Open source knowledge-base projects

Every project in the registry tagged knowledge-base, ranked by real GitHub adoption.

projects 58 combined stars ★ 509K refresh nightly
01 Understand-Anything ★ 90K

Graphs that teach > graphs that impress. Turn any code into an interactive knowledge graph you can explore, search, and ask questions about. Works with Claude C

last push8 days ago languageTypeScript licenseMIT
02 Affine ★ 74K

Docs, whiteboards, and databases in one privacy-first workspace

last push18 hours ago languageTypeScript license—
03 SiYuan ★ 47K

Privacy-first knowledge management with block-level linking

last push14 hours ago languageTypeScript licenseAGPL-3.0
04 Logseq ★ 45K

Privacy-first knowledge base that connects your notes

last push41 hours ago languageClojure licenseAGPL-3.0
05 OpenViking ★ 41K

Self-evolving Context Database for AI Agents. Unify Agent Memory, Knowledge RAG and Skills.

last push17 hours ago languagePython licenseAGPL-3.0
06 Langchain-Chatchat ★ 39K

Langchain-Chatchat(原Langchain-ChatGLM)基于 Langchain 与 ChatGLM, Qwen 与 Llama 等语言模型的 RAG 与 Agent 应用 | Langchain-Chatchat (formerly langchain-ChatGLM), local knowle

last push12 months ago languagePython licenseApache-2.0
07 Docmost ★ 22K

Self-hosted wiki with AI, compliance, and real-time editing

last push18 hours ago languageTypeScript licenseAGPL-3.0
08 Docs ★ 17K

Create, edit and share documents with real-time collaboration

last push16 hours ago languageTypeScript licenseMIT
09 nebula ★ 12K

A distributed, fast open-source graph database featuring horizontal scalability and high availability

last push2 months ago languageC++ licenseApache-2.0
10 utopia ★ 8.7K

World's first open-source enterprise world model.

last push32 hours ago languageRust licenseApache-2.0
11 nb ★ 8.5K

CLI and local web plain text note‑taking, bookmarking, and archiving with linking, tagging, filtering, search, Git versioning & syncing, Pandoc conversion, + mo

last push31 hours ago languageShell licenseAGPL-3.0
12 Yuxi ★ 7.6K

可私有部署的多租户知识智能体平台:统一 RAG、知识图谱、多智能体、MCP/Skills、沙盒与权限管理。Self-hosted knowledge agent platform for RAG, knowledge graphs and multi-agent workflows.

last push23 hours ago languagePython licenseMIT
13 openagent ★ 5.7K

⚡️next-generation personal AI assistant powered by LLM, RAG and agent loops, supporting computer-use, browser-use and coding agent, demo: https://demo.openagent

last push31 hours ago languageGo licenseApache-2.0
14 5ire ★ 5.4K

Smart desktop AI assistant with powerful local knowledge features

last push4 days ago languageTypeScript license—
15 Colanode ★ 5.2K

Self-hosted team workspace with chat, docs, and databases

last push7 months ago languageTypeScript licenseApache-2.0
16 open-knowledge ★ 4.8K

Beautiful, AI-native markdown IDE and LLM wiki

last push18 hours ago languageTypeScript licenseGPL-3.0
17 typedb ★ 4.5K

TypeDB: Built for systems, not records

last push5 days ago languageRust licenseMPL-2.0
18 Alexandrie ★ 3.8K

📚 The open-source, offline-first Notion, Obsidian & Confluence alternative. Advanced Markdown, multi-tenant teams, OIDC/SSO, and local S3 backups. Deploy in on

last pushyesterday languageVue licenseMIT
19 llm-wiki-agent ★ 3.7K

A personal knowledge base that builds and maintains itself. Drop in sources — Claude (or Codex/Gemini) reads them, extracts knowledge, and maintains a persisten

last push21 hours ago languagePython licenseMIT
20 obsidian-wiki ★ 3.7K

Framework for AI agents to build and maintain a digital brain through Obsidian wiki

last push19 hours ago languagePython licenseMIT
21 Deta Surf ★ 3.6K

Browser and notebook combined with local-first AI

last push2 months ago languageTypeScript licenseApache-2.0
22 Chaskiq ★ 3.6K

Open-source customer communication platform

last push4 months ago languageTypeScript license—
23 arscontexta ★ 3.5K

Claude Code plugin that generates individualized knowledge systems from conversation. You describe how you think and work, have a conversation and get a complet

last push8 months ago languageShell licenseMIT
24 libredesk ★ 3.1K

Open-source, self-hosted customer support desk in a single binary. A lightweight alternative to Intercom, Zendesk, Chatwoot.

last push16 hours ago languageGo licenseAGPL-3.0
25 edgeever ★ 3.1K

Open-source, AI-native knowledge base & Evernote alternative with native MCP. Zero-cost on Cloudflare or Docker.

last push16 hours ago languageTypeScript licenseAGPL-3.0
26 agent-beacon ★ 3.1K

The cross-harness self-improving memory layer for AI agents.

last push13 hours ago languageGo licenseMIT
27 trustgraph ★ 2.9K

The context orchestration layer powered by hypergraphs. Build a unified semantic context layer where agentic outcomes are deterministic and agent behavior is no

last push6 days ago languagePython licenseApache-2.0
28 NoteDiscovery ★ 2.9K

Your Self-Hosted Knowledge Base

last push15 hours ago languageJavaScript licenseMIT
29 datachain ★ 2.8K

The Context Layer for unstructured data: typed, versioned datasets over S3, GCS, Azure

last push12 hours ago languagePython licenseApache-2.0
30 SAG ★ 2.6K

A new SOTA for RAG — an original retrieval architecture and an open-source knowledge base for humans and agents.

last push42 hours ago languagePython licenseMIT
31 llm-wiki-compiler ★ 2.2K

The knowledge compiler. Raw sources in, interlinked wiki out. Inspired by Karpathy's LLM Wiki pattern.

last push3 days ago languageTypeScript licenseMIT
32 atomic ★ 2.0K

Self-hosted, semantically-connected personal knowledge base

last push1 months ago languageRust licenseMIT
33 llmwiki ★ 1.7K

Open Source Implementation of Karpathy's LLM Wiki. Upload documents, connect your Claude account via MCP, and have it write your wiki !

last push2 days ago languagePython licenseApache-2.0
34 simba ★ 1.5K

OpenSource Production ready Customer service with built in Evals and monitoring

last push5 months ago languageTypeScript licenseApache-2.0
35 lime ★ 1.5K

Full-stack AI agent for coding, files, terminals, tools, research, content, multimodal work, and multi-agent workflows.

last pushyesterday languageTypeScript licenseGPL-3.0
36 solomd ★ 1.5K

A markdown editor — and the bridge to your LLM. Local-first, MIT, ~15 MB. Bundled MCP server lets Claude Code / Codex / Cursor drive your vault directly. 14 AI

last push18 hours ago languageTypeScript licenseMIT
37 openmeld ★ 1.4K

The open-source collaboration system for people and AI agents. Share context, coordinate tasks, and work in parallel with your team, cloud agents, Codex, Claude

last push16 hours ago languageTypeScript licenseMIT
38 PrismerCloud ★ 1.4K

Prismer Cloud

last push12 days ago languageTypeScript licenseMIT
39 OpenContext ★ 1.3K

A personal context store for AI agents and assistants—reuse your existing coding agent CLI (Codex/Claude/OpenCode) with built‑in Skills/tools and a desktop GUI

last push5 months ago languageJavaScript licenseMIT
40 leafwiki ★ 1.2K

LeafWiki - Self-hosted wiki. Single Go binary, SQLite, Markdown on disk. No external database required.

last push15 hours ago languageGo licenseMIT
41 wandao ★ 1.1K

万能导:多平台知识库 Markdown 全项目一键导入导出工具(导入导出效果最好),用自动化代替手动复制粘贴(有道云,飞书,语雀,阿里云知识库,知识星球,印象笔记,ima,onenote,为知笔记,csdn,知乎,微信公众号导出导入).(可保留目录结构,图片,项目格式) 关键词:微信公众号导出,语雀导出导入,飞书导出导

last push11 days ago languagePython licenseAGPL-3.0
42 Agentero ★ 1.1K

Unified research workspace for humans & agents — PDF Q&A with citations, Vault, writing. 为人与 Agent 协作的科研工作台;补齐 Zotero 时代的人机上下文断点。

last push25 hours ago languageTypeScript licenseMIT
43 codealmanac ★ 995

A codebase wiki for AI coding agents. Captures what the code can't say: decisions, flows, invariants, gotchas.

last push3 months ago languageTypeScript licenseApache-2.0
44 scoold ★ 921

The Stack Overflow clone for your team (self-hosted or hosted)

last push1 months ago languageJava licenseApache-2.0
45 mdSilo-app ★ 854

Lightweight Knowledge Base and Feed Reader.

last push12 hours ago languageTypeScript licenseAGPL-3.0
46 okf-agent-memory ★ 850

Git-native persistent memory for AI coding agents. Implements Google OKF v0.2 with sub-300µs in-memory BM25 search, embedded MCP server, and progressive disclos

last push5 days ago languageGo licenseMIT
47 Nucleoid ★ 772

Logic Language for World Models 🌱🐋🌍

last push12 hours ago languageRust licenseApache-2.0
48 MindOS ★ 704

MindOS is a Human-AI Collaborative Mind System, where human thinks and agents act. Globally sync your mind for all agents: transparent, controllable, and evolvi

last push11 days ago languageTypeScript licenseMIT
49 busabase ★ 665

Open-source database & workspace for AI agents — structured data, durable knowledge, reusable skills, runnable apps, and human review on the writes that matter.

last push3 days ago languageTypeScript licenseMIT
50 hyperbase ★ 651

A foundational library for Semantic Hypergraphs

last push16 days ago languagePython licenseMIT
51 wiki-go ★ 624

A modern, feature-rich, databaseless flat-file wiki platform built with Go.

last push31 hours ago languageGo licenseGPL-3.0
52 gramax ★ 618

Embrace a docs-as-code approach to build, version, and publish Git-driven documentation sites using Markdown and a visual editor

last push28 days ago languageTypeScript licenseGPL-3.0
53 nowen-note ★ 597

开源自托管笔记与私有知识库,支持 Markdown/富文本、AI 写作、思维导图、任务管理、全文搜索、多级笔记本和 Docker 一键部署。

last push17 hours ago languageTypeScript licenseGPL-3.0
54 MimirQ ★ 584

中文优先的企业 RAG 知识库:可控解析、治理、切块、混合检索、重排、引用、图谱、评测与 Dify 接入。

last push13 hours ago languagePython licenseApache-2.0
55 kition ★ 575

Kition brings Markdown, DataTable, WhiteBoard, a tool-using AI agent, browser research, and visual workflows into one desktop workspace.

last push2 days ago languageTypeScript licenseApache-2.0
56 generative-ai-cdk-constructs ★ 543

AWS Generative AI CDK Constructs are sample implementations of AWS CDK for common generative AI patterns.

last push5 days ago languageTypeScript licenseApache-2.0
57 unbody ★ 524

The Supabase of AI era. A modular, open-source backend for building AI-native software — designed for knowledge, not static data.

last push7 months ago languageTypeScript licenseApache-2.0
58 open-spaces ★ 3

Free, open-source alternative to ChatGPT Spaces: a self-hostable AI workspace for shared pages and conversations.

last push5 days ago languageJavaScript licenseMIT

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Frequently asked questions

How many open source knowledge-base projects are there?

This registry tracks 58 projects tagged knowledge-base, with 509,230 GitHub stars between them. The most-adopted is Understand-Anything at 89,864 stars.

Are these knowledge-base projects free to use?

Yes — 55 of the 58 carry an explicit open-source licence across 5 distinct licences, so there is no licence fee. Where a project also sells a hosted or enterprise version, the self-hosted path remains free.

Which knowledge-base project should I choose?

The list above is ranked by GitHub stars, but stars measure attention rather than fit. Check three things on each card: the licence (permissive versus copyleft), the language it is written in, and the last-push date — a high-star project that has not been pushed in a year is a liability.

Are these knowledge-base projects still maintained?

50 of the 58 were pushed in the last 90 days, and every card shows its exact last-push date so you can see the rest. Sort your shortlist by that date before committing to a migration.