Tool overview
PrivateGPT is listed under Programming AI tools.
What is PrivateGPT?
PrivateGPT is an Apache-2.0 framework for private document ingestion, retrieval, chat, completions, embeddings, and contextual search. It runs inside user-controlled infrastructure and exposes high-level and low-level APIs with an optional Gradio interface.
Best for
Teams building private document intelligence inside controlled infrastructure
Who is it for?
Decision note
Rebuilt from the original export under the complete V411 factual-source-verification workflow. Preview only. Apply remains blocked until Failures = 0, Warnings = 0, Unmapped = 0, Missing = 0, all explicit clears are reviewed, image import is disabled or V380 accepts the asset, one representative WordPress edit screen is compared with the export and proposed row, and a post-Apply zero-change Preview is completed.
Key features
Private document ingestion and retrieval
OpenAI-style high-level and low-level APIs
Local model and vector-store configuration
Optional Gradio web interface
Use cases
Build private document chat
Create internal RAG applications
Run offline knowledge assistants
Expose controlled retrieval APIs
Pros
- Apache-2.0 source code
- Can operate without external cloud dependencies
- Direct API and deployment documentation
Limitations
Private deployment does not remove the need for authentication, patching, encryption, backups, and access governance.
Retrieval, citations, document parsing, and model answers can be incomplete or inaccurate and require validation.
Pricing details
Billing options
Pricing note
PrivateGPT is free under Apache-2.0. Costs come from hardware, storage, vector databases, administration, and any optional external model services.
Supported programming languages
- English
Integrations
LlamaIndex
Qdrant
Ollama
OpenAI-compatible backends
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