nichtdax/awesome-totally-open-chatgpt resource

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A curated awesome-list cataloging fully open-source alternatives to ChatGPT, covering instruct-finetuned language model projects. Entries are tagged by openness level (Bare, Standard, Full, Complicated) and exclude projects that merely wrap OpenAI's APIs.

Use cases

• find open-source ChatGPT alternatives
• discover self-hostable chat LLM projects
• compare openness of open chatbot projects
• locate projects with model weights and training data included
• research instruction-tuned language models
• find alternatives that don't call OpenAI APIs

When to choose

• you want a curated starting point for open chat LLMs
• you need to verify a project ships weights and data, not just an API wrapper
• you're researching the open ChatGPT-alternative ecosystem

When to avoid

• you need maintained, up-to-date rankings (last updated 2023)
• you want a runnable tool rather than a list of links
• you need detailed benchmarks or setup instructions

Facets

learning-resource · maturity maintenance

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