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Newelle

Newelle is an AI chat assistant, available on Linux: local model execution, open-weight models (Llama, Mistral…) and chat with your documents.

  • Completely free
  • Linux
  • Open source
  • No account

Overview

Newelle is an AI chat assistant, available on Linux.

Features described in its GitHub repository and on its official website: local model execution, open-weight models (Llama, Mistral…), chat with your documents, web search and keyboard shortcuts.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “AI chatbot” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
  • “📚 Local models: Download local models directly from Newelle, and run them using Llama.cpp or Ollama.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
  • “📚 Local models: Download local models directly from Newelle, and run them using Llama.cpp or Ollama.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
  • “Hybrid RAG Search” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “Web Search Integration” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “Global Hotkeys” — official website, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of Newelle is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (GPL-3.0+) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • No account needed
  • Commercial use allowed

About

Train Newelle to do more with custom extensions and new AI modules, giving your chatbot endless possibilities.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Facts collected from GitHub (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use) —
  • Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (commercial use) —
  • Last technical check: 5 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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