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Lobe Chat

Lobe Chat — multi-model AI interface: 200+ plugins, voice synthesis, self-hosted on your VPS.

Official documentation

About Lobe Chat

Lobe Chat is an open source AI chat interface (MIT) that brings together OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Mistral and Ollama behind a polished design and a 200+ plugin marketplace. In standalone mode, it starts in a single Docker container with no database or mandatory authentication. 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.

What gets installed

Ready when the VPS starts

Compatible OS
Choice of Linux distributions
Application
Lobe Chat
Tech stack
DockerNode.jsTypeScript
Minimum RAM
512 MB minimum (standalone mode)
Minimum CPU
1 vCPU
Access
root over SSH

Key features

  • 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.

When to use this solution?

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.

Model benchmarking

Compare GPT-4o, Claude Opus and a local Llama model side by side before integrating one of them into your application.

Developer productivity

Pair Lobe Chat with Ollama on the same VPS for a 100% local coding assistant — no external API dependency, no usage cost.

Guide

Deploy Lobe Chat on your VPS

  1. Create the VPS

    Order a ServOrbit Cloud VPS (1 vCPU / 1 GB RAM minimum). Choose Ubuntu 24.04. No domain is required to get started.

  2. Install Lobe Chat

    Select Lobe Chat from the ServOrbit Marketplace when ordering your VPS. Docker is pre-installed and the container starts automatically.

  3. 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://localhost:3210. For a permanent HTTPS URL, attach a domain or use the free VPS subdomain from your ServOrbit dashboard.

  4. 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://localhost:11434 if Ollama is installed on the same VPS.

  5. 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.

Frequently asked questions

Questions about Lobe Chat

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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://localhost: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.

Embed the deploy button

Maintaining a project that uses Lobe Chat? This button lets your readers deploy it on a VPS in one click, without reading Docker documentation.

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