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Sync anything to Open WebUI Knowledge Bases

Project description

📚 oikb

Keep your Open WebUI Knowledge Bases in sync. Point it at a local directory, a GitHub repo, a Confluence space, an S3 bucket, or any of 44 supported sources. Only new and modified files are uploaded via incremental SHA-256 diffing.

[!IMPORTANT] Requires Open WebUI 0.9.6+

Quick Start

pip install oikb

export OPEN_WEBUI_URL=http://localhost:3000
export OPEN_WEBUI_API_KEY=sk-your-api-key

# Sync a directory
oikb sync ./docs --kb-id your-kb-id

# Sync a GitHub repo
oikb sync github:owner/repo --kb-id your-kb-id

# Preview first (no upload)
oikb sync ./docs --kb-id your-kb-id --dry-run

For multi-source, scheduled sync, or daemon mode — run oikb init to generate a .oikb.yaml config file, then oikb daemon.

📖 Full Guide — installation, connectors, daemon, enterprise features, deployment, troubleshooting.

Commands

Command Description
oikb init Generate .oikb.yaml interactively
oikb sync <source> Incremental sync to a Knowledge Base
oikb watch <dir> Watch for changes and auto-sync
oikb daemon Long-lived scheduler with HTTP API
oikb diff <source> Preview what a sync would do
oikb validate Validate .oikb.yaml without running
oikb history View sync history
oikb ls List files in a Knowledge Base
oikb status Show KB info and file count
oikb reset Delete all files in a Knowledge Base
oikb config Manage saved URL and API key

Daemon

Run oikb daemon for production deployments. Reads .oikb.yaml and syncs each source on a schedule.

oikb daemon --port 8080

Features:

  • Scheduled sync — simple intervals (30m, 1h) or cron expressions (0 6 * * 1-5)
  • Webhooks — instant sync on push via /webhooks/github, /webhooks/gitlab, /webhooks/slack, /webhooks/confluence
  • Health checksGET /health for Docker/K8s readiness probes
  • Prometheus metricsGET /metrics exports sync counters, duration histograms, and error rates
  • Sync historyGET /history queryable log of all syncs
  • On-demand syncPOST /sync/{identifier} trigger by name or kb-id
  • Failure notifications — webhook POST on sync errors, compatible with Slack, PagerDuty, Opsgenie
  • API key auth — set OIKB_API_KEY to secure endpoints (Docker secrets _FILE supported)
  • OpenAPI tool server — add http://oikb:8080 as a Tool Server in Open WebUI (Settings → Connections) and let the LLM trigger syncs, check status, and query history
# .oikb.yaml
defaults:
  interval: 1h
  concurrency: 4
  filter:
    max-size: 50mb
  notify:
    url: https://hooks.slack.com/services/T.../B.../xxx
    on: error

sources:
  - name: wiki
    source: github:owner/repo
    kb-id: 8f3a2b1c-...
    webhook: true

  - name: handbook
    source: confluence:ENG
    kb-id: 4e7d9a0f-...
    interval: "0 6 * * 1-5"   # overrides default
oikb sync --name wiki          # CLI: sync a specific entry
curl -X POST /sync/wiki        # API: trigger by name
curl -X POST /sync/8f3a2b1c-.. # API: trigger by kb-id

Docker

docker run -d \
  -e OPEN_WEBUI_URL=http://open-webui:8080 \
  -e OPEN_WEBUI_API_KEY=sk-... \
  -e OIKB_API_KEY=your-daemon-key \
  -e LOG_FORMAT=json \
  -v ./.oikb.yaml:/app/.oikb.yaml:ro \
  -p 8080:8080 \
  ghcr.io/open-webui/oikb:latest daemon

Docker Compose

services:
  open-webui:
    image: ghcr.io/open-webui/open-webui:main
    ports:
      - "3000:8080"

  oikb:
    image: ghcr.io/open-webui/oikb:latest
    environment:
      - OPEN_WEBUI_URL=http://open-webui:8080
      - OPEN_WEBUI_API_KEY=${OPEN_WEBUI_API_KEY}
      - OIKB_API_KEY=${OIKB_API_KEY}
      - LOG_FORMAT=json
    volumes:
      - ./.oikb.yaml:/app/.oikb.yaml:ro
    command: daemon
    ports:
      - "8080:8080"
    depends_on:
      - open-webui
    restart: unless-stopped
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD", "curl", "-f", "http://localhost:8080/health/ready"]
      interval: 30s
      timeout: 5s

44 Connectors

Category Sources
Code Repos GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket
Cloud Storage S3, GCS, Azure Blob, Dropbox, R2, Google Drive, SharePoint, Egnyte, Oracle Cloud
Wikis & KBs Confluence, Notion, BookStack, Discourse, GitBook, Guru, Outline, Slab, Document360, DokuWiki, Google Sites
Ticketing Jira, Linear, Zendesk, Freshdesk, Asana, ClickUp, Airtable, ServiceNow, ProductBoard
Messaging Slack, Discord, Microsoft Teams, Gmail, Zulip
Meetings Gong, Fireflies
Forums XenForo
Sales & CRM Salesforce, HubSpot
Web Website / Sitemap crawler
oikb sync github:owner/repo --kb-id your-kb-id
oikb sync confluence:ENG --kb-id your-kb-id
oikb sync s3://bucket/prefix --kb-id your-kb-id
oikb sync servicenow:incident --kb-id your-kb-id

Some connectors need an optional extra: pip install oikb[gdrive], pip install oikb[s3], or pip install oikb[all] for everything.

Filters

Narrow what gets synced with include/exclude globs and size limits:

sources:
  - name: docs
    source: github:owner/repo
    kb-id: 4e7d9a0f-...
    filter:
      include: ["docs/**/*.md", "*.txt"]
      exclude: ["drafts/**"]
      max-size: 50mb

To split a single source across multiple Knowledge Bases, use separate entries:

sources:
  - name: wiki-docs
    source: github:owner/repo
    kb-id: abc123-...
    filter:
      include: ["docs/**/*.md"]

  - name: wiki-code
    source: github:owner/repo
    kb-id: def456-...
    filter:
      include: ["src/**"]

Configuration

Resolved in order (highest priority wins):

  1. CLI flags (--url, --token)
  2. Environment variables (OPEN_WEBUI_URL, OPEN_WEBUI_API_KEY)
  3. Config file (~/.config/oikb/config.yaml)

All string values in .oikb.yaml support ${VAR} and ${VAR:-default} interpolation:

sources:
  - name: docs
    source: github:${GITHUB_ORG}/docs
    kb-id: ${KB_DOCS_ID}
    token: ${GITHUB_TOKEN}
    notify:
      url: ${SLACK_WEBHOOK:-https://hooks.slack.com/default}

History

oikb history                    # Table view
oikb history --json             # JSON output
oikb history --errors           # Failed syncs only
oikb history --clear --days 7   # Prune old entries

GitHub Actions

- name: Sync docs to Open WebUI
  uses: docker://ghcr.io/open-webui/oikb:latest
  with:
    args: sync /github/workspace/docs --kb-id ${{ secrets.KB_ID }}
  env:
    OPEN_WEBUI_URL: ${{ secrets.OPEN_WEBUI_URL }}
    OPEN_WEBUI_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.OPEN_WEBUI_API_KEY }}

How It Works

  1. Scan source, compute checksums
  2. Send manifest to Open WebUI /sync/diff
  3. Delete stale files, create missing directories
  4. Upload only new and modified files

License

MIT. See LICENSE for details.

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