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

Tools that accept your Custom / OpenAI-compatible API key (101)

  • DeerFlow — ByteDance's open-source super-agent harness for deep research, coding, and content, with bring-your-own-key LLMs.
  • AppFlowy AI — Open-source Notion alternative with AI you control via local Ollama or your own keys
  • Activepieces — Open-source, self-hostable Zapier alternative with native AI steps and an MCP-based agent toolkit.
  • OpenHands — Open-source autonomous AI software-engineering agent that runs on any LLM you supply.
  • Perplexica — Open-source, self-hostable AI search engine that answers with citations using SearXNG plus your own LLM provider.
  • OpenAI Codex CLI — Open-source terminal coding agent that edits files and runs commands in a sandbox.
  • Warp — Agentic terminal / development environment with an AI agent built into the shell, supporting your own provider API keys.
  • PrivateGPT — Privacy-first RAG app to ingest and query your documents using local or remote LLMs, fully offline-capable.
  • Hugging Face Chat UI — Open-source SvelteKit chat interface powering HuggingChat, self-hostable against any OpenAI-compatible endpoint with your own API key.
  • Karakeep — Self-hostable bookmark-everything app with AI tagging and full-text search
  • Open WebUI — Feature-rich, self-hosted web UI for LLMs with full bring-your-own-key support across OpenAI, Ollama, and any OpenAI-compatible provider.
  • Onyx — Open-source enterprise search and AI assistant that works with every LLM and connects to your knowledge sources.
  • SiYuan — Privacy-first, self-hosted block-based knowledge base with built-in AI writing and Q&A via your own API key.
  • LLM — CLI tool and Python library for accessing many LLMs with your own API keys
  • Morphic — Open-source AI answer engine with a generative UI, bring your own provider key
  • Krita AI Diffusion — AI image generation inside Krita, powered by your own local or remote ComfyUI server
  • Langflow — Open-source visual builder for AI agents and RAG workflows on a node canvas.
  • 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.
  • Crush — Glamourous terminal-native agentic coding agent that works with any LLM via your own API key.
  • Open Interpreter — Natural-language coding agent that runs code locally in your terminal using your own model key.
  • Chatbox — Cross-platform AI client for ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and local models with your own keys.
  • Qwen Code — Open-source terminal coding agent (Gemini-CLI fork) that runs on your own API key for any OpenAI/Anthropic/Gemini-compatible endpoint.
  • Readest — Cross-platform open-source EPUB/PDF reader with built-in translation and BYOK AI reading tools.
  • Buzz — Cross-platform desktop app to transcribe and translate audio offline with Whisper, or via your own OpenAI-compatible API key.
  • SurfSense — Open-source, privacy-focused NotebookLM / Perplexity / Glean alternative that connects any LLM to your docs and external sources.
  • Whispering — Open-source, local-first dictation and transcription with your own API keys.
  • InvokeAI — Open-source Stable Diffusion creative studio with BYOK cloud image models
  • 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.
  • Skyvern — Automate browser-based workflows with LLMs and computer vision instead of brittle selectors.
  • GitHub Copilot (BYOK) — Run Copilot Chat and agents on your own provider API keys
  • 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.
  • Summarize — Point at any URL, YouTube, podcast, PDF, or file and get the gist, via Chrome/Firefox sidebar or CLI using your own model API key.
  • Text Generator — Template-driven AI text generation inside your Obsidian notes, using your own provider API keys.
  • Meetily — Privacy-first, self-hosted AI meeting notetaker with local transcription and BYOK summaries.
  • Nanobrowser — Open-source Chrome extension running multi-agent AI web automation with your own LLM keys.
  • Local Deep Research — Local-first agentic deep-research assistant that produces cited reports across web, academic, and private sources.
  • Aider — AI pair programming in your terminal, editing code in your local git repo.
  • ChatGPT Box — Deep AI integration in your browser with sidebar chat, selection tools, and page summarization.
  • Anarlog — Open-source, local-first AI meeting notetaker for macOS with bring-your-own-key and local model support.
  • 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.
  • Kilo Code — Open-source AI coding agent for VS Code, JetBrains, and CLI with zero-markup BYOK
  • Copilot for Obsidian — Open-source AI assistant plugin for Obsidian with chat, vault Q&A, and agentic workflows over your notes.
  • Twenty CRM — Open-source, AI-first CRM (Salesforce alternative) with bring-your-own-key AI agents.
  • 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.
  • ShellGPT (sgpt) — Natural-language CLI that turns prompts into shell commands, code, and answers via your own LLM key.
  • BrowserOS — Open-source agentic browser that runs AI agents to automate web tasks with your own API keys.
  • Inbox Zero — Open-source AI email assistant that automates triage, replies, and inbox cleanup.
  • OpenWhispr — Privacy-first voice-to-text dictation with local Whisper/Parakeet and bring-your-own-key cloud AI.
  • 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."
  • Haystack — Open-source Python framework for building production RAG pipelines and agent workflows with any LLM provider.
  • 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
  • VoiceInk — Open-source macOS dictation app with local whisper.cpp and bring-your-own-key cloud STT and AI cleanup.
  • Whisper (Obsidian) — Obsidian speech-to-text plugin that transcribes recorded or uploaded audio via any Whisper-compatible API using your own key.
  • 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.
  • CrewAI — Open-source Python framework for orchestrating collaborative, role-playing autonomous AI agents.
  • 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
  • assistant-ui — TypeScript/React component library for building production AI chat UIs wired to your own provider keys and backend.
  • 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.
  • Flowise — Open-source drag-and-drop builder for LLM apps and AI agents.
  • 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.
  • GPT Researcher — Autonomous agent that runs deep multi-source web research and writes cited reports using your own LLM provider.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • AI Actions for Shortcuts — Bring-your-own-key AI actions for Apple Shortcuts on iOS, macOS, and visionOS.
  • Text Generator (Obsidian) — Bring-your-own-key AI text generation inside Obsidian via templated prompts.
  • 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