// Chat with AI assistants
Octopv1.0.2
Smarter self-hosted AI assistant — multi-user, multi-agent.
Open source Maintained For everyone
IN ONE PARAGRAPH
Octop is smarter self-hosted AI assistant — multi-user, multi-agent.
Good for: Anyone who wants AI to chat with ai assistants without setting anything up.
01How to start
- 1Open the official site or app store page (link above) and sign up.
- 2Available on: self-host.
- 3Pricing: Open source — start with the free tier if there is one.
02Alternatives & comparison
Compare side by side → open-webui User-friendly AI Interface (Supports Ollama, OpenAI API, ...) ★ 156k lobehub 🤯 LobeHub is your Chief Agent Operator, organizing your agents into 7×24 operations by hiring, scheduling, and reporting on your entire AI team. ★ 83k anything-llm Stop renting your intelligence. Own it with AnythingLLM. Everything you need for a powerful local-first agent experience ★ 67k jan Jan is an open source alternative to ChatGPT that runs 100% offline on your computer. ★ 45k airi Self-hosted digital companion / Live2D AI assistant. ★ 50k
Versions, why it is listed, for AI to read
Popularity evidence (third-party snapshots)
- GitHub stars：7,100 · whatstrending.ai 2026-10-06
- Stars per day：+213 · 2026-09-29 → 2026-10-06 · whatstrending.ai 2026-10-06
- GitHub stars：6,806 · repos.ecosyste.ms 2026-10-10
- GitHub stars：6,806 · repos.ecosyste.ms 2026-10-12
- GitHub stars：8,846 · repos.ecosyste.ms 2026-10-13
- GitHub stars：8,846 · repos.ecosyste.ms 2026-10-14
- GitHub stars：8,846 · repos.ecosyste.ms 2026-10-15
- GitHub stars：8,846 · repos.ecosyste.ms 2026-10-16
- GitHub stars：8,846 · repos.ecosyste.ms 2026-10-19
- GitHub stars：10,205 · repos.ecosyste.ms 2026-10-20
- GitHub stars：10,205 · repos.ecosyste.ms 2026-10-21
- GitHub stars：10,205 · repos.ecosyste.ms 2026-10-22
For AI agents
- Interfaces：its own app or website
- Machine-readable record：/api/v1/software/octop.json · llms.txt
- Added 2026-10-10 · updated 2026-10-22