cabinetai/cabinet

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2850 stars · 297 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Cabinet is an AI-first knowledge base and 'startup OS' where all data lives as markdown files on disk with no database or vendor lock-in. It provides AI workspaces and agents with memory, bootstrapped via an npx CLI and an onboarding wizard that builds a custom AI team.

Use cases

• self-host an AI knowledge base with markdown files on disk
• build a custom AI team of agents with memory
• manage startup knowledge without a database or vendor lock-in
• run an AI workspace locally where data never leaves my machine
• quickly scaffold an AI-first workspace with npx
• give AI agents access to my local notes and documents

When to choose

• you want a local-first, self-hosted AI knowledge base with plain markdown files
• you want AI agents with persistent memory over your own documents
• you value no vendor lock-in and MIT-licensed open source
• you want a fast npx-based setup with onboarding

When to avoid

• you need a managed cloud solution with multi-user collaboration out of the box
• you require a database-backed knowledge base with advanced query features
• you need a mature, battle-tested product rather than an early-stage project
• you don't want to run Node.js locally

Facets

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agent-framework rag chatbot self-hosted markdown cli developer-tools artificial-intelligence developer-tools self-hosted cross-platform self-hosted cli knowledge-base startup-os markdown-files ai-workspaces agents-with-memory local-first no-database ai-agents knowledge-management nodejs

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