DocsGPT

A private platform for AI agents grounded in your documents, sites and apps, with an agent builder, deep research and embeddable widgets and APIs.

18.4k stars, 2.2k forks Python On GitHub since February 2023

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What is DocsGPT?

DocsGPT turns documents, websites and connected apps into agents that answer with sources. You build agents and visual workflows, give them tools, and put them into your product through a chat widget, an OpenAI-compatible API or an MCP server. It runs in your environment with any cloud or local model, and team features such as single sign-on through OIDC with SCIM provisioning, teams and quotas are in the open code. It offers 7 interface languages.

Good fit if

  • You want a documentation assistant on your website that cites its sources.
  • You need agents that other software can call over an API or MCP.
  • You want SSO and team quotas without an enterprise license.

Look elsewhere if

  • You want a personal desktop app: AnythingLLM or Jan.
  • You need company-wide search across dozens of SaaS tools: Onyx.

Before you adopt it

DocsGPT is MIT-licensed, including SSO, teams and quotas, and Arc53 offers a hosted cloud as an option. A self-hosted setup with Docker runs about six services, including Redis and PostgreSQL.

Drafted with AI from the project's README and repository data, then checked against that data on 30 October 2026. Report a correction

DocsGPT health: is it still maintained?

84 of 100, actively developed

  • Activity
    2,592 commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 31 October 2026.
    30 / 30
  • Contributors
    5 people wrote the latest 100 commits; the most active wrote 96% of them.
    10 / 20
  • Releases
    13 releases in the last 12 months; the latest, 1.1.0, on 25 October 2026.
    19 / 20
  • Replies to issues
    Maintainers answered 100% of recent issues, with a median first reply after 0 hours.
    20 / 20
  • Security practices
    No OpenSSF Scorecard for this repository yet, so this part gets a neutral score.
    5 / 10

Read from GitHub on 1 November 2026. How the score works

DocsGPT license: is it open source?

DocsGPT uses MIT, an open-source license approved by the OSI.

  1. February 2023First published on GitHub.
  2. TodayMIT.

How to run DocsGPT yourself

Docker
Dockerfile or compose file in the repository
Compose file
deployment/docker-compose.yaml: 6 services (redis, postgres)
Setup effort
3 of 5, judged from the compose file
Kubernetes
No Helm chart in the repository
Desktop and mobile
No app builds in GitHub releases
Interface languages
7 languages

Install instructions: app.docsgpt.cloud or the README on GitHub.

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Questions about DocsGPT

Is DocsGPT open source?

Yes. DocsGPT is published under MIT, an OSI-approved open-source license.

Is DocsGPT still maintained?

Its health score is 84 of 100 (actively developed). It had 2,592 commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 31 October 2026, and its latest release came out on 25 October 2026.

How do I run DocsGPT?

You can run it with Docker. The README on GitHub has the exact steps.

What are the alternatives to DocsGPT?

Close alternatives in the AI chat & local LLMs category include Onyx, GPT Researcher, Hermes Agent.