MaxKB

What is MaxKB?

MaxKB is an open-source enterprise-grade intelligent agent platform. It builds knowledge bases from documents and upgrades from basic RAG to workflow automation and full agents.

Key capabilities of MaxKB

• Knowledge base construction: Multiple document formats with automatic text splitting and vectorization.
• Zero-code embedding: Into websites, mobile apps and third-party systems.
• Workflow automation: Progressive upgrade from RAG to workflows.
• Agent functionality: Full agents on the same platform.
• Open APIs: Interfaces for business systems.
• Model support: DeepSeek, Qwen, OpenAI and Claude.

How MaxKB works

You upload documents, MaxKB splits and vectorizes the text, and a connected LLM answers from that knowledge base. You can then add workflows and agents and embed the result in WeChat Work, DingTalk, Feishu or a website with no code.

Who uses MaxKB?

Enterprises, especially in China, that want a self-hosted knowledge assistant. The vendor cites 20K+ GitHub stars and 500+ contributors.

MaxKB pricing

The Community edition is free and open source. A commercial edition exists for enterprise customers, and a trial is available on request. No commercial price is published.

MaxKB alternatives

FPT.AI and Zwiz.ai are commercial chatbot platforms and ChatGPT is a general assistant. MaxKB differs by being open source and self-hostable with Chinese office platform embedding.