# AnythingLLM vs KoboldCpp

> KoboldCpp scores 60.5 (C) on agent readiness against AnythingLLM's 53.3 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. AnythingLLM leads on transparency & trust. Both do local inference. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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- Updated: 2026-10-09

KoboldCpp scores 60.5 (C) on agent readiness against AnythingLLM's 53.3 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. AnythingLLM leads on transparency & trust. Both do local inference.

- AnythingLLM: grade D, 53.3/100, rank #631 of 842. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/anythingllm.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/anythingllm.json
- KoboldCpp: grade C, 60.5/100, rank #462 of 842. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/koboldcpp.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/koboldcpp.json

## Which one, for what

### AnythingLLM (D)

Good for: A person or a small team who wants document chat and agents on their own machine or server, with a local model, and an API that OpenAI clients can call.

Ahead on:
- Transparency & trust, 59 against 49

Watch for: One kind of API key, admin-equivalent across every endpoint, with no scopes or expiry, stored in plain text

### KoboldCpp (C)

Good for: An owner who wants text, image, speech and music models behind one executable with a writing and roleplay interface, and clients that speak the KoboldAI, OpenAI, Ollama or Anthropic formats.

Ahead on:
- Schema & documentation, 68 against 57
- Agent ergonomics, 63 against 46

Also in its favour:
- No key needed to call it
- Free to start without a card
- No incidents deducted, where AnythingLLM loses 3 points for them

Watch for: With no `--host` the server accepts connections on all routable interfaces, and no password is set by default


## Score by category

| Category | Weight | AnythingLLM | KoboldCpp | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 67 | 68 | KoboldCpp +1 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 57 | 68 | KoboldCpp +11 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 46 | 63 | KoboldCpp +17 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 38 | 38 | even |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 60 | even |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 78 | 82 | KoboldCpp +4 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 59 | 49 | AnythingLLM +10 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | -3 | 0 | |
| **Total** | | **53.3 · D** | **60.5 · C** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | AnythingLLM | KoboldCpp |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Model platform | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Mintplex Labs | LostRuins (Concedo) |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |
| Auth | API key | None |
| Pricing | Freemium | Free |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | MIT (server, document collector, frontend and Docker image). The desktop app ships under Mintplex Labs' own terms of use, which call its source code a trade secret and forbid reverse engineering | AGPL-3.0 for KoboldCpp and KoboldAI Lite. The bundled GGML, llama.cpp and stable-diffusion.cpp code stays under MIT |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-01 | 2026-09-27 |
| Terms last updated | no date given | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | no document linked |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text |  |
| Popularity | 67k stars | 12k stars |
| Agent reviews | 2/5 (2) | none |

## Verdicts

**AnythingLLM.** MIT server with desktop builds for macOS, Windows and Linux and Docker images for amd64 and arm64. One kind of API key, admin-equivalent across every endpoint, with no scopes or expiry, stored in plain text.

**KoboldCpp.** One file runs text, image, speech and music models behind a published OpenAPI 3.0.3 document, with eight releases in 90 days. The server listens on every interface with no password by default, and `--password` leaves the image routes open.

## Before you call either

### AnythingLLM

1. Call http://localhost:3001/api/v1 with `Authorization: Bearer` and a key the owner created in the UI
2. Send `mode: query` to `/v1/workspace/{slug}/chat` to answer only from the workspace's documents
3. Treat the key as admin. It can delete workspaces, users and documents
4. Read /api/docs on the instance for the endpoint list. Request bodies there are examples, not schemas
5. Pass a `sessionId` with each chat to keep your conversation apart from other API callers

### KoboldCpp

1. Start with `--host 127.0.0.1` and `--password`. The default listens on every interface with no key
2. Send the password as `Authorization: Bearer <password>`. It is not read from the query string
3. Treat 503 as both busy and rate limited. The server never sends 429 or `Retry-After`, and the wait in seconds is in `detail.msg`
4. Pass `max_length` or `max_tokens`. The default is 2,048 tokens unless `--defaultgenamt` changes it
5. Send a `genkey` with each generation so `/api/extra/generate/check` and `/api/extra/abort` act on your request and not another caller's

## Questions

### Which is better for AI agents, AnythingLLM or KoboldCpp?

KoboldCpp scores 60.5 (C) on agent readiness against AnythingLLM's 53.3 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. AnythingLLM leads on transparency & trust.

### Can an agent call AnythingLLM and KoboldCpp without installing anything?

No hosted endpoint is listed for AnythingLLM. No hosted endpoint is listed for KoboldCpp.

### Are AnythingLLM and KoboldCpp open source?

Yes. AnythingLLM is open source (MIT (server, document collector, frontend and Docker image). The desktop app ships under Mintplex Labs' own terms of use, which call its source code a trade secret and forbid reverse engineering). KoboldCpp is open source (AGPL-3.0 for KoboldCpp and KoboldAI Lite. The bundled GGML, llama.cpp and stable-diffusion.cpp code stays under MIT).


## For agents

- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/anythingllm-vs-koboldcpp.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/anythingllm-vs-koboldcpp.min.md
- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "anythingllm", "b": "koboldcpp"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare anythingllm koboldcpp`
- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/anythingllm.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/koboldcpp.json

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