DocsGPT

by Arc53AppResearch something

Turns your files and sites into an AI assistant that answers with its sources

The problem it solves

A colleague asks for the third time this week where the refund rule is written, and you go digging through the same handbook again.

For Teams with internal docsSupport teamsProduct builders

Before: You search folders and PDFs by hand, then copy the answer and the page number into a reply.
After: You ask in plain words and get an answer with the documents it came from, in the web app, a website widget or your chat app.

Stars: ★ 18k
License: MIT
Cost: Free
Platforms: Mac · Win · Linux · Web
Runs: Local · Self-hosted · Cloud

Screenshots

From the project's own repository · 4 images, swipe or use the arrows.

The DocsGPT chat widget on a demo support page, answering a question and citing the product handbook — Image: Arc53 (MIT). Original file

Creating a new agent in DocsGPT with a name, a knowledge source, a tool, a prompt and a model — Image: Arc53 (MIT). Original file

Overview

DocsGPT is an open source app that builds AI assistants from your own documents. You add PDFs, Office files, web pages or connected apps such as Google Drive and Confluence, then ask questions and get answers that cite the documents they came from. You can also build agents and visual workflows and put an assistant on a website as a chat widget. It suits teams and individuals who want answers from their own material, on DocsGPT Cloud or on their own computer or server.

Answers cite the documents they came from, and the whole app, team features included, is MIT licensed and can run on your own machine.

Try these first

Start with the first one: it is a small task you can check easily.

Upload [a short PDF] and ask: where does it say [a fact you know]? Show the source.First try · read-only
Create an agent called [Support helper] that answers only from the [Product handbook] knowledge.
Connect [a Google Drive folder] and sync it into Knowledge once a day.connects an account
Add the chat widget to [your site's support page] so visitors can ask questions.public on your site

Example prompts written by Agent Flows Hub.

Features

From the creator's documentation.

Feature	What it does	Runs
Answers with sources	Each answer cites the documents it came from	Your install or Cloud
Knowledge	PDFs, Office files, web pages and audio, kept in sync from Google Drive, SharePoint, Confluence, GitHub and others	Connected services
Agents and workflows	Agents with their own prompt, knowledge and tools, chained in a drag-and-drop builder	Your install or Cloud
Any model	OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and others, or local models through Ollama	Provider API or local
Widget, API and MCP	Put an agent on a website, call it through an API, or search it from an MCP client	Your site and apps
Schedules	Run agents on a timer or when another system sends a webhook	Your install or Cloud

Good to know

You have a handbook, a folder of PDFs or a docs site and want people to ask questions about it. DocsGPT ingests the material, answers with citations and can publish the assistant as a web chat, website widget, API or MCP server.

Limits

Self-hosting keeps the app and your files in your own environment, but a cloud model provider sits outside it and receives what the app sends it. Choose local models to keep everything in-house.
The project asks you to read its security checklist before making a self-hosted install reachable beyond your own machine.

Notes by Agent Flows Hub (original project name: DocsGPT), written from the creator's documentation, not from running it ourselves. DocsGPT quickstart · DocsGPT README

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How to start

Install itPaste the install request into an AI agent you already use, or run the official command yourself or follow the official guide.macOS, Linuxcurl -fsSL https://docs.ac/install | bash
Windowsirm https://docs.ac/install.ps1 | iex
Open itFollow the first-run steps in the app.
Give it a first taskUpload one short PDF you know well and ask a question whose answer is on a specific page. Check that the cited source matches that page.

Steps follow the creator's instructions. The request tells your agent to read them first and wait for your OK.

Before you start

A computer with macOS, Windows, Linux or a web browser.
Docker; on Linux the installer offers to install it
A model: the free DocsGPT public API, your own API key, or local models through Ollama
Optional: a DocsGPT Cloud account to try it in the browser instead
Free. Nothing to pay.

Details

Made by: Arc53
License: MIT Terms
Platforms: macOS, Windows, Linux, Web
Runs on: Your computer, Self-hosted server, Cloud

View source Official docs Report a problem

For AI agents

This page as a Markdown install brief:

/en/library/docsgpt/install.md

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