LibreChat

AI Tools

A self-hosted chat interface that works with many AI model providers, with SSO and agents.

Open-source alternative to:

ChatGPT

Visit LibreChat GitHub Docs

MITSelf-hostedFully featured free edition

Screenshot of the LibreChat website — Homepage of librechat.ai

What the free edition leaves out

The free edition covers the features teams usually need; we found nothing important held back. “Not confirmed” means the official pages we read did not say, so we do not guess.

Open-core feature checklist for LibreChat
Feature	Free edition	Details	Source
SSO / SAML	Free	OAuth, OIDC, SAML and LDAP sign-in are listed in the authentication docs with no paid tier mentioned.	Source ↗
Role-based access control	Free	Built-in user and admin roles, custom roles and system grants through the Admin Panel, which is labelled Preview.	Source ↗
Audit logs	Not confirmed	Only limited events and an opt-in insights dashboard were found.	Source ↗
Multi-user / teams	Free	Multi-user authentication with registration, social login and roles is part of the MIT self-hosted app.	Source ↗
Backups and restore	Not confirmed	No built-in backup tooling found in the docs.	Source ↗
API access	Not confirmed	Only API actions for agents are mentioned; a general public API was not confirmed.	Source ↗
Support SLA	Not confirmed	Only community support is mentioned; no SLA or paid support found.	Source ↗

Best for

Teams and individuals who want one self-hosted chat interface for many AI providers, with SSO and agents, and are comfortable running a multi-container Docker stack.

Why choose it over ChatGPT

It supports many model providers in one interface, so you are not locked to OpenAI. It is MIT-licensed and self-hosted, so your data stays on your own infrastructure, and sign-in options (OAuth, OIDC, SAML, LDAP) and roles are listed with no paid tier.

Where it falls short

You deploy and maintain MongoDB, Meilisearch, a vector database and the RAG API yourself. No official paid support, SLA or managed cloud was found, only community support. The Admin Panel is labelled Preview and audit logging is limited.

Open-source alternative to

ChatGPT — LibreChat is a free, provider-agnostic, self-hosted ChatGPT-style interface.

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