AnythingLLM vs RikkaHub
AnythingLLM and RikkaHub are both local AI software. AnythingLLM is open source under MIT, with 68k GitHub stars. RikkaHub is open source under AGPL-3.0, with 8.6k GitHub stars.
Which to pick
- Pick AnythingLLM when
- You want private document chat for a small team without building a RAG stack yourself.
- Pick RikkaHub when
- You want one Android app for chatting with several AI providers using your own API keys.
Side by side
A desktop and self-hosted app for chatting with your documents and running agents, connecting to local or cloud LLMs and vector databases.
A native Android chat app for LLMs that switches between providers such as OpenAI, Gemini, DeepSeek and OpenRouter, with MCP tools and agents.
Answer quality depends on the model and embedding choices you make, and it covers many features shallowly.
You manage and pay for each provider's API keys; AGPL licensed.
Usable (both)
Desktop app and self-hosted server
Mobile app
JavaScript, Node.js and React
Kotlin, Jetpack Compose and TypeScript
Open source, MIT (permissive)
Open source, AGPL-3.0 (network copyleft)
You can build it into a product you sell, as long as you keep its copyright notice.
Use inside your business is unrestricted. If you change it and let customers use it over the internet, you must publish your changes.
68k GitHub stars
8.6k GitHub stars
Established: started 3 years ago, latest release v1.19.0.
Young: started 20 months ago, latest release 3.1.1.
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Both sides were judged on 2026-11-03 from each project's README and GitHub data. License, age and popularity lines are worked out directly.