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GLM
★ 7kZ.ai's open model family focused on coding and agentic engineering, with weights and serving recipes for local or self-hosted inference.
GLM does the job of Claude and GPT-4o API, self-hosted. It is Apache-2.0-licensed, so you can do essentially what you like with it, and running it properly takes real ops work. Claude bills $20+ for it. 7k stars on GitHub.
Open-source replacement for Claude, GPT-4o API.
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Self-hosting
- Hard
- The paid one costs
- $20+
- GitHub stars
- 7k
Is it actually a replacement?
We have written a verdict on what it replaces — what you lose, and why people still pay:
How GLM runs
Where it runs
GLM runs on your server.
What setup takes
not verified by us yet — check the repo README.
GLM questions
Is GLM open source?
Yes — it is released under Apache-2.0.
Can GLM replace Claude?
Our verdict on Claude is YES. OpenClaw (210k stars), AnythingLLM (64k stars), Cherry Studio (50k stars) are mature open-source replacements for Claude — self-host with docker and stop paying $20/mo.
Can I self-host GLM?
Yes — we rate it hard to self-host, and it runs on your server.