# nichtdax/awesome-totally-open-chatgpt

A list of totally open alternatives to ChatGPT

Repository: https://github.com/nichtdax/awesome-totally-open-chatgpt
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/awesome-totally-open-chatgpt
License: CC0-1.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: awesome, alternative, awesome-list, awesome-lists, chatgpt, open-source
Last push: 2023-05-03T02:45:22+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 30/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 90
- inputs: {"age_days": 1264, "days_push": 1218, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4785, forks 193 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:59.747093+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: chatbot, llm-inference, rag
- domain: large-language-models, chatbots, artificial-intelligence, awesome-lists
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: awesome-list, open-source-alternatives, chatgpt, curated-list, instruction-tuned-llms

## Member repositories
- nichtdax/awesome-totally-open-chatgpt (main) score 30

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:59.747093+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:18:42.906812+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/nichtdax/awesome-totally-open-chatgpt (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:59.747093+00:00, sha 6d1993ab3b9e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.