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

AppFlowy AI

Open-source Notion alternative with AI you control via local Ollama or your own keys

Website Source code

Category:

Writing Tools

Pricing:

Freemium

Open source:

Yes (AGPL-3.0)

Self-hostable:

Yes

Local-first:

Yes

Platforms:

Desktop, Mobile, Self-hosted, Docker

AI providers (bring your own key):

OpenAI, Anthropic, Ollama, Custom / OpenAI-compatible

API key storage:

Stored locally on device

Key risk level:

LOW

Trust score:

90/100

AppFlowy is an open-source (AGPL-3.0) collaborative workspace and Notion alternative built in Flutter/Rust, available as desktop and mobile apps plus a self-hostable backend. Its AI features (writing assistance, summarization, chat over your docs, generation) are BYOK in several ways: AppFlowy Local AI lets you point the desktop app at your own local models installed through Ollama (gemma3, qwen3, Llama 3.1, DeepSeek R1, Phi4, etc.) so data stays fully on-device, and this was made free for everyone. Beyond local models, self-hosted and cloud setups let you supply your own OpenAI API key, switch to Anthropic Claude in AI Settings, or configure a custom OpenAI-compatible base URL with an optional API key, enabling any OpenAI-compatible provider.

How your API key is handled

Your API key is stored locally on your device. Requests are sent directly to the AI provider. Because it can be self-hosted, your key never has to touch a third-party backend.

Setup

Open settings, paste your provider API key, choose a model, and start — the key stays on your device.