BYOAIK (Bring Your Own AI Key) is a directory of AI tools that run on your own API key.

Tools that accept your DeepSeek API key (67)

Where your key goes

US compelled disclosure: Ownership not established The operating entity has not been established yet.
Who else is in the request path: Amazon Web Services, Inc. Requests to this endpoint pass through Amazon CloudFront (Amazon Web Services, Inc., US), which terminates TLS in front of the API. That means Amazon Web Services, Inc. decrypts the request and can see the Authorization header carrying your key. This is normal infrastructure practice, not a defect, but it is a party in the path that the provider's own documentation does not mention.
Browser apps: Can call this endpoint directly A browser-based app can call this endpoint directly. A CORS preflight from https://www.byoaik.com returned access-control-allow-origin: https://www.byoaik.com.

Tools that support DeepSeek

manga-image-translator: One-click OCR and translation of text baked into manga, comics, and images, with your own LLM/MT provider keys.
Khoj: Open-source, self-hostable AI second brain that chats with your documents and the web.
bilingual_book_maker: CLI that translates EPUB/TXT/SRT/PDF books into bilingual editions using your own LLM key.
NextChat: Light and fast, self-hostable AI chat UI where you bring your own provider keys.
OpenMAIC: Multi-agent AI classroom from Tsinghua that turns a topic into a course, on providers you configure.
OWL (CAMEL-AI): Open-source multi-agent framework for real-world task automation, built on CAMEL-AI.
Maid: Free Android app for chatting with GGUF models entirely on-device, or remote providers using your own API key.
gptme: Open-source terminal AI agent that writes code, runs shell/Python, and browses the web with your own provider keys.
Koharu: Rust-built ML manga translator with optional bring-your-own-key hosted LLM backends.
Readest: Cross-platform open-source EPUB/PDF reader with built-in translation and BYOK AI reading tools.
OpenTutor: Block-based adaptive learning workspace that turns your own course material into notes, quizzes and flashcards on your own key.
promptfoo: CLI and library for testing, comparing and red-teaming prompts across providers on your own keys.
BlogPilot: Self-hostable SEO content studio covering keyword research, audits and topic authority on one AI key you supply.
Open Interpreter: Natural-language coding agent that runs code locally in your terminal using your own model key.
SurfSense: Open-source, privacy-focused NotebookLM / Perplexity / Glean alternative that connects any LLM to your docs and external sources.
Forge: Open-source terminal AI pair programmer with BYOK access to 300+ models
BrowserOS: Open-source agentic browser that runs AI agents to automate web tasks with your own API keys.
LiteLLM: One OpenAI-compatible endpoint in front of a hundred providers, running on keys you hold.
ChatTutor: Self-hosted visual AI tutor with a whiteboard and mind maps, running on your own OpenAI, Anthropic or DeepSeek key.
Open Notebook: Open-source, privacy-first NotebookLM alternative that chats with your sources and generates multi-speaker AI podcasts.
avante.nvim: Use your Neovim like Cursor AI IDE, with diff-reviewed AI code edits.
DSPy: Stanford framework for programming prompts rather than hand-tuning them, against any model on your own key.
gptel: Simple, extensible LLM client for Emacs that works in any buffer
Zed: High-performance Rust code editor with a built-in AI agent that runs on your own provider API keys.
Cherry Studio: All-in-one desktop AI client where you plug in your own provider keys for chat, agents, and 300+ assistants.
OpenAI Codex CLI: Open-source terminal coding agent that edits files and runs commands in a sandbox.
Windmill: Open-source developer platform that turns scripts into workflows, APIs, and UIs, with bring-your-own-key AI codegen.
Subtitle Edit: Mature open-source subtitle editor with Whisper transcription and BYOK LLM auto-translation
big-AGI: Multi-model AI workspace with Beam multi-model chat, personas, image and voice, on your own keys
Open Cowork: One-click desktop agent app for Windows and macOS, keys supplied by you.
Scira: Open-source agentic AI search engine that plans, retrieves, and cites sources inline.
Goose: Block's open-source, extensible AI agent for the CLI and desktop that installs, runs, edits, and tests code with any LLM you bring.
Airi: Self-hosted, you-owned AI companion with a VRM/Live2D avatar and real-time voice chat.
CodeCompanion.nvim: AI coding assistant for Neovim, Vim style
Deep Research: Browser-based deep-research app that generates in-depth reports using any LLM, with keys stored locally in your browser.
KISS Translator: Minimalist open-source bilingual webpage translation extension with bring-your-own-key AI support.
Open Deep Research (LangChain): LangChain's open-source deep research agent you run with your own models and search/MCP tools.
Tabby: Self-hosted, open-source AI coding assistant (Copilot alternative) you point at the models and providers you choose.
Fabric: Open-source CLI framework for augmenting humans with AI via reusable, crowdsourced prompt "patterns."
Letta: Open-source platform for building stateful AI agents with long-term memory
Pi: Minimal open-source AI agent toolkit and coding-agent CLI with a unified multi-provider LLM API, BYOK.
bolt.diy: Open-source in-browser full-stack app builder that runs on any LLM you wire up with your own key.
Dify: Open-source platform for building agentic AI workflows and RAG apps with your own model keys.
SillyTavern: Open-source self-hosted LLM frontend for power users and roleplay, BYOK to many backends.
Mastra: Open-source TypeScript framework for building AI agents and graph-based workflows.
RAGFlow: Open-source RAG engine with deep document understanding for grounded, cited document Q&A.
Sim: Open-source visual builder for AI agent workflows with full bring-your-own-key support.
OpenAgent: Self-hostable personal assistant pairing your own RAG knowledge base with thirty-plus model providers.
LibreChat: Open-source, self-hosted ChatGPT alternative unifying many AI providers with agents, MCP, and RAG.
OpenCode: Open-source, provider-agnostic AI coding agent built for the terminal.
AnythingLLM: All-in-one local-first AI app for document chat (RAG) and agents, with bring-your-own-key support for nearly every LLM provider.
Cline: Open-source autonomous coding agent for VS Code, JetBrains, and CLI with bring-your-own-key model support.
Pot (pot-desktop): Cross-platform desktop app for selection translation and OCR, powered by your own provider keys.
Aider: AI pair programming in your terminal, editing code in your local git repo.
Kilo Code: Open-source AI coding agent for VS Code, JetBrains, and CLI with zero-markup BYOK
n8n: Fair-code workflow automation with native AI Agent and LangChain nodes.
Witsy: BYOK desktop AI assistant and universal MCP client spanning chat, image, video, voice, and search
aichat: All-in-one LLM CLI with Shell Assistant, Chat-REPL, RAG, and agents across 20+ providers using your own keys.
Continue: Open-source VS Code and JetBrains AI coding assistant where every model call uses your own provider API key.
LangChain: The most widely used open-source LLM app and agent framework; every chat model integration takes your own API key.
NextAI Translator: Open-source browser-extension and desktop translator (successor to OpenAI Translator) that translates, polishes, and summarizes text using your own provider API keys.
TypingMind: One-time-purchase power-user chat UI that wraps your own LLM provider keys.
LobeChat: Polished open-source AI chat UI/PWA with 40+ provider support, plugins, and multi-modal features.
Pal Chat: Free iOS chat client where you paste your own OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Groq or OpenRouter key and pay per token.
Read Frog: Open-source AI browser extension for immersive bilingual translation and language learning.
Page Assist: Open-source browser extension giving a sidebar and web UI for local and cloud AI models via your own keys.
MacWhisper: Local Whisper transcription for Mac with bring-your-own-key cloud STT and LLM cleanup