The best AstrBot alternatives

unsloth

unslothai/unsloth

Local UI to run and train LLMs and diffusion models. Supports GGUF, MLX, Qwen3.8, DeepSeek-V4, MiniMax-H3, Gemma 4, FLUX and more.

Choose unsloth if…

• Apache License 2.0 suits your use better than GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
• you want the more widely starred option (79.0k)
• you specifically need deepseek or fine-tuning

Shares agent, ai, chatgpt, llama with AstrBot.

LlamaFactory

hiyouga/LlamaFactory

Unified Efficient Fine-Tuning of 100+ LLMs & VLMs (ACL 2024)

Choose LlamaFactory if…

• Apache License 2.0 suits your use better than GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
• you want the more widely starred option (75.9k)
• you specifically need deepseek or fine-tuning

Shares agent, ai, gpt, llama with AstrBot.

Langchain-Chatchat

chatchat-space/Langchain-Chatchat

Langchain-Chatchat（原Langchain-ChatGLM）基于 Langchain 与 ChatGLM, Qwen 与 Llama 等语言模型的 RAG 与 Agent 应用 | Langchain-Chatchat (formerly langchain-ChatGLM), local knowledge based LLM (like ChatGLM, Qwen and Llama) RAG and Agent app with langchain

Choose Langchain-Chatchat if…

• Apache License 2.0 suits your use better than GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
• you specifically need chatchat or chatglm

Shares chatbot, chatgpt, gpt, llama with AstrBot.

khoj

khoj-ai/khoj

Your AI second brain. Self-hostable. Get answers from the web or your docs. Build custom agents, schedule automations, do deep research. Turn any online or local LLM into your personal, autonomous AI (gpt, claude, gemini, llama, qwen, mistral). Get started - free.

Choose khoj if…

• you specifically need assistant or chat

Shares agent, ai, chatgpt, llm with AstrBot.

h2o-llmstudio

h2oai/h2o-llmstudio

H2O LLM Studio - a framework and no-code GUI for fine-tuning LLMs. Documentation: https://docs.h2o.ai/h2o-llmstudio/

Choose h2o-llmstudio if…

• Apache License 2.0 suits your use better than GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
• you prefer a smaller, narrower project to a large one
• you specifically need fedramp or fine-tuning

Shares ai, chatbot, chatgpt, gpt with AstrBot.

core

cheshire-cat-ai/core

AI agent microservice

Choose core if…

• GNU General Public License v3.0 suits your use better than GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
• you want something your agent can install directly rather than a library to wire up yourself
• you prefer a smaller, narrower project to a large one
• you specifically need ag-ui-protocol or assistant

Shares agent, ai, chatbot, docker with AstrBot.

vllm

vllm-project/vllm

A high-throughput and memory-efficient inference and serving engine for LLMs

Choose vllm if…

• Apache License 2.0 suits your use better than GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
• you want the more widely starred option (96.2k)
• you specifically need amd or blackwell

Shares gpt, llama, llm, openai with AstrBot.

LocalAI

mudler/LocalAI

LocalAI is the open-source AI engine. Run any model - LLMs, vision, voice, image, video - on any hardware. No GPU required.

Choose LocalAI if…

• you would rather work in Go than Python
• MIT License suits your use better than GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
• you specifically need agents or api

Shares ai, llama, llm, mcp with AstrBot.

nanobot

HKUDS/nanobot

Ultra-lightweight, open-source, self-hosted personal AI agent framework in Python with WebUI, tools, memory, MCP, multi-agent workflows, automation, and chat apps

Choose nanobot if…

• MIT License suits your use better than GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
• you specifically need agent-framework or ai-agent

Shares chatbot, mcp, python with AstrBot.

QwenPaw

agentscope-ai/QwenPaw

Your Personal AI Assistant; easy to install, deploy on your own machine or on the cloud; supports multiple chat apps with easily extensible capabilities.

Choose QwenPaw if…

• Apache License 2.0 suits your use better than GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
• you want something your agent can install directly rather than a library to wire up yourself
• you specifically need agent-harness or agentscope

Shares agent, chatbot, mcp with AstrBot.

mcp-context-forge

IBM/mcp-context-forge

An AI Gateway, registry, and proxy that sits in front of any MCP, A2A, or REST/gRPC APIs, exposing a unified endpoint with centralized discovery, guardrails and management. Optimizes Agent & Tool calling, and supports plugins.

Choose mcp-context-forge if…

• Apache License 2.0 suits your use better than GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
• you prefer a smaller, narrower project to a large one
• you specifically need agents or api-gateway

Shares ai, docker, mcp, python with AstrBot.

AdalFlow

SylphAI-Inc/AdalFlow

AdalFlow: The library to build & auto-optimize LLM applications.

Choose AdalFlow if…

• MIT License suits your use better than GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
• you prefer a smaller, narrower project to a large one
• you specifically need auto-prompting or bm25

Shares agent, ai, chatbot, llm with AstrBot.