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      "slug": "ghost-core",
      "name": "Core",
      "vendor": "Ghost (ZMJ, Inc.)",
      "vendorUrl": "https://ghost.ai",
      "kind": "platform",
      "category": "local-ai",
      "summary": "Core is a personal AI computer from Ghost that runs open-weight language models and a memory of the owner's apps, files and devices at home, used through Ghost's apps and an OpenAI Responses-compatible endpoint. On pre-order.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ghost-core",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ghost-core.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ghost-core.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/ghost-core.json",
      "license": "Not stated. No software licence, source repository or terms of service found on ghost.ai (checked 2026-10-05). Models listed are Qwen 3.8-Next, Qwen 3.8-27B, Gemma 4-31B and Muse-Glimmer-30B. Ghost doesn't state their licences, and the origin of Muse-Glimmer-30B was not found",
      "transports": [
        "http"
      ],
      "packages": [],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "Not documented for the agent interface. Ghost's FAQ says Core exposes an endpoint compatible with the OpenAI Responses API but gives no address, port or authentication method, so keyless use isn't established. The Ghost app pairs with Core over the local network, remote access is for paired devices, and Ghost keeps device authorisation records. Online services use Ghost's gateway or the owner's own provider API keys. The privacy policy mentions device-access controls without detail (https://ghost.ai/core, https://ghost.ai/setup, https://ghost.ai/privacy, checked 2026-10-05).",
      "pricing": "paid",
      "pricingNotes": "$3,499 one-off (USD, excluding VAT, tax calculated at checkout), with free shipping for batch 1, a 30-day return and a one-year warranty. Ghost states no subscription and no per-token inference fees. Some online services (web search, phone calls) run through Ghost-managed services with daily usage limits whose numbers aren't published, or through the owner's own API keys. Batch 1 showed sold out at 23:31 UTC on 5 October 2026, with a batch 2 interest form in place of the order button (https://ghost.ai/core, https://ghost.ai/privacy, https://ghost.ai/api/stock).",
      "priceSummary": "Paid",
      "where": "local",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 on ghost.ai or in its site code (checked 2026-10-05). Orders go through Stripe Checkout.",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": null,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": null,
        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-05"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://ghost.ai/setup",
      "capabilities": [
        "inference.local",
        "inference.open-weights",
        "memory.user",
        "memory.search",
        "memory.delete"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "local",
        "closed-source",
        "paid",
        "openai-compatible",
        "desktop",
        "no-telemetry",
        "stripe"
      ],
      "graded": true,
      "disclosure": "Ghost Core competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. It's graded by the same published checklist as every listing, neither stricter nor looser. Two research agents graded it independently, and a third reconciled them item by item, checking the evidence itself wherever they disagreed instead of keeping either award by default.",
      "competesWith": "localghost",
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 7.3,
        "grade": "F",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 460,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 460,
        "categoryRank": 13,
        "methodology": "0.3",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 4,
          "maintenance": 3,
          "payments": 10,
          "reliability": 5,
          "schema": 7,
          "security": 6,
          "transparency": 45
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-05"
        },
        "negative": -2,
        "negativeNotes": [
          "2026-10-05. Ghost's home page says 'No data ever leaves your home' and 'Everything you do with Core is run locally' (seen at 23:31 UTC on 5 October 2026), and the FAQ says Core processes data 'entirely on-device', while the privacy policy, effective 4 October 2026, says web search, phone calls and email requests go through Ghost's gateway to third-party providers that may keep them unless the owner sets their own keys, and that remote access runs through Ghost's relay. A misleading claim, weighed as Screenpipe's README claim was. The policy and the FAQ's internet answer disclose the online services, they carry task requests rather than default-on analytics, and Core hadn't shipped, so the minimum, -2. https://ghost.ai/ ; https://ghost.ai/core ; https://ghost.ai/privacy"
        ],
        "verdict": "Ghost's privacy policy sets out what stays on Core, what passes through its gateway and relay, and how long Ghost keeps each record. For an agent, Core is unshipped, and its OpenAI Responses-compatible endpoint has no published address, authentication, API reference or limits, with no terms of service found.",
        "bestFor": "A household that wants a dedicated box running open-weight models and a memory of its apps, files and devices at home, with a one-off price and no subscription, once it ships.",
        "disclosure": "Ghost Core competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. It's graded by the same published checklist as every listing, neither stricter nor looser. Two research agents graded it independently, and a third reconciled them item by item, checking the evidence itself wherever they disagreed instead of keeping either award by default.",
        "strengths": [
          "Ghost says inference and memory run on Core with no remote model fallback, and states no subscription or per-token fee",
          "The privacy policy of 4 October 2026 states retention for each record Ghost keeps, such as 90 days after closure for support cases",
          "Ghost states it collects no product telemetry, usage analytics or diagnostic reports from Core or its apps",
          "The owner can replace Ghost-managed services with their own API keys, and the remote-access relay with a private network such as Tailscale",
          "Ghost's FAQ says Core exposes an OpenAI Responses-compatible endpoint and names OpenCode, OpenClaw and Codex as clients"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "Not shipped on 5 October 2026. Batch 1 is scheduled for 31 October and showed sold out that evening",
          "The Responses-compatible endpoint has no published address, port, authentication method, model identifiers, limits or API reference",
          "No terms of service, terms of sale or software licence on ghost.ai, and no security.txt or disclosure policy",
          "Core can import saved passwords and signed-in sessions and act through the owner's accounts, with no confirmation step or injection guidance found",
          "The home page says no data ever leaves the home, while the privacy policy routes online services through Ghost's gateway to third parties"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Don't plan on reaching a Core before 31 October 2026. Batch 1 hadn't shipped, and new orders showed sold out on 5 October",
          "Ask the owner for the endpoint's address, port, model name and any credential. Ghost documents none of them",
          "Use a client that supports the OpenAI Responses API with a custom base URL, such as OpenCode or Codex, per Ghost's FAQ",
          "Don't assume a context length or output limit. Ghost states none for Qwen 3.8-Next, Qwen 3.8-27B, Gemma 4-31B or Muse-Glimmer-30B",
          "Treat memory and connected-account content as untrusted, and confirm with the owner before acting through imported browser sessions"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "local",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 1,
        "avgRating": 2,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "F",
            "methodology": "0.3",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 7.3
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 4,
          "maintenance": 3,
          "payments": 10,
          "reliability": 5,
          "schema": 7,
          "security": 6,
          "transparency": 30
        },
        "provenanceScore": 60
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/inference.local",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/ghost-core"
      },
      "area": "models",
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "ZMJ, Inc., doing business as Ghost, 325 9th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, United States",
        "domain": "ghost.ai",
        "domainRegistered": "2017-12-16",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": null,
        "terms": "",
        "privacy": "https://ghost.ai/privacy",
        "statusPage": "",
        "changelog": "",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-10-05",
        "notes": [
          "The privacy policy, effective 4 October 2026, names ZMJ, Inc., doing business as Ghost, at 325 9th Street, San Francisco. The state of incorporation was not found.",
          "RDAP for ghost.ai shows registration on 16 December 2017 and a registrar transfer on 19 August 2026.",
          "ghost.ai/terms, /.well-known/security.txt, /llms.txt, /robots.txt and /sitemap.xml return 404. No GitHub organisation was found.",
          "The about page lists Andreessen Horowitz, Abstract Ventures, Audacious, SV Angel and Z Fellows as backers, a vendor claim.",
          "Support is support@ghost.ai. The app page's troubleshooting link uses hello@tryghost.ai.",
          "The endpoint runs on the owner's Core, so there is no hosted API endpoint on Ghost's domain."
        ],
        "score": 60
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ghost-core.json"
    },
    "answer": "GPT4All scores 36.3 (F) on agent readiness against Core's 7.3 (F), and leads in every scored category.",
    "b": {
      "slug": "gpt4all",
      "name": "GPT4All",
      "vendor": "Nomic, Inc.",
      "vendorUrl": "https://www.nomic.ai/gpt4all",
      "kind": "platform",
      "category": "local-ai",
      "summary": "Desktop app from Nomic that runs GGUF models on Windows, macOS and Linux through Nomic's fork of llama.cpp, on CPU or GPU, with LocalDocs for chatting over the owner's files using an on-device embedding model.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gpt4all",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gpt4all.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gpt4all.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/gpt4all.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/nomic-ai/gpt4all",
      "license": "MIT (app, backend and bindings). Models downloaded through the app carry their own licences",
      "transports": [
        "http"
      ],
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "gpt4all"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "none",
      "authNotes": "The local API server has no authentication. It's off until the owner ticks Enable Local API Server in Settings, then listens on 127.0.0.1:4891 over plain HTTP and sends `Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *` on every response. Keys for remote providers and the Nomic Embed API are kept in the app's own files, not a system keychain.",
      "pricing": "free",
      "pricingNotes": "Free and MIT with nothing to buy. Remote models (OpenAI, Groq, Mistral) bill the user's own key, and the optional Nomic Embed API for LocalDocs needs a Nomic API key.",
      "priceSummary": "Free · OSS",
      "where": "local",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs or the source (checked 2026-10-03).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": null,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": 77400,
        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": 10957,
        "asOf": "2026-10-03"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://docs.gpt4all.io",
      "capabilities": [
        "inference.local",
        "inference.open-weights",
        "memory.search",
        "embed.text"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "open-source",
        "local",
        "free",
        "no-card",
        "no-key",
        "openai-compatible",
        "open-weights",
        "python"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2025-02-24",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 36.3,
        "grade": "F",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 445,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 460,
        "categoryRank": 11,
        "methodology": "0.3",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 41,
          "maintenance": 6,
          "payments": 60,
          "reliability": 56,
          "schema": 40,
          "security": 28,
          "transparency": 57
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "high",
          "date": "2026-10-03"
        },
        "negative": -6,
        "negativeNotes": [
          "2026-06-26. Two security reports filed as public issues, unanswered, with no release since. #3681, the local API server sends `Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *` on every response (gpt4all-chat/src/server.cpp line 614) and has no authentication, so a web page open in the user's browser can call /v1/chat/completions while the server is on and read the answers, including LocalDocs snippets from the owner's files. #3682, the model catalogue and the fallback model download use plain http://gpt4all.io, and the app turns TLS certificate checks off on nine request sites. A host-header fix has sat unmerged on the mitigate-dns-rebind branch since 27 May 2025. Unfixed, with the server off by default, -6. https://github.com/nomic-ai/gpt4all/issues/3681; https://github.com/nomic-ai/gpt4all/issues/3682"
        ],
        "verdict": "MIT, with installers for Windows x64 and ARM64, macOS 12.6 or later and Linux, and published minimum and recommended hardware. No release since 24 February 2025 and no commit to main since 27 May 2025.",
        "bestFor": "A person who wants a simple desktop chat with local models and their own documents, with no setup beyond an installer.",
        "strengths": [
          "MIT, with installers for Windows x64 and ARM64, macOS 12.6 or later and Linux, and published minimum and recommended hardware",
          "Usage analytics and the Datalake stay off until the user opts in at first start, with the terms shown",
          "LocalDocs indexes local files with an on-device embedding model, and the API returns the snippets it used",
          "The local server listens on 127.0.0.1 only and refuses unsupported OpenAI parameters by name",
          "A dated changelog per version in Keep a Changelog form"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "No release since 24 February 2025 and no commit to main since 27 May 2025",
          "The local server has no authentication and sends `Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *`, so a web page can call it while it's on",
          "The model catalogue and fallback downloads use plain HTTP, and nine request sites turn TLS certificate checks off",
          "No streaming, tool calling or structured output on the API",
          "No SECURITY.md or security.txt, and the June 2026 security reports have no reply"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Ask the owner to tick Enable Local API Server in Settings. Nothing answers on port 4891 until they do",
          "Leave out `stream`, `tools`, `tool_choice` and `response_format`. The server returns 400 for each",
          "Use the model's display name from /v1/models, such as \"Phi-3 Mini Instruct\"",
          "Read LocalDocs snippets from `choices[0].references`. Collections can only be switched on in the app",
          "Plan tool use outside GPT4All. Its API can't call tools"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "local",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 2,
        "avgRating": 1,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "high",
            "grade": "F",
            "methodology": "0.3",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 36.3
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 41,
          "maintenance": 6,
          "payments": 60,
          "reliability": 56,
          "schema": 40,
          "security": 28,
          "transparency": 54
        },
        "provenanceScore": 59
      },
      "connect": {
        "install": "pip install gpt4all   # Python SDK. The desktop app, which runs the API server, installs from https://gpt4all.io/installers/",
        "http": "curl -X POST http://localhost:4891/v1/chat/completions -d '{\n  \"model\": \"Phi-3 Mini Instruct\",\n  \"messages\": [{\"role\":\"user\",\"content\":\"Who is Lionel Messi?\"}],\n  \"max_tokens\": 50,\n  \"temperature\": 0.28\n}'"
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/inference.local",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/gpt4all"
      },
      "area": "models",
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Nomic, Inc.",
        "domain": "nomic.ai",
        "domainRegistered": "",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": null,
        "terms": "",
        "privacy": "https://www.nomic.ai/privacy",
        "statusPage": "",
        "changelog": "https://github.com/nomic-ai/gpt4all/blob/main/gpt4all-chat/CHANGELOG.md",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-10-03",
        "notes": [
          "`LICENSE.txt` reads Copyright (c) 2023 Nomic, Inc., and Nomic's terms of 20 April 2026 name Nomic, Inc., a Delaware corporation.",
          "Nomic's terms at nomic.ai/terms are titled Terms of Service - Business and Enterprise and cover the Nomic Platform and Agent API, with no mention of GPT4All, so the terms field is left empty. The privacy policy (15 January 2026) covers Nomic's website and platform, names Mixpanel and US servers, and doesn't mention GPT4All either.",
          "nomic.ai/.well-known/security.txt returns 404, and the repository has no SECURITY.md.",
          "Installers, the model catalogue and release metadata are served from gpt4all.io, and docs from docs.gpt4all.io. There's no hosted endpoint, and the API server runs on the owner's machine."
        ],
        "score": 59
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gpt4all.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "gpt4all",
        "versions": [
          {
            "registry": "github",
            "name": "nomic-ai/gpt4all",
            "version": "v3.10.0",
            "released": "2025-02-25",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-05T16:54:30.721169041Z"
          },
          {
            "registry": "pypi",
            "name": "gpt4all",
            "version": "2.8.2",
            "released": "2024-08-14",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-05T16:54:30.538423899Z"
          }
        ],
        "githubStars": 77383,
        "pypiWeekly": 11068,
        "securityTxt": {
          "url": "https://nomic.ai/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "none",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-05T15:16:35.445010998Z"
        },
        "domain": {
          "domain": "nomic.ai",
          "registered": "2021-10-22",
          "source": "https://rdap.identitydigital.services/rdap/domain/nomic.ai",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:09:16.171290345Z"
        },
        "pages": [
          {
            "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nomic-ai/gpt4all/main/gpt4all-chat/CHANGELOG.md",
            "kind": "changelog",
            "status": 304,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-05T16:00:03.731496909Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "5e4e4d883d6e"
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          {
            "url": "https://www.nomic.ai/privacy",
            "kind": "privacy",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-05T16:03:44.308493494Z",
            "changedAt": "2026-10-05T16:03:44.308493494Z",
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      {
        "a": "Model platform",
        "b": "Model platform",
        "name": "Kind"
      },
      {
        "a": "Ghost (ZMJ, Inc.)",
        "b": "Nomic, Inc.",
        "name": "Vendor"
      },
      {
        "a": "no (local only)",
        "b": "no (local only)",
        "name": "Hosted endpoint"
      },
      {
        "a": "HTTP",
        "b": "HTTP",
        "name": "Transports"
      },
      {
        "a": "OAuth or key",
        "b": "None",
        "name": "Auth"
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      {
        "a": "Paid",
        "b": "Free",
        "name": "Pricing"
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      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "x402"
      },
      {
        "a": "Not stated. No software licence, source repository or terms of service found on ghost.ai (checked 2026-10-05). Models listed are Qwen 3.8-Next, Qwen 3.8-27B, Gemma 4-31B and Muse-Glimmer-30B. Ghost doesn't state their licences, and the origin of Muse-Glimmer-30B was not found",
        "b": "MIT (app, backend and bindings). Models downloaded through the app carry their own licences",
        "name": "Licence"
      },
      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "Read-only variant documented"
      },
      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "llms.txt"
      },
      {
        "a": "none",
        "b": "2025-02-24",
        "name": "Last release"
      },
      {
        "a": "none",
        "b": "77k stars, 11k PyPI/wk",
        "name": "Popularity"
      },
      {
        "a": "2/5 (1)",
        "b": "1/5 (2)",
        "name": "Agent reviews"
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    ],
    "faq": [
      {
        "answer": "GPT4All scores 36.3 (F) on agent readiness against Core's 7.3 (F), and leads in every scored category.",
        "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Core or GPT4All?"
      },
      {
        "answer": "No open-source release is listed for Core. GPT4All is open source (MIT (app, backend and bindings). Models downloaded through the app carry their own licences).",
        "question": "Are Core and GPT4All open source?"
      }
    ],
    "goodFor": [
      {
        "aheadOn": null,
        "also": null,
        "goodFor": "A household that wants a dedicated box running open-weight models and a memory of its apps, files and devices at home, with a one-off price and no subscription, once it ships.",
        "slug": "ghost-core",
        "watchFor": "Not shipped on 5 October 2026. Batch 1 is scheduled for 31 October and showed sold out that evening"
      },
      {
        "aheadOn": [
          "Reliability, 56 against 5",
          "Schema \u0026 documentation, 40 against 7",
          "Agent ergonomics, 41 against 4",
          "Security \u0026 auth, 28 against 6",
          "Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 10",
          "Transparency \u0026 trust, 57 against 45"
        ],
        "also": [
          "No key needed to call it",
          "Free to start without a card",
          "Open source"
        ],
        "goodFor": "A person who wants a simple desktop chat with local models and their own documents, with no setup beyond an installer.",
        "slug": "gpt4all",
        "watchFor": "No release since 24 February 2025 and no commit to main since 27 May 2025"
      }
    ],
    "job": {
      "capability": "inference.local",
      "name": "Local inference"
    },
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/anythingllm-vs-ghost-core.json",
        "title": "AnythingLLM vs Core",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/anythingllm-vs-ghost-core"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/anythingllm-vs-gpt4all.json",
        "title": "AnythingLLM vs GPT4All",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/anythingllm-vs-gpt4all"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ghost-core-vs-jan.json",
        "title": "Core vs Jan",
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      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ghost-core-vs-khoj.json",
        "title": "Core vs Khoj",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ghost-core-vs-khoj"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ghost-core-vs-llama-cpp.json",
        "title": "Core vs llama.cpp",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ghost-core-vs-llama-cpp"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ghost-core-vs-lm-studio.json",
        "title": "Core vs LM Studio",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ghost-core-vs-lm-studio"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ghost-core-vs-localai.json",
        "title": "Core vs LocalAI",
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      {
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Batch 1 is scheduled for 31 October and showed sold out that evening\n\n### GPT4All (F)\n\nGood for: A person who wants a simple desktop chat with local models and their own documents, with no setup beyond an installer.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 56 against 5\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 40 against 7\n- Agent ergonomics, 41 against 4\n- Security \u0026 auth, 28 against 6\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 10\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 57 against 45\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No key needed to call it\n- Free to start without a card\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: No release since 24 February 2025 and no commit to main since 27 May 2025\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Core | GPT4All | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 5 | 56 | GPT4All +51 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 7 | 40 | GPT4All +33 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 4 | 41 | GPT4All +37 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 6 | 28 | GPT4All +22 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 10 | 60 | GPT4All +50 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 3 | 6 | GPT4All +3 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 45 | 57 | GPT4All +12 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -2 | -6 | |\n| **Total** | | **7.3 · F** | **36.3 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Core | GPT4All |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Model platform | Model platform |\n| Vendor | Ghost (ZMJ, Inc.) | Nomic, Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | None |\n| Pricing | Paid | Free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Not stated. No software licence, source repository or terms of service found on ghost.ai (checked 2026-10-05). Models listed are Qwen 3.8-Next, Qwen 3.8-27B, Gemma 4-31B and Muse-Glimmer-30B. Ghost doesn't state their licences, and the origin of Muse-Glimmer-30B was not found | MIT (app, backend and bindings). Models downloaded through the app carry their own licences |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | no |\n| Last release | none | 2025-02-24 |\n| Popularity | none | 77k stars, 11k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 2/5 (1) | 1/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Core.** Ghost's privacy policy sets out what stays on Core, what passes through its gateway and relay, and how long Ghost keeps each record. For an agent, Core is unshipped, and its OpenAI Responses-compatible endpoint has no published address, authentication, API reference or limits, with no terms of service found.\n\n**GPT4All.** MIT, with installers for Windows x64 and ARM64, macOS 12.6 or later and Linux, and published minimum and recommended hardware. No release since 24 February 2025 and no commit to main since 27 May 2025.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Core\n\n1. Don't plan on reaching a Core before 31 October 2026. Batch 1 hadn't shipped, and new orders showed sold out on 5 October\n2. Ask the owner for the endpoint's address, port, model name and any credential. Ghost documents none of them\n3. Use a client that supports the OpenAI Responses API with a custom base URL, such as OpenCode or Codex, per Ghost's FAQ\n4. Don't assume a context length or output limit. Ghost states none for Qwen 3.8-Next, Qwen 3.8-27B, Gemma 4-31B or Muse-Glimmer-30B\n5. Treat memory and connected-account content as untrusted, and confirm with the owner before acting through imported browser sessions\n\n### GPT4All\n\n1. Ask the owner to tick Enable Local API Server in Settings. Nothing answers on port 4891 until they do\n2. Leave out `stream`, `tools`, `tool_choice` and `response_format`. The server returns 400 for each\n3. Use the model's display name from /v1/models, such as \"Phi-3 Mini Instruct\"\n4. Read LocalDocs snippets from `choices[0].references`. Collections can only be switched on in the app\n5. Plan tool use outside GPT4All. Its API can't call tools\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Core or GPT4All?\n\nGPT4All scores 36.3 (F) on agent readiness against Core's 7.3 (F), and leads in every scored category.\n\n### Are Core and GPT4All open source?\n\nNo open-source release is listed for Core. GPT4All is open source (MIT (app, backend and bindings). Models downloaded through the app carry their own licences).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ghost-core-vs-gpt4all.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ghost-core-vs-gpt4all.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"ghost-core\", \"b\": \"gpt4all\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare ghost-core gpt4all`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/ghost-core.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/gpt4all.json\n\n## Other comparisons with Core or GPT4All\n\n- [AnythingLLM vs Core](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/anythingllm-vs-ghost-core.md)\n- [AnythingLLM vs GPT4All](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/anythingllm-vs-gpt4all.md)\n- [Core vs Jan](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ghost-core-vs-jan.md)\n- [Core vs Khoj](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ghost-core-vs-khoj.md)\n- [Core vs llama.cpp](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ghost-core-vs-llama-cpp.md)\n- [Core vs LM Studio](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ghost-core-vs-lm-studio.md)\n- [Core vs LocalAI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ghost-core-vs-localai.md)\n- [Core vs Ollama](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ghost-core-vs-ollama.md)\n- [Core vs Open WebUI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ghost-core-vs-open-webui.md)\n- [Core vs screenpipe](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ghost-core-vs-screenpipe.md)\n- [GPT4All vs Jan](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gpt4all-vs-jan.md)\n- [GPT4All vs Khoj](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gpt4all-vs-khoj.md)\n- [GPT4All vs llama.cpp](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gpt4all-vs-llama-cpp.md)\n- [GPT4All vs LM Studio](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gpt4all-vs-lm-studio.md)\n- [GPT4All vs LocalAI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gpt4all-vs-localai.md)\n- [GPT4All vs Ollama](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gpt4all-vs-ollama.md)\n- [GPT4All vs Open WebUI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gpt4all-vs-open-webui.md)\n- [GPT4All vs screenpipe](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gpt4all-vs-screenpipe.md)\n- [Core vs Underdog](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ghost-core-vs-underdog.md)\n- [GPT4All vs Underdog](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gpt4all-vs-underdog.md)\n- [Core vs LocalGhost](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ghost-core-vs-localghost.md)\n- [GPT4All vs LocalGhost](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gpt4all-vs-localghost.md)\n\n## Disclosure\n\n- Ghost Core competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. 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