Application
Apps & UIsRetrieval & Memory
MaxKB
1Open-source 2RAG 3platform 4for 5enterprise 6agents
the six Ws · specification
W1
Who
1Panel-dev, an open-source team, develops MaxKB.
W2
What
An open-source platform for building enterprise-grade RAG chatbots and agents with document ingestion and workflow orchestration.
W3
Where
Self-hosted via Docker on Linux servers, with a web-based admin UI.
W4
When
Launched in 2023 and under active development into 2026.
W5
Why
Helps enterprises reduce hallucinations and stand up knowledge-base Q&A, customer support, and research assistants quickly.
W6
With
Integrates with vector databases and pluggable LLM backends, and supports MCP tool use.
W7
Watch
Open-source (GPL-3.0 license) on GitHub, self-hosted, documents and embeddings stored on the deploying organization's own infrastructure.