Onyx vs Pi

Comparing two open source alternatives to Claude . Use the comparison below to decide which one fits your needs.

Onyx

Open-source AI chat and enterprise search platform with RAG that works with every LLM.

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Pi

MIT

Open-source AI agent toolkit with an interactive coding agent CLI, unified multi-provider LLM API, and TUI libraries.

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Side-by-side comparison

	Onyx	Pi
License	—	MIT
Self-hostable	Yes	Yes
GitHub Stars	30,851	70,132
Forks	4,241	8,643
Open Issues	473	69
Last Commit	Jul 13, 2026	Jul 11, 2026
First Released	Apr 27, 2023	Aug 9, 2025
Categories	AI Chat Knowledge Management Tools Search Tools	AI Coding Agents
Tags	#ai #chatbot #LLM #rag #search engine	#ai #ai agent #agents #cli #LLM

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