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

NextChat

Light and fast, self-hostable AI chat UI where you bring your own provider keys.

Website Source code

Category:

AI Chat Interfaces

Pricing:

Open Source

Open source:

Yes (MIT)

Self-hostable:

Yes

Local-first:

Yes

Platforms:

Web, Desktop, Mobile, Self-hosted, Docker

AI providers (bring your own key):

OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, Azure OpenAI, Groq, DeepSeek, Ollama, Custom / OpenAI-compatible

API key storage:

Stored locally on device

Key risk level:

LOW

Trust score:

93/100

NextChat (formerly ChatGPT-Next-Web) is an open-source, cross-platform AI assistant you deploy yourself and point at your own API keys. It runs as a web app, a Tauri desktop app (Windows/macOS/Linux), and mobile builds (iOS/Android), with all chat data stored locally. Users supply their own keys for OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini, DeepSeek, Azure OpenAI, Groq, Ollama/LocalAI and others, either via in-app settings or environment variables. A BASE_URL env var lets you point it at any OpenAI-compatible endpoint, and one-click Vercel/Docker deploys are supported. Admins can optionally hide the user-key field (HIDE_USER_API_KEY=1) for shared deployments, but the default flow is fully BYOK. The project is enormously popular (88k+ stars) and actively maintained, with commits as recent as May 2026.

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.