BYOAIK — Bring Your Own AI Key: a directory of AI tools that run on your own API key.

Tools that accept your DeepSeek API key (55)

OpenAI Codex CLI — Open-source terminal coding agent that edits files and runs commands in a sandbox.
Dify — Open-source platform for building agentic AI workflows and RAG apps with your own model keys.
Zed — High-performance Rust code editor with a built-in AI agent that runs on your own provider API keys.
NextChat — Light and fast, self-hostable AI chat UI where you bring your own provider keys.
Cherry Studio — All-in-one desktop AI client where you plug in your own provider keys for chat, agents, and 300+ assistants.
Open Interpreter — Natural-language coding agent that runs code locally in your terminal using your own model key.
Readest — Cross-platform open-source EPUB/PDF reader with built-in translation and BYOK AI reading tools.
SurfSense — Open-source, privacy-focused NotebookLM / Perplexity / Glean alternative that connects any LLM to your docs and external sources.
LibreChat — Open-source, self-hosted ChatGPT alternative unifying many AI providers with agents, MCP, and RAG.
Khoj — Open-source, self-hostable AI second brain that chats with your documents and the web.
Pot (pot-desktop) — Cross-platform desktop app for selection translation and OCR, powered by your own provider keys.
manga-image-translator — One-click OCR and translation of text baked into manga, comics, and images, with your own LLM/MT provider keys.
Aider — AI pair programming in your terminal, editing code in your local git repo.
OpenCode — Open-source, provider-agnostic AI coding agent built for the terminal.
Kilo Code — Open-source AI coding agent for VS Code, JetBrains, and CLI with zero-markup BYOK
OpenAI Translator — Browser extension and cross-platform desktop app for AI translation, polishing, and summarization using your own LLM 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.
BrowserOS — Open-source agentic browser that runs AI agents to automate web tasks with your own API keys.
Koharu — Rust-built ML manga translator with optional bring-your-own-key hosted LLM backends.
n8n — Fair-code workflow automation with native AI Agent and LangChain nodes.
Cline — Open-source autonomous coding agent for VS Code, JetBrains, and CLI with bring-your-own-key model support.
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.
KISS Translator — Minimalist open-source bilingual webpage translation extension with bring-your-own-key AI support.
LobeChat — Polished open-source AI chat UI/PWA with 40+ provider support, plugins, and multi-modal features.
RAGFlow — Open-source RAG engine with deep document understanding for grounded, cited document Q&A.
Fabric — Open-source CLI framework for augmenting humans with AI via reusable, crowdsourced prompt "patterns."
OWL (CAMEL-AI) — Open-source multi-agent framework for real-world task automation, built on CAMEL-AI.
Forge — Open-source terminal AI pair programmer with BYOK access to 300+ models
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.
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.
aichat — All-in-one LLM CLI with Shell Assistant, Chat-REPL, RAG, and agents across 20+ providers using your own keys.
Open Notebook — Open-source, privacy-first NotebookLM alternative that chats with your sources and generates multi-speaker AI podcasts.
Tabby — Self-hosted, open-source AI coding assistant (Copilot alternative) you point at the models and providers you choose.
CodeCompanion.nvim — AI coding assistant for Neovim, Vim style
Subtitle Edit — Mature open-source subtitle editor with Whisper transcription and BYOK LLM auto-translation
bilingual_book_maker — CLI that translates EPUB/TXT/SRT/PDF books into bilingual editions using your own LLM key.
Pi — Minimal open-source AI agent toolkit and coding-agent CLI with a unified multi-provider LLM API, BYOK.
Airi — Self-hosted, you-owned AI companion with a VRM/Live2D avatar and real-time voice chat.
Sim — Open-source visual builder for AI agent workflows with full bring-your-own-key support.
Letta — Open-source platform for building stateful AI agents with long-term memory
bolt.diy — Open-source in-browser full-stack app builder that runs on any LLM you wire up with your own key.
avante.nvim — Use your Neovim like Cursor AI IDE, with diff-reviewed AI code edits.
Page Assist — Open-source browser extension giving a sidebar and web UI for local and cloud AI models via your own keys.
big-AGI — Multi-model AI workspace with Beam multi-model chat, personas, image and voice, on your own keys
Windmill — Open-source developer platform that turns scripts into workflows, APIs, and UIs, with bring-your-own-key AI codegen.
Open Deep Research (LangChain) — LangChain's open-source deep research agent you run with your own models and search/MCP tools.
Scira — Open-source agentic AI search engine that plans, retrieves, and cites sources inline.
Read Frog — Open-source AI browser extension for immersive bilingual translation and language learning.
Deep Research — Browser-based deep-research app that generates in-depth reports using any LLM, with keys stored locally in your browser.
gptme — Open-source terminal AI agent that writes code, runs shell/Python, and browses the web with your own provider keys.
gptel — Simple, extensible LLM client for Emacs that works in any buffer
Witsy — BYOK desktop AI assistant and universal MCP client spanning chat, image, video, voice, and search
TypingMind — One-time-purchase power-user chat UI that wraps your own LLM provider keys.
MacWhisper — Local Whisper transcription for Mac with bring-your-own-key cloud STT and LLM cleanup