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Lobe Chat

A modern, self-hostable chat UI for local and cloud models with plugins and vision.

Lobe Chat is an open-source, self-hostable AI chat framework with a polished UI supporting many providers, including local backends like Ollama and any OpenAI-compatible endpoint. It adds a plugin and tools system, multi-modal vision and image generation, knowledge-base RAG, and multi-user deployment. It is widely deployed as a customizable front end for both local and cloud model stacks.

Repository

lobehub/lobe-chat

Language

TypeScript

What you'd build with it

  • Self-hosting a feature-rich chat UI on top of Ollama or a local OpenAI-compatible server
  • Extending local model chat with plugins, function tools, and knowledge-base RAG
  • Giving a team a multi-user, brandable interface for mixed local and cloud models

Tags

uiself-hostedpluginsrag