# Ethora: Open Source Chat SDK and AI Agent Platform > Ethora is an open source chat and AI platform: real-time in-app messaging SDKs > (iOS, Android, React, React Native, web), AI agents and chatbots (RAG, > self-hosted LLMs), and a backend you can self-host or use as managed cloud. > Built for regulated industries: healthcare (HIPAA-ready), finance, insurance. > Full data ownership, open source on GitHub, free tier available. ## Product - [Chat SDK](https://ethora.com/chat-sdk/): real-time in-app messaging SDK for any platform - [Self-hosted chat server](https://ethora.com/chat-sdk/self-hosted-chat-server-aws/): on-premise or AWS, full data ownership - [Healthcare chat SDK](https://ethora.com/healthcare-chat-sdk/): HIPAA-ready messaging - [AI SDK](https://ethora.com/ai-sdk/): AI agents, RAG assistants, self-hosted LLMs - [Pricing](https://ethora.com/pricing): free tier, cloud and self-hosted plans ## Resources - [GitHub](https://github.com/dappros/ethora) - [API documentation](https://api.chat.ethora.com/api-docs/) - [Blog](https://ethora.com/blog/) - [Book a call](https://ethora.com/contact/) - [Research: The State of Conversational AI, Q3 2026](https://ethora.com/research/state-of-conversational-ai-2026-q3/) - free, primary-data report on the conversational-AI stack (CC BY 4.0) - [Research: Conversational AI Statistics 2026](https://ethora.com/research/statistics/conversational-ai-statistics/) - sourced, monthly-refreshed statistics: market size, adoption, jobs, search demand (CC BY 4.0) - [Research: AI Agent Statistics 2026](https://ethora.com/research/statistics/ai-agent-statistics/) - AI agent search growth, hiring, MCP adoption statistics (CC BY 4.0) - [Research: Chatbot Statistics 2026](https://ethora.com/research/statistics/chatbot-statistics/) - verified chatbot adoption, attitude, ROI and market statistics with per-stat sources (CC BY 4.0) - [Research: Agent-to-Agent Communication and Social Memory](https://ethora.com/research/agent-to-agent-communication-2026/) - working note on the missing social layer in the agentic stack, a multi-agent demo, and a model for long-term agent social memory (CC BY 4.0) ## Optional - [Full version of this file](https://ethora.com/llms-full.txt) - [Sitemap](https://ethora.com/sitemap_index.xml)