kondoo 0.1.8

A flexible, self-hosted RAG chatbot framework for containerized deployments.

Kondoo 🦙

Kondoo is not just a chatbot; it is a framework for building autonomous digital minds. Its name is inspired by the word “condominium,” a system of independent dwellings that share the same structure. Similarly, Kondoo allows multiple bots to operate independently, each with its own personality and knowledge base, but sharing the same robust, containerized framework.

This project was born with a “self-hosted first” philosophy, giving you complete control over your data and the models you use, from a local tinyllama to cloud APIs such as Gemini.

Kondoo: Your knowledge, your rules, your assistants.

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🚀 Key Features

• Framework Agnostic: Not tied to a specific provider. Use an ANSWER_LLM_PROVIDER to choose your answer engine (Gemini, OpenAI, Ollama) and a KNOWLEDGE_PROVIDER for your embeddings (Ollama, local, OpenAI).
• Containerized by Design: Built on Podman and compose, ensuring maximum portability and clean, repeatable deployment.
• Self-Hosted First: Designed to run 100% locally, using Ollama for both embeddings and response generation, giving you full control and privacy.
• Extensible: The src/ structure makes it an installable Python package, ready to be imported into larger projects.
• Decoupled Identity: Separates the bot's identity (persona.yaml) from its behavioral rules (behavior.txt), allowing for scalable management of multiple bots with standardized service quality.

🏛️ Project Structure

Kondoo is structured as a Python framework, separating reusable code from implementation examples:

• src/kondoo/: The source code for the kondoo framework (installable via pip).
• example/example_bot/: A complete and functional example bot that shows how to use the framework. This is your starting point.
• pyproject.toml: Defines the project and all its dependencies.
• .env.example: A universal template with all available environment variables.

⚡ Quickstart Guide

Try Kondoo in 5 minutes using the sample bot.

1. Prerequisites

• Podman and podman-compose.
• Python 3.9+
• Your own Ollama service (local or remote) or an API Key (e.g., Google Gemini).
• SynapsIA to create the knowledge base.

2. Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/sysadminctl-services/kondoo.git
cd kondoo

3. Set Up the Example Bot

Copy the configuration template to the example bot directory:

cp .env.example example/example_bot/.env

Edit the .env file and fill in the variables. For a 100% local test with Ollama:

# example/example_bot/.env
ANSWER_LLM_PROVIDER=ollama_compatible
KNOWLEDGE_PROVIDER=ollama

LLM_MODEL_NAME="tinyllama"
LLM_BASE_URL="http://host.containers.internal:11434/v1"

EMBEDDING_MODEL_NAME="mxbai-embed-large"
OLLAMA_BASE_URL="http://host.containers.internal:11434"

BOT_PERSONA_FILE=/app/persona.yaml
BOT_BEHAVIOR_FILE=/app/behavior.txt

4. Create the Knowledge Base

Create the directories for the documents and the knowledge base:

cd example/example_bot
mkdir -p docs knowledge

1. Define Identity: Edit persona.yaml to define the bot's name and role.

2. Define Behavior: Edit behavior.txt to set the interaction rules.

3. Create Documents: Add your source files to the docs/ folder.

echo "Kondoo is a RAG chatbot framework created by sysadminctl.services." > docs/info.txt

4. Ingest Knowledge: Use the installed synapsia command:

synapsia --docs ./docs/ --knowledge ./knowledge/

5. Launch the Container

Return to the bot directory and run podman-compose:

# While in example/example_bot/
podman-compose up --build

6. Test the Bot

Open a new terminal and send a query using curl:

curl -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query": "What is Kondoo?"}' \
  http://localhost:5000/query

You should receive a JSON response generated by your local tinyllama.

⚙️ Configuration (.env)

All configuration variables are documented in the .env.example file. Variables are loaded from .env in your bot's directory (e.g., example/example_bot/.env).

1. Provider Selection

These variables act as "switches" to choose which services to use.

• ANSWER_LLM_PROVIDER: Choose your response (LLM) engine.
  • gemini: (Cloud) Google Gemini (requires LLM_API_KEY).
  • openai: (Cloud) OpenAI (requires LLM_API_KEY).
  • ollama_compatible: (Self-Hosted) Any OpenAI-compatible API, like Ollama (requires LLM_BASE_URL and LLM_MODEL_NAME).
• KNOWLEDGE_PROVIDER: Choose your embeddings (knowledge) engine.
  • ollama: (Self-Hosted) Use an Ollama service (requires OLLAMA_BASE_URL and EMBEDDING_MODEL_NAME).
  • local: (Local) Use a HuggingFace model on the CPU/GPU (requires EMBEDDING_MODEL_NAME).
  • openai: (Cloud) Use OpenAI's embeddings API (requires LLM_API_KEY).

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2. Provider-Specific Settings

These are the "control knobs" required by the providers you selected above.

Answer Engine (LLM) Settings

• LLM_API_KEY:
  • Required by: gemini, openai.
  • Description: Your secret API key for the chosen cloud service.
• LLM_MODEL_NAME:
  • Required by: gemini, openai, ollama_compatible.
  • Description: The specific model name to use for generating answers.
  • Examples: models/gemini-1.5-flash, gpt-4o, tinyllama.
• LLM_BASE_URL:
  • Required by: ollama_compatible.
  • Description: The full base URL of your self-hosted LLM's OpenAI-compatible API.
  • Example (Ollama): http://host.containers.internal:11434/v1

Knowledge (Embedding) Settings

• EMBEDDING_MODEL_NAME:
  • Required by: ollama, local, openai.
  • Description: The specific model name to use for embeddings.
  • Examples: mxbai-embed-large, nomic-embed-text.
• OLLAMA_BASE_URL:
  • Required by: ollama (provider).
  • Description: The base URL of your Ollama service (the non-/v1 endpoint).
  • Example: http://host.containers.internal:11434

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3. Bot Configuration

These variables control the bot's identity and data paths.

• BOT_PERSONA_FILE:
  • Description: Path to the YAML file defining the specific identity (Name, Role, Tone).
  • Default: /app/persona.yaml.
• BOT_BEHAVIOR_FILE:
  • Description: Path to the TXT or Markdown file defining global interaction rules.
  • Default: /app/behavior.txt.
• KNOWLEDGE_DIR:
  • Description: The path where the bot will load its knowledge base from.
  • Default: /app/knowledge.

⚖️ License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for more details.