# GPT4All

> GPT4All is an officially published AI tool from Nomic AI. Anomity scores its risk at 10 out of 100 (low).

- **Canonical URL:** https://catalog.anomity.ai/agent/gpt4all
- **Kind:** AI tool
- **Publisher:** Nomic AI
- **Trust level:** official
- **Risk score:** 10/100 (low)
- **Website:** https://www.nomic.ai/gpt4all
- **Last updated:** 2026-11-01
- **JSON:** https://catalog.anomity.ai/api/entries/agent/gpt4all

## Description

Desktop app for running local LLMs offline, with LocalDocs document chat and an optional OpenAI-compatible local API server

## Why it scored 10

The score starts at the catalog's neutral base of 50 and moves only through the signals below. The formula is published at https://catalog.anomity.ai/about — there is no model and no hidden heuristic.

| Signal | Contribution | Severity | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Published by the vendor | -40 | trust offset |  |

Clamped result: **10/100**, band **low**.

## Configuration surface

Files this tool reads on the host. Anything written here changes what the agent does next.

- `gpt4all-settings` — App settings, including the LocalDocs Nomic API key (GPT4All.ini, presence only - never read)
    - win32: `${APPDATA}\nomic.ai\GPT4All.ini`
    - darwin: `${HOME}/.config/nomic.ai/GPT4All.ini`
    - linux: `${HOME}/.config/nomic.ai/GPT4All.ini`
- `gpt4all-app` — Installed application (presence)
    - darwin: `/Applications/gpt4all/bin/gpt4all.app/Contents/Info.plist`
- `gpt4all-install-binary` — Installed application binary from the GPT4All installer (presence)
    - win32: `${USERPROFILE}\gpt4all\bin\chat.exe`
    - linux: `${HOME}/gpt4all/bin/chat`

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Source: Anomity Security Database (https://catalog.anomity.ai/). Scoring methodology: https://catalog.anomity.ai/about. Machine-readable index: https://catalog.anomity.ai/llms.txt · https://catalog.anomity.ai/openapi.json