Difylanggenius/dify
Build, run and monitor LLM apps and agent workflowsPersonalEnterpriseAgents & frameworksRAG & vector DBsWebDocker / self-host★ 158kcommit 14 hours agolive demo85worth
Open-source alternatives to MaxKB
24 projects in the catalog share a category with MaxKB (Agents & frameworks or RAG & vector DBs). They are ranked by how closely their categories, platforms and GitHub topics match, then by worth score. Of these, 20 run with Docker, 21 have a permissive license and 24 had a commit in the last 90 days.
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| Project | Runs on | Self-host with Docker | License | Stars | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MaxKB (this project) | Docker / self-host | Yes | GPL-3.0 | 23k | |
| Dify | Web, Docker / self-host | Yes | Custom (read before use) | 158k | |
| gpt-researcher | Web, Docker / self-host, Library / SDK | Yes | Apache-2.0 | 30k | |
| DocsGPT | Docker / self-host | Yes | MIT | 18k | |
| Local Deep Research | Docker / self-host | Yes | MIT | 9.1k | |
| BISHENG | Docker / self-host | Yes | Apache-2.0 | 12k | |
| LlamaIndex | Library / SDK | Not listed | MIT | 52k | |
| Haystack | Library / SDK | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 27k | |
| LangChain4j | Library / SDK | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 13k | |
| DeepSearcher | Library / SDK | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 8.3k | |
| OpenClaw | Docker / self-host, Desktop, CLI | Yes | MIT | 391k | |
| Paperclip | Web, Docker / self-host | Yes | MIT | 96k | |
| Crawl4AI | Docker / self-host, Library / SDK | Yes | Apache-2.0 | 85k | |
| RAGFlow | Docker / self-host | Yes | Apache-2.0 | 92k | |
| nanobot | Web, Docker / self-host, CLI | Yes | MIT | 49k | |
| Hermes Agent | Docker / self-host, CLI | Yes | MIT | 251k | |
| QwenPaw | Docker / self-host, Desktop | Yes | Apache-2.0 | 35k | |
| LightRAG | Docker / self-host, Library / SDK | Yes | MIT | 40k | |
| Langflow | Web, Docker / self-host | Yes | MIT | 155k | |
| DeerFlow | Web, Docker / self-host | Yes | MIT | 83k | |
| Open Notebook | Web, Docker / self-host | Yes | MIT | 40k | |
| AnythingLLM | Docker / self-host, Desktop | Yes | MIT | 67k | |
| Mem0 | Docker / self-host, Library / SDK | Yes | Apache-2.0 | 66k | |
| Skyvern | Docker / self-host | Yes | AGPL-3.0 | 23k | |
| OpenHands | Web, Docker / self-host, CLI | Yes | MIT | 90k |
Self-hosted Docker apps (20)
gpt-researcherassafelovic/gpt-researcher
Autonomous deep research agent for web and local documentsPersonalAgent skillsAgents & frameworksMCP serversRAG & vector DBsWeb★ 30kApache-2.0commit 7 days ago85worth
DocsGPTarc53/DocsGPT
Private AI platform for agents and searchEnterpriseAgents & frameworksRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-host★ 18kMITcommit 22 hours ago79worth
Local Deep ResearchLearningCircuit/local-deep-research
Deep research with local or cloud LLMsPersonalAgents & frameworksRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-host★ 9.1kMITcommit 18 hours ago78worth
BISHENGdataelement/bisheng
LLM DevOps platform for enterprise AIEnterpriseAgents & frameworksRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-host★ 12kApache-2.0commit last week77worth
OpenClawopenclaw/openclaw
Personal AI assistant that acts on your behalf across appsPersonalEnterpriseAgents & frameworksDocker / self-hostDesktopCLI★ 391kMITcommit 13 hours ago90worth
Paperclippaperclipai/paperclip
Manage teams of AI agents at workEnterpriseAgents & frameworksWebDocker / self-host★ 96kMITcommit 13 hours ago89worth
Crawl4AIunclecode/crawl4ai
Web crawler that turns sites into LLM-ready MarkdownPersonalEnterpriseRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-hostLibrary / SDK★ 85kApache-2.0commit last week88worth
RAGFlowinfiniflow/ragflow
RAG engine built on deep document understandingEnterpriseRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-host★ 92kApache-2.0commit yesterday87worth
nanobotHKUDS/nanobot
Ultra-light self-hosted personal AI agentPersonalAgents & frameworksWebDocker / self-hostCLI★ 49kMITcommit 23 hours ago87worth
Hermes AgentNousResearch/hermes-agent
Self-improving personal agent from Nous ResearchPersonalEnterpriseAgents & frameworksDocker / self-hostCLI★ 251kMITcommit 13 hours ago86worth
QwenPawagentscope-ai/QwenPaw
Personal AI assistant you can self-hostPersonalAgents & frameworksDocker / self-hostDesktop★ 35kApache-2.0commit 3 days ago86worth
LightRAGHKUDS/LightRAG
Simple and fast graph-based RAGPersonalEnterpriseRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-hostLibrary / SDK★ 40kMITcommit last week86worth
Langflowlangflow-ai/langflow
Visual framework for building AI agents and workflowsPersonalEnterpriseAgents & frameworksWebDocker / self-host★ 155kMITcommit 2 days ago85worth
DeerFlowbytedance/deer-flow
Long-horizon super agent that researches, codes and createsPersonalEnterpriseAgents & frameworksWebDocker / self-host★ 83kMITcommit 13 hours ago85worth
Open Notebooklfnovo/open-notebook
Open-source NotebookLM alternativePersonalNotes & docsRAG & vector DBsWebDocker / self-host★ 40kMITcommit 14 hours ago85worth
AnythingLLMMintplex-Labs/anything-llm
Chat with your documents using any LLMPersonalEnterpriseChat UIsRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-hostDesktop★ 67kMITcommit 19 hours ago84worth
Mem0mem0ai/mem0
Memory layer for AI agentsPersonalEnterpriseAgents & frameworksDocker / self-hostLibrary / SDK★ 66kApache-2.0commit 2 days ago84worth
SkyvernSkyvern-AI/skyvern
Automate browser workflows with AIPersonalEnterpriseAgents & frameworksAutomationDocker / self-host★ 23kAGPL-3.0commit 13 hours ago84worth
OpenHandsOpenHands/OpenHands
AI software engineering agent platformPersonalEnterpriseAgents & frameworksCoding assistantsWebDocker / self-host★ 90kMITcommit 21 hours ago83worth
Libraries & SDKs (4)
LlamaIndexrun-llama/llama_index
Data framework for LLM applications and agentsEnterpriseAgents & frameworksRAG & vector DBsLibrary / SDK★ 52kMITcommit 2 days ago85worth
Haystackdeepset-ai/haystack
AI orchestration for production LLM appsEnterpriseAgents & frameworksRAG & vector DBsLibrary / SDK★ 27kApache-2.0commit yesterday81worth
LangChain4jlangchain4j/langchain4j
LLM apps on the JVMEnterpriseAgents & frameworksRAG & vector DBsLibrary / SDK★ 13kApache-2.0commit yesterday80worth
DeepSearcherzilliztech/deep-searcher
Deep research on private dataPersonalEnterpriseAgents & frameworksRAG & vector DBsLibrary / SDK★ 8.3kApache-2.0commit 2 weeks ago67worth