LibreChat

LibreChat is a comprehensive open-source AI chat platform that provides a ChatGPT-like interface for interacting with multiple AI providers through a single, self-hosted application. With over 15,000 GitHub stars and active community development, LibreChat has established itself as the premier solution for organizations and individuals who want the flexibility of choosing AI providers while maintaining data privacy and infrastructure control. It supports OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini, Azure OpenAI, and local models, making it provider-agnostic and future-proof.

Common Use Cases

Enterprise teams deploy LibreChat to provide controlled AI access across departments while managing API costs and usage limits centrally. Development teams use it to compare responses from different AI models side-by-side for quality assessment and model selection. Research organizations leverage the RAG capabilities to query internal documents and build knowledge bases from AI interactions. Privacy-conscious professionals run LibreChat to keep sensitive conversations on their own infrastructure rather than cloud services. Startups use it to provide AI-powered customer support and internal tools without vendor lock-in to specific AI platforms.

Key Features

• Multi-provider support: OpenAI GPT-4/3.5, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini, Azure OpenAI, Ollama (local models)
• RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) for document-based AI queries with pgvector
• Full-text conversation search powered by MeiliSearch for instant retrieval of past chats
• User authentication with registration, email/password login, and optional social providers
• Multi-model conversations allowing provider switching within a single chat session
• File upload and image analysis support for compatible models
• Conversation history with folders and organization tools
• Admin panel for user management, usage monitoring, and API key configuration
• Plugin system for custom integrations and workflow automation
• Token usage tracking and cost management for budget control
• Responsive UI optimized for desktop and mobile browsers

Why deploy LibreChat on Hostinger VPS

Deploying LibreChat on Hostinger VPS ensures complete privacy for your AI conversations - all interactions remain on your infrastructure without third-party data collection. VPS hosting provides the compute resources needed for real-time chat interfaces, RAG document processing, and database operations while maintaining consistent response times. You gain full control over user access, API key management, and usage quotas, enabling precise cost control for team AI usage. The ability to install and configure multiple AI providers from a single interface simplifies infrastructure management compared to running separate chat solutions. For organizations with compliance requirements, VPS deployment enables audit logging, data retention policies, and geographic data residency control that cloud-hosted solutions cannot provide.