# Rise of the Open Source ChatGPT Clones

At first there was [Open-Assistant](https://open-assistant.io/), then appeared [OpenChatKit](https://github.com/togethercomputer/OpenChatKit), and the newly announced [ColossalChat](https://github.com/hpcaitech/ColossalAI). Now three projects (that I know of!) aim to give everybody the ability to create their own ChatGPT clone.

The basic components of a ChatGPT clone are:

1. large language model as its base
    
2. instruct dataset for fine-tuning the large language model
    
3. tools and pipeline for generating and curating the instruct dataset
    
4. tools and pipeline for fine-tuning and alignment of the model
    
5. tools for system management (ie user management, pre-prompt management)
    
6. tools for operations
    
7. content moderation system to identify when the model produced an undesired, unethical, or illegal response
    
8. user interface to expose the functionality