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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.

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Still maintained? Yes: 1,769 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v5.0.1 (Oct 2026).

Docker #7 of 14 in Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI)

At a glance

Onyx Community Edition quick facts

Health score
98/100 GOOD
Stars
33,098
Last commit
today (Oct 2026)
Latest release
v5.0.1, Oct 2026
Licence
MIT
View onyx-dot-app/onyx on GitHub ↗ Website ↗

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In its own words

The project's README opens: "Onyx is the knowledge/context layer for your team and AI agents."

Why it ranks here

Health score explained

Onyx Community Edition scores 98/100, #7 of 14 in Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI): 1,769 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v5.0.1, 4 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 33,098 stars add 18.1 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 1.9 more points.

Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.

  • Commit activity 35.0 / 35

    1769 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)

  • Release recency 25.0 / 25

    v5.0.1 released 4 days ago

  • Stars biggest shortfall 18.1 / 20

    33k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)

  • Not archived 10.0 / 10

    Repository is active

  • Docker support 10.0 / 10

    Docker image or Compose file available

Commit activity

6592 commits over the last 12 months
1769
Last 90 days
6,592
Last 12 months
today
Last push

Ranked #7 of 14 tools in Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) by health , between LocalAI (#6) and Local Deep Research (#8) .

Details

LicenceMIT
PlatformsDocker, K8S
Latest releasev5.0.1 · 4 days ago
Stars33,098
Open issues181
DockerYes
Repositoryonyx-dot-app/onyx ↗
Visit website ↗ Source code ↗

Onyx Community Edition vs its top 5 alternatives

Active tools that share a category with Onyx Community Edition (Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI)), scored on the same five terms.

Tool Health Stars Licence Last commit
LobeHub 100 84k ⊘ Proprietary today
Ollama 100 185k MIT today
AnythingLLM 99 68k MIT today
Onyx Community Edition (this tool) 98 33k MIT today
Local Deep Research 96 9.4k MIT today
Khoj 64 38k AGPL-3.0 3 months ago

Onyx Community Edition: common questions

Is Onyx Community Edition still maintained?

Onyx Community Edition had 1,769 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, v5.0.1, is from 4 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.