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

OpenTutor

Block-based adaptive learning workspace that turns your own course material into notes, quizzes and flashcards on your own key.

Website Source code

Category:
Education Tools
Pricing:
Open Source
Open source:
Yes (MIT)
Self-hostable:
Yes
Local-first:
Yes
Platforms:
Web, Self-hosted, Docker
AI providers (bring your own key):
OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, DeepSeek, Groq, OpenRouter, LM Studio, Ollama, Custom / OpenAI-compatible
API key storage:
User controls deployment
Key risk level:
LOW
Trust score:
89/100

OpenTutor is a self-hosted, local-first learning workspace. You upload course material and it generates structured notes, quizzes, flashcards and an adaptive tutor. The LLM provider is chosen with an LLM_PROVIDER environment variable and the matching key (for example DEEPSEEK_API_KEY), across ten or more providers including OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, DeepSeek, Groq, OpenRouter, LM Studio and Ollama. Running it against Ollama needs no cloud key at all, in which case nothing leaves the machine. MIT licensed.

Why this trust score (89/100)

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 MIT, so anyone can check how the key is handled. Key handling was located in the published source.
  • 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, with commits within the last three months.
  • Verification Confidence 7/10: Key handling was found in the published source by BYOAIK's scanner.

What was checked

Verification tier SOURCE_VERIFIED, 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.
  • [STRONG · SOURCE_SCAN] The user supplies their own DeepSeek key: the project references its API key variable. source
  • [STRONG · SOURCE_SCAN] Supports a local model backend, so it can run with no cloud provider key at all. source
  • [STRONG · SOURCE_SCAN] The user supplies their own OpenAI key: the project references its API key variable. source
  • [STRONG · SOURCE_SCAN] The user supplies their own Anthropic key: the project references its API key variable. source
  • [STRONG · SOURCE_SCAN] The user supplies their own Google Gemini key: the project references its API key variable. source
  • [STRONG · SOURCE_SCAN] The user supplies their own OpenRouter key: the project references its API key variable. source
  • [STRONG · SOURCE_SCAN] The user supplies their own Groq key: the project references its API key variable. source
  • [CONFIRMED · SOURCE_SCAN] Ships a container definition, so it can be self-hosted on your own infrastructure. source
  • [CONFIRMED · SOURCE_SCAN] Most recent commit 2026-08-20, 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.