Danswer

Onyx (formerly Danswer) is an open-source enterprise AI assistant and knowledge search platform designed to help organizations securely access, search, and interact with information across documents, applications, and internal knowledge sources. Onyx combines enterprise search, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), and Large Language Models (LLMs) to deliver accurate, context-aware answers grounded in organizational data. It enables businesses to improve productivity, accelerate knowledge discovery, and provide AI-powered assistance while maintaining control over data, infrastructure, and deployment environments.

Key Features of Onyx (Danswer):

• Open-source enterprise AI assistant and knowledge discovery platform.
• Provides AI-powered chat and enterprise search across internal documents and business applications.
• Supports Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) for accurate, context-aware responses.
• Connects to popular knowledge sources such as Google Drive, SharePoint, Confluence, Slack, Microsoft 365, GitHub, Notion, and more.
• Supports multiple LLM providers including OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, and Ollama for local models.
• Enables secure, permission-aware access to organizational knowledge and information.
• Offers customizable AI assistants tailored to teams, departments, and business functions.
• Provides document indexing, semantic search, citation-based answers, and knowledge retrieval capabilities.
• Supports user authentication, access controls, role management, and audit-friendly deployments.
• Can be deployed on-premises, in private cloud environments, or public cloud infrastructure.
• Supports Docker, Kubernetes, Linux servers, virtual machines, and enterprise deployment architectures.
• Designed for organizations seeking secure AI adoption, enterprise search, and workplace productivity enhancement.
• Suitable for IT teams, knowledge workers, developers, support teams, operations teams, and enterprise users.
• Compatible with self-hosted AI deployments and local LLM inference using Ollama.

Onyx (Danswer) Usage:

$ sudo su
$ cd /onyx

# Check Running Containers
$ docker ps

# View Onyx Version
$ git describe --tags

# Check Docker Images
$ docker images | grep onyx

# Restart Onyx Services
$ docker compose -f deployment/docker_compose/docker-compose.yml restart

# Verify OpenSearch Service
$ docker logs onyx-opensearch-1 --tail 50

# Start Onyx Stack
$ docker compose -f deployment/docker_compose/docker-compose.yml up -d

Acces Danswer(onyx) on Browser
http://YOUR-SERVER-IP:3000

# Get Signin Credentials:
$ cat/var/danswer/credentials.txt

  

Disclaimer:
Onyx (formerly Danswer) is an open-source software project developed and maintained by the Onyx community and contributors. Onyx and related trademarks belong to their respective owners. This software is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any AI model provider, cloud platform vendor, operating system vendor, or third-party application provider mentioned for compatibility, integration, or deployment purposes. Organizations are responsible for configuring security, access controls, compliance requirements, and AI model integrations according to their operational and regulatory needs.