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Danswer

Enterprise knowledge management tool connecting to data sources with AI-powered search and answer generation offline.

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Overview

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Enterprise knowledge management tool connecting to data sources with AI-powered search and answer generation offline.

Technical

Enterprise knowledge management tool connecting to data sources with AI-powered search and answer generation offline.

Technical scorecard

License MIT
Commercial use Yes
OpenAI-compatible API No
REST API No
Fine-tuning support No
Quantization support No
Docker available No
GUI / no-code available No
Telemetry None
Offline after setup Yes

Data & Privacy

Does it send data online?

After setup, this listing is marked as usable offline. Confirm network behavior against the upstream project before regulated deployment.

Does it store history?

Not verified in this directory yet. Review the upstream docs for persistence, logs, and workspace storage.

License checks?

Commercial use is marked as allowed or likely allowed by the listed license.

Telemetry?

None

Last verified: May 14, 2026. Maintainer verification should be treated as directory guidance, not legal advice.

Setup & Installation

Medium

A developer can usually get this running with standard docs.

Prerequisites

Python, TypeScript / JavaScript, Docker, Kubernetes 

# Start with the official project documentation
# https://github.com/danswer-ai/danswer

Hardware Requirements

RAM8 GB minimum / 16 GB recommended
Hardware tagsCPU Only
Model formatsNot specified
Primary languagePython, TypeScript / JavaScript

Works Well With

Open WebUI User-friendly AI Interface (Supports Ollama, OpenAI API, ...). GPT4All GPT4All: Run Local LLMs on Any Device. Open-source and available for commercial use. LobeChat LobeHub organizes your agents into 7×24 operation. It hires, schedules, reports on your entire AI team. You stay in charge — without staying online. AnythingLLM The all-in-one AI productivity accelerator. On device and privacy first with no annoying setup or configuration.
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