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Onyx Community Edition

Chat UI that works with any LLM. It comes loaded with advanced features like agents, web search, RAG, MCP, deep research, Connectors to 40+ knowledge sources, and more.

github.com/onyx-dot-app/onyx

GitHub stats

GitHub stars
32,332
Forks
4,527
Open issues
162
Commits, last 12 months
5,771
Last commit
Oct 6, 2026
Latest release
v4.8.4Oct 2, 2026
Created
Apr 27, 2023

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About Onyx Community Edition

Chat UI that works with any LLM. It comes loaded with advanced features like agents, web search, RAG, MCP, deep research, Connectors to 40+ knowledge sources, and more. Onyx Community Edition is open source under the MIT license and written mainly in Python, so you can read the code, run it on your own hardware and keep full control of your data.

The project has 32,332 stars and 4,527 forks on GitHub, with 5,771 commits over the last year. It ships a Docker image, which makes it a good fit for a small VPS or a home server running Docker Compose.

Topics

  • enterprise-search
  • rag
  • ai-chat
  • chatgpt
  • gen-ai
  • nextjs
  • python
  • information-retrieval
  • ai
  • llm

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FAQ

Onyx Community Edition FAQ

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What is Onyx Community Edition?

Onyx Community Edition is a free, open-source app you can host on your own server, listed in our AI & LLM Tools category. Chat UI that works with any LLM. It comes loaded with advanced features like agents, web search, RAG, MCP, deep research, Connectors to 40+ knowledge sources, and more. The source code lives at github.com/onyx-dot-app/onyx, where it has 32,332 stars.

Is Onyx Community Edition free and open source?

Yes. Onyx Community Edition is open-source software released under the MIT license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.

Can I run Onyx Community Edition with Docker?

Yes. Onyx Community Edition provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. The project README lists the image name and the environment variables to set.

What are the best alternatives to Onyx Community Edition?

Popular open-source alternatives to Onyx Community Edition include Ollama, Stable Diffusion WebUI and Langflow.

Is Onyx Community Edition actively maintained?

The most recent commit to Onyx Community Edition was on Oct 6, 2026 with 5,771 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v4.8.4, published Oct 2, 2026. Check the open issues on GitHub to gauge how quickly maintainers respond.