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

Tools that accept your Hugging Face API key (22)

  • Hugging Face Chat UI — Open-source SvelteKit chat interface powering HuggingChat, self-hostable against any OpenAI-compatible endpoint with your own API key.
  • Crush — Glamourous terminal-native agentic coding agent that works with any LLM via your own API key.
  • Buzz — Cross-platform desktop app to transcribe and translate audio offline with Whisper, or via your own OpenAI-compatible API key.
  • Khoj — Open-source, self-hostable AI second brain that chats with your documents and the web.
  • Text Generator — Template-driven AI text generation inside your Obsidian notes, using your own provider API keys.
  • OpenCode — Open-source, provider-agnostic AI coding agent built for the terminal.
  • Jan — Open-source local-first desktop AI assistant that runs models offline or via your own cloud provider keys.
  • Cline — Open-source autonomous coding agent for VS Code, JetBrains, and CLI with bring-your-own-key model support.
  • RAGFlow — Open-source RAG engine with deep document understanding for grounded, cited document Q&A.
  • Haystack — Open-source Python framework for building production RAG pipelines and agent workflows with any LLM provider.
  • CrewAI — Open-source Python framework for orchestrating collaborative, role-playing autonomous AI agents.
  • 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
  • Pi — Minimal open-source AI agent toolkit and coding-agent CLI with a unified multi-provider LLM API, BYOK.
  • Flowise — Open-source drag-and-drop builder for LLM apps and AI agents.
  • GPT Researcher — Autonomous agent that runs deep multi-source web research and writes cited reports using your own LLM provider.
  • bolt.diy — Open-source in-browser full-stack app builder that runs on any LLM you wire up with your own key.
  • Page Assist — Open-source browser extension giving a sidebar and web UI for local and cloud AI models via your own keys.
  • BeeAI Framework — Open-source framework for building production-ready multi-agent systems in Python and TypeScript with a unified, bring-your-own-key LLM backend.
  • Text Generator (Obsidian) — Bring-your-own-key AI text generation inside Obsidian via templated prompts.
  • 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.