OpenKB is an open-source command-line system designed to transform raw documents into a structured, interlinked wiki-style knowledge base using Large Language Models. Unlike traditional RAG systems that rediscover information with every query, OpenKB compiles knowledge once into a persistent format where summaries, concept pages, and cross-references are automatically maintained and updated.
Key features and capabilities include:
- Vectorless long document retrieval powered by PageIndex tree indexing.
- Native multi-modality for understanding figures, tables, and images.
- Broad format support including PDF, Word, Markdown, PowerPoint, HTML, and Excel.
- Automated wiki compilation that creates summaries and synthesizes concepts across documents.
- Interactive chat sessions with persisted history and Obsidian compatibility via wikilinks.
- Health check tools (linting) to identify contradictions, gaps, or stale content within the knowledge base.
Key features and capabilities include:
- Vectorless long document retrieval powered by PageIndex tree indexing.
- Native multi-modality for understanding figures, tables, and images.
- Broad format support including PDF, Word, Markdown, PowerPoint, HTML, and Excel.
- Automated wiki compilation that creates summaries and synthesizes concepts across documents.
- Interactive chat sessions with persisted history and Obsidian compatibility via wikilinks.
- Health check tools (linting) to identify contradictions, gaps, or stale content within the knowledge base.
This tutorial demonstrates how to construct a fully searchable, local AI knowledge base by integrating OpenKB with free Llama models accessed via OpenRouter. The workflow guides users through securely setting up an environment, initializing a structured wiki-style directory, and ingesting Markdown documents to automatically generate summaries, concept pages, and cross-linked relationships. Beyond simple data ingestion, the guide covers advanced features such as complex natural language querying, deep synthesis of information, health checks via "linting," programmatic analysis of knowledge graphs using Python, and incremental updates for expanding the corpus.
