BYOAIK (Bring Your Own AI Key) is a directory of AI tools that run on your own API key.

Flowise

Open-source drag-and-drop builder for LLM apps and AI agents.

Website Source code

Category:
Agent Frameworks
Maintenance:
Maintained (last commit about 1 month ago)
Pricing:
Open Source
Open source:
Yes (Apache-2.0)
Self-hostable:
Yes
Local-first:
Yes
Platforms:
Web, Self-hosted, Library/SDK, Docker
AI providers (bring your own key):
OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, Azure OpenAI, Mistral, Cohere, Groq, Together AI, Fireworks, Hugging Face, Ollama, Custom / OpenAI-compatible
API key storage:
User controls deployment
Key risk level:
LOW
Trust score:
83/100

Flowise is an open-source (Apache 2.0), self-hostable low-code platform for visually building LLM apps, chatflows, and multi-agent systems on top of LangChain/LlamaIndex. Users drag model nodes onto a canvas and connect their own provider credentials: the ChatOpenAI/Azure/Anthropic/etc. nodes use a "Connect Credential" flow where you paste your own API key, and the ChatLocalAI node exposes a configurable Base Path that points at any OpenAI-compatible endpoint (e.g. http://localhost:8080/v1 or Ollama). It ships nodes for 15+ chat-model providers plus a JS/REST SDK for embedding flows. A managed Flowise Cloud option also exists, but the self-hosted edition is fully BYOK and free.

Why this trust score (83/100)

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 20/20: Source is public under Apache-2.0, so anyone can check how the key is handled.
  • Privacy 14/15: Local-first: it works without sending your data anywhere. Can be self-hosted, so the data path stays inside infrastructure you control.
  • 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 and not set by hand.

  • [REPORTED · RESEARCH] This listing was compiled by an AI-assisted research pass over the tool's public website, README and documentation. No person independently confirmed it.
  • [CONFIRMED · SOURCE_SCAN] Ships a container definition, so it can be self-hosted on your own infrastructure. source
  • [CONFIRMED · SOURCE_SCAN] Most recent commit 2026-08-13, 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.