FastGPT
FastGPT is a platform that builds AI agents and question-answering systems over your own documents for teams that want a visual setup.
What it is good for
- Building a chatbot that answers questions from company documents
- Turning uploaded PDFs and spreadsheets into a searchable knowledge base
- Arranging AI steps into a visual workflow without much code
- Hosting a private AI assistant on your own server
At a glance
- Who it is for
- Setup
- Guided command-line setup
Level 4 of 5. You copy and paste commands into a terminal by following the instructions. Comfortable territory for vibe coders.
- Cost
- Free and open source
- Type
- Agent builder or no-code platform
- Tasks
- Works with
- Claude, DeepSeek, OpenAI, Qwen, Sealos Cloud, Docker
Momentum
- Rank this week
- Not ranked yet
- Best rank
- None yet
- GitHub stars
- 29,973
GitHub numbers as of Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
Official links
Setup steps are on the official pages. We do not repeat them here, since they change.
Questions
- Is FastGPT free?
- Yes. It is free and open source.
- Do I need to know how to code to use FastGPT?
- You do not need to write code, but setup means copying and pasting commands into a terminal by following its instructions.
- What does FastGPT work with?
- According to its own documentation, it works with Claude, DeepSeek, OpenAI, Qwen, Sealos Cloud, and Docker.
- What is FastGPT good for?
- Building a chatbot that answers questions from company documents, turning uploaded PDFs and spreadsheets into a searchable knowledge base, arranging AI steps into a visual workflow without much code, and hosting a private AI assistant on your own server.
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