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Self-hosted on your ServOrbit VPS, it centralises your API keys server-side, lets you compare several providers side by side, and add custom agents with contextual memory.",[25,26,27,28,29,30],"Connect OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Mistral and local Ollama from a single interface.","200+ plugin marketplace: web search, code execution, image generation, calculators and more.","Built-in voice recognition and synthesis — ask and listen hands-free.","Custom agents with system prompts, personas and contextual memory.","Side-by-side multi-model mode: compare two models in the same conversation.","Standalone Docker image — starts in seconds with no database or auth required.",[32,35,38],{"title":33,"body":34},"Team AI assistant","Deploy Lobe Chat on a shared VPS to give your whole team access to multiple LLMs — API keys are centralised server-side, never exposed to browsers.",{"title":36,"body":37},"Model benchmarking","Compare GPT-4o, Claude Opus and a local Llama model side by side before integrating one of them into your application.",{"title":39,"body":40},"Developer productivity","Pair Lobe Chat with Ollama on the same VPS for a 100% local coding assistant — no external API dependency, no usage cost.",[42,45,48,51,54],{"title":43,"body":44},"Create the VPS","Order a ServOrbit Cloud VPS (1 vCPU \u002F 1 GB RAM minimum). Choose Ubuntu 24.04. No domain is required to get started.",{"title":46,"body":47},"Install Lobe Chat","Select Lobe Chat from the ServOrbit Marketplace when ordering your VPS. Docker is pre-installed and the container starts automatically.",{"title":49,"body":50},"Open for the first time","Lobe Chat opens with no login required in standalone mode. Access it via an SSH tunnel (`ssh -L 3210:127.0.0.1:3210 root@your-vps`) then open `http:\u002F\u002Flocalhost:3210`. For a permanent HTTPS URL, attach a domain or use the free VPS subdomain from your ServOrbit dashboard.",{"title":52,"body":53},"Configure an LLM provider","In the interface → Settings → Providers, enter your OpenAI or Anthropic API key. To use a local model, set the Ollama URL to `http:\u002F\u002Flocalhost:11434` if Ollama is installed on the same VPS.",{"title":55,"body":56},"Explore plugins and agents","Enable web search, calculators or image generators from the Plugins panel. Create a custom agent with your own system instructions and persona from the Agents section.",[58,61,64,67,70],{"q":59,"a":60},"Does Lobe Chat require a domain name?","No. In standalone mode Lobe Chat works without a domain via an SSH tunnel: `ssh -L 3210:127.0.0.1:3210 root@your-vps` then `http:\u002F\u002Flocalhost:3210`. For a permanent public URL, attach a domain — or use the free VPS subdomain from your ServOrbit dashboard — and nginx proxies Lobe Chat over HTTPS.",{"q":62,"a":63},"Are my API keys stored on the server?","In standalone mode, API keys are stored in the browser (localStorage) and never leave your device. To centralise them server-side and hide them from clients, switch to database mode with PostgreSQL — documented in our advanced deployment guide.",{"q":65,"a":66},"How do I protect my Lobe Chat instance with a password?","Add the environment variable `ACCESS_CODE=your-secret` when starting the container. Lobe Chat will prompt for this code on every new session. For stronger protection, place a reverse proxy with basic authentication in front of port 3210.",{"q":68,"a":69},"Can I connect Ollama to Lobe Chat on the same VPS?","Yes. If Ollama is running on the same VPS, set `http:\u002F\u002Flocalhost:11434` as the Ollama URL in Settings → Providers → Ollama. You get a fully local assistant (Llama 3, Qwen, Mistral) with no API cost. Increase VPS RAM according to the model size.",{"q":71,"a":72},"Are conversations saved between restarts?","In standalone mode, chat history is stored in the browser (localStorage) — it is not saved on the server. 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Pull Llama 3, Mistral, Qwen or DeepSeek in one command — OpenAI-compatible, zero per-token cost.",{"name":99,"slug":100,"categorySlug":13,"categoryName":87,"categoryColor":88,"logo":21,"tagline":101,"description":102},"LibreChat","librechat","Private multi-LLM chat — OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and local models on your own server.","Open-source multi-provider chat interface: OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and local models in a single private UI.",{"name":104,"slug":105,"categorySlug":13,"categoryName":87,"categoryColor":88,"logo":106,"tagline":107,"description":108},"LocalAI","local-ai","https:\u002F\u002Fraw.githubusercontent.com\u002Fmudler\u002FLocalAI\u002Fmaster\u002Fcore\u002Fhttp\u002Fstatic\u002Flogo.png","Run open-source LLMs on CPU — no GPU required. OpenAI-compatible API, 200+ models, self-hosted in one command.","Run open-source LLMs on CPU — no GPU required. Drop-in OpenAI-compatible API, 200+ models (Llama, Mistral, Phi), fully self-hosted on your VPS.",[110,111,112],"heberger-lobe-chat-vps","heberger-open-webui","deployer-dify-vps",{"key":12,"slug":13,"name":87,"objective":114,"icon":115,"color":88},"Build, host and run AI solutions.","ai",1789522317650]