NextChat

A light, fast chat client for GPT, Claude, Gemini and DeepSeek models, deployable on Vercel in a minute or installed as a small desktop app.

88.9k stars, 58.7k forks TypeScript On GitHub since March 2023

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What is NextChat?

NextChat, formerly ChatGPT Next Web, is a chat front end that you point at your own API keys. It deploys for free to Vercel with one click, runs as a web app, and also ships as a compact desktop client of about 5 MB for Linux, Windows and macOS. Conversations are stored locally in the browser, and prompt templates, called masks, let you create and share chat tools. It also supports MCP servers when enabled.

Good fit if

  • You want a personal chat interface on your own API keys with almost no setup.
  • You prefer that chat history stays in your browser rather than on a server.

Look elsewhere if

  • You need a multi-user service with accounts and permissions: LibreChat or Open WebUI.
  • You want an actively developed client: NextChat had only a dozen commits in the last 90 days. Cherry Studio and Chatbox are busier.

Before you adopt it

NextChat is MIT-licensed. The company behind it now promotes its hosted service and an enterprise edition, and development of this repository has slowed.

Drafted with AI from the project's README and repository data, then checked against that data on 30 October 2026. Report a correction

NextChat health: is it still maintained?

27 of 100, actively developed

  • Activity
    12 commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 20 October 2026.
    13 / 30
  • Contributors
    3 people wrote the 12 commits of the last 90 days; the most active wrote 75% of them.
    8 / 20
  • Releases
    0 releases in the last 12 months; the latest, v2.16.1, on 29 July 2025.
    1 / 20
  • Replies to issues
    Maintainers answered 0% of recent issues.
    0 / 20
  • Security practices
    No OpenSSF Scorecard for this repository yet, so this part gets a neutral score.
    5 / 10

Read from GitHub on 1 November 2026. How the score works

NextChat license: is it open source?

NextChat uses MIT, an open-source license approved by the OSI.

  1. March 2023First published on GitHub.
  2. TodayMIT.

How to run NextChat yourself

Docker
Dockerfile or compose file in the repository
Compose file
docker-compose.yml: 2 services
Setup effort
2 of 5, judged from the compose file
Kubernetes
No Helm chart in the repository
Desktop and mobile
Builds for Linux, Windows, macOS in GitHub releases
Interface languages
15 languages

Install instructions: nextchat.club or the README on GitHub.

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Questions about NextChat

Is NextChat open source?

Yes. NextChat is published under MIT, an OSI-approved open-source license.

Is NextChat still maintained?

Its health score is 27 of 100 (actively developed). It had 12 commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 20 October 2026, and its latest release came out on 29 July 2025.

How do I run NextChat?

You can run it with Docker, as an app for Linux, Windows, macOS. The README on GitHub has the exact steps.

What are the alternatives to NextChat?

Close alternatives in the AI chat & local LLMs category include LibreChat, Chatbox, FastGPT.