Onyx
Onyx is an open-source AI chat and enterprise search platform with RAG that works with every LLM. Bring your own model, connect your tools, and unify all your team's knowledge.
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Onyx (formerly Danswer) is an open-source GenAI platform that brings AI-powered chat and enterprise search to your organization. It connects to your existing tools and documents to provide accurate, source-backed answers using Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG).
With support for every major LLM and 40+ app connectors, Onyx lets teams self-host a private alternative to proprietary AI assistants. It includes features like custom AI agents, deep research, code interpreter, image generation, and role-based access control.
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