. Deploy effort is graded from published container recipes, not vendor claims — see the methodology.

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