# cabinetai/cabinet

AI-first knowledge base and startup OS

Repository: https://github.com/cabinetai/cabinet
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/cabinet
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-25T17:52:55+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 81/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 99, longevity 10
- inputs: {"age_days": 152, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 8, "gap_med": 0, "n_releases_24m": 22}
- flags: young
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2850, forks 297 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:24.928037+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: agent-framework, rag, chatbot, self-hosted, markdown, cli, developer-tools
- domain: artificial-intelligence, developer-tools, self-hosted
- platform: cross-platform, self-hosted, cli
- tags: knowledge-base, startup-os, markdown-files, ai-workspaces, agents-with-memory, local-first, no-database, ai-agents, knowledge-management, nodejs

## Member repositories
- cabinetai/cabinet (main) score 81

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:24.928037+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:36:54.968888+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/cabinetai/cabinet (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:24.928037+00:00, sha 4a3b3af5a1fd)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.