Run Llama, DeepSeek, Qwen and other open models on your Mac, Windows PC, or Linux machine — with a ChatGPT-style chat from any device you own.
Prompts are processed on your hardware — never sent to a cloud AI provider.
Any machine that's on often with spare RAM — the gaming PC, a Mac mini, a workstation, a Linux box, even a Raspberry Pi or a cloud VM — can serve AI to every device you own. A couple of clicks, start to finish:
In the dashboard, open a computer's AI Server section.
Click Install & start Ollama. HostAnywhere sets it up and suggests models your hardware can actually run.
Flip one toggle for a ChatGPT-style chat UI — then chat from any of your devices.
Install → choose a model → start chatting. Here's the whole thing, for real:
The AI runs on your computer, but you chat with it from your phone, tablet, or another PC. At home: your devices connect privately — your phone on the couch talks to the PC in the office. Away: turn on secure HTTPS access with one click and chat from anywhere. Your computer does the AI processing — your phone is just the interface.
Cloud AI runs on someone else's infrastructure. With HostAnywhere, you run open models on hardware you already own — no AI subscription or per-token fees from HostAnywhere.
| HostAnywhere AI Server | Cloud AI chat | |
|---|---|---|
| Where AI runs | Your computer | Provider's infrastructure |
| AI subscription | Not required | Depends on service |
| Per-token charges | None from HostAnywhere | Common for API use |
| Model choice | Open models | Provider's models |
| Chat history lives | On your machine | Provider's cloud |
| AI provider receives your prompts | No | Yes, for processing |
Cloud AI subscription pricing, API charges, and data-handling policies vary by provider.
No terminal, no YAML, no GPU-driver safari required by us — if LM Studio, vLLM, llama.cpp, LocalAI, or Jan is already serving models on that machine, HostAnywhere adopts it instead of installing its own — point the AI Server at any OpenAI-compatible endpoint under Advanced, and everything else (Web Chat, private access from your devices, one-click expose) works the same.
Everything you'd ask a cloud chatbot — answered at home:
Yes — the AI Server and Web Chat are included in the Free plan, on every tier. The models run on your own hardware, so HostAnywhere charges nothing per token and requires no AI subscription.
Any Mac, Windows, or Linux machine that's on often and has spare RAM — Raspberry Pi and cloud VMs included. CPU-only works (a few tokens per second); a GPU is much faster. The dashboard suggests models your hardware can run.
Anything Ollama runs — Llama, DeepSeek, Qwen and the rest of the open catalog. Install and switch from the dashboard; no terminal.
Yes — set the inference backend to your OpenAI-compatible endpoint under Advanced, and HostAnywhere connects to it instead of installing anything.
Yes — Web Chat can be opened from any device on your private network, and it supports multiple accounts: the first account created becomes the admin. If you expose Web Chat to the internet, it's reachable at a public HTTPS address protected by those accounts — use strong passwords.
Yes. Your phone joins your private network and opens Web Chat in the browser — prompts run on your computer at home. Or expose Web Chat over HTTPS and chat from any browser, anywhere.
Exposing is disabled until you've signed up as the admin of your Web Chat (first sign-up claims it), so an unclaimed instance can never be published. Exposure goes through an encrypted HTTPS tunnel; turn it off anytime.
No. The model runs on your machine, and chats travel encrypted between the device you're chatting from and your computer. Nothing is sent to a cloud AI provider — and you can verify that with any network monitor.
Install the desktop app, then flip on AI Server from the dashboard.