AnythingLLM is a self-hosted workspace for chatting with your own documents and websites (RAG) using the LLM and embedding providers you choose. This Ubuntu 24.04 AMI stores documents persistently and creates its admin password on first boot. You reach the UI through Session Manager port forwarding.
AnythingLLM 1.17.0 lets teams load documents and web pages into workspaces and ask questions about them with a large language model (retrieval-augmented generation). This AMI is for teams that want that workbench inside their own account, with data on an EBS volume they control and the UI kept off the public internet.
What you get: AnythingLLM listening on localhost port 3001, a per-instance admin password generated at first boot (/etc/anythingllm/admin.password, readable only with sudo), persistent document storage under /var/lib/anythingllm, and a separately pinned Chrome for Testing runtime for the built-in web page collector. No provider keys or model weights are included. Configure your LLM and embedding providers in the UI after launch.
Getting started takes a few minutes: launch t3.medium (4 GiB RAM, 40 GiB encrypted gp3 or larger), attach an instance profile with AmazonSSMManagedInstanceCore, allow outbound HTTPS and keep the security group free of inbound rules. Connect with Session Manager, run sudo -iu ubuntu bash /opt/sushi/docs/demo.sh, then start a Session Manager port-forwarding session to port 3001 and open that port on localhost in your browser. To chat, choose the Generic OpenAI provider with any OpenAI-compatible endpoint, including Amazon Bedrock through its OpenAI-compatible endpoint for your Region (see the Bedrock documentation) with a Bedrock API key, and set each workspace's chat mode to Chat for plain document Q&A.
Pricing: a software fee of USD 0.02 per running t3.medium instance-hour. An optional five-day free trial for one concurrent instance changes software billing only and then converts to the hourly fee; the same full software is installed before and after it. This is not a separate trial or evaluation edition, and there is no product-imposed time, user or usage limit. Additional concurrent instances incur software fees. EC2, EBS, data transfer and any model-provider charges are billed separately, including during the free trial. No annual offer is configured.
This is a repackaged open source software product wherein additional charges apply for independent packaging, validation, maintenance and setup documentation. Mintplex Labs authors AnythingLLM under the MIT license. Software Sushi supplies the AMI recipe, derived runtime and setup guide without claiming upstream endorsement. Google Chrome terms apply separately to the bundled browser. Back up /var/lib/anythingllm and /etc/anythingllm together before replacing an instance.
Highlights
Chat with your own documents and web pages (RAG) using the LLM and embedding providers you choose, including Amazon Bedrock through its OpenAI-compatible endpoint.
Documents persist on your EBS volume, and each instance creates its own admin password on first boot.
The UI stays off the internet: it binds to localhost and you reach it through Session Manager port forwarding.
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This listing bills on a single usage-based dimension: an hourly software fee for the t3.medium instance size. You pay this fee for each hour the instance runs, with no upfront commitment. Pricing scales directly with runtime, so stopping the instance stops the software charge. AWS infrastructure costs, including EC2 compute, EBS storage, and data transfer, are billed separately by AWS. Any model or embedding providers you connect bill their own usage under your own accounts. There are no additional tiers or add-on dimensions to choose from.
Top-of-mind questions for buyers
What hardware specification do I get with the t3.medium hourly rate?
The t3.medium instance provides 4 GiB of memory. It runs on an encrypted gp3 root volume of at least 40 GiB with IMDSv2. The default vector database needs a CPU with AVX2, which T3 instances supply. Documents and vectors grow with use, so watch your disk space.
Am I charged the software fee when the instance is stopped?
You pay the hourly software fee only while the instance runs. Stopping the instance stops the software charge. Note that AWS may still bill EBS storage for a stopped instance, since your documents and vectors persist on the EBS volume across restarts and reboots.
What costs fall outside the hourly software fee?
AWS bills EC2 compute, EBS storage, and data transfer separately from the software fee. Any language model or embedding providers you connect bill their own usage under your own accounts. No provider keys or model weights come with the image, so those charges are yours to manage.
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Version release notes
AnythingLLM v1.17.0 (MIT, by Mintplex Labs) on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, packaged by Software Sushi with a Sushi-derived runtime and a separately pinned Chrome for Testing browser for the web page collector. The UI listens on 127.0.0.1:3001 and is reached through Session Manager port forwarding; the admin password is generated at first boot. Documents persist under /var/lib/anythingllm. Includes a guided walkthrough (sudo -iu ubuntu bash /opt/sushi/docs/demo.sh). No provider keys or model weights are included.
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Usage instructions
Launch t3.medium (4 GiB RAM, 40 GiB or larger encrypted gp3, IMDSv2) with AmazonSSMManagedInstanceCore and outbound HTTPS. No inbound rules are needed.
Read the admin password: sudo cat /etc/anythingllm/admin.password
From your workstation: aws ssm start-session --target <instance-id> --document-name AWS-StartPortForwardingSession --parameters '{"portNumber":["3001"],"localPortNumber":["3001"]}', open 127.0.0.1:3001 in your browser (plain http) and sign in.
LLM: in Settings > LLM choose Generic OpenAI with any OpenAI-compatible endpoint and key. For Amazon Bedrock use Base URL https://bedrock-runtime.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/openai/v1, a Bedrock API key and a model such as openai.gpt-oss-20b-1:0. The built-in AWS Bedrock option needs keys and does not use the instance role.
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