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

Chatwoot

Self-hosted support and CRM suite whose AI copilot runs on the OpenAI-compatible key you enter yourself.

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Category:
Enterprise AI Tools
Pricing:
Open Source
Open source:
Yes (Mixed: MIT core, separate commercial licence for enterprise directory)
Self-hostable:
Yes
Local-first:
No
Platforms:
Web, Self-hosted, Docker
AI providers (bring your own key):
OpenAI, Custom / OpenAI-compatible
API key storage:
User controls deployment
Key risk level:
LOW
Trust score:
71/100

Chatwoot is an open-source customer engagement platform covering live chat, email and omnichannel helpdesk, with an AI agent feature called Captain. On self-hosted installs an administrator enters their own OpenAI key, or points it at an OpenAI-compatible self-hosted endpoint, in the Captain settings or through an environment variable. The core is MIT licensed with an enterprise directory under separate commercial terms; self-hostable via Docker. 35,894 stars, last commit within a day of review.

Why this trust score (71/100)

Trust measures how the tool treats your API key and how much of that has been verified. It contains no popularity signal.

  • Key Safety 21/25 — The key lives in a deployment you run yourself.
  • Request Routing 17/20 — Requests go straight from you to the AI provider.
  • Transparency 15/20 — Source is public, though the licence is unclear or non-standard.
  • Privacy 7/15 — Can be self-hosted, so the data path stays inside infrastructure you control. Analytics or error-reporting libraries are present; what they send was not established.
  • Maintenance 10/10 — Actively developed — commits within the last three months.
  • Verification Confidence 1/10 — Compiled from public documentation by an AI-assisted pass, not independently confirmed.

What was checked

Verification tier: RESEARCH_ASSISTED — derived from the evidence below, not set by hand.

  • [CONFIRMED · SOURCE_SCAN] Ships a container definition, so it can be self-hosted on your own infrastructure. source
  • [REPORTED · SOURCE_SCAN] References Sentry, so some analytics or error reporting is present. This scan cannot tell whether it is opt-in or what it sends. source
  • [REPORTED · SOURCE_SCAN] References Amplitude, so some analytics or error reporting is present. This scan cannot tell whether it is opt-in or what it sends. source
  • [CONFIRMED · SOURCE_SCAN] Most recent commit 2026-08-14 — about 0 month(s) ago. source

How your API key is handled

You self-host the app, so your API key lives in your own deployment. 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

Deploy it (Docker/compose), add your provider API key in the admin or environment config, then select models.