n8n-io/self-hosted-ai-starter-kit
The Self-hosted AI Starter Kit is an open-source template that quickly sets up a local AI environment. Curated by n8n, it provides essential tools for creating secure, self-hosted AI workflows.
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Self-hosted AI Starter Kit is an open-source Docker Compose template designed to swiftly initialize a comprehensive local AI and low-code development environment. Curated by , it combines the self-hosted n8n platform with a curated list of compatible AI products and components to quickly get started with building self-hosted AI workflows. ✅ Self-hosted n8n - Low-code platform with over 400 integrations and advanced AI components ✅ Ollama - Cross-platform LLM platform to install and run the latest local LLMs ✅ Qdrant - Open-source, high performance vector store with an comprehensive API ✅ PostgreSQL - Workhorse of the Data Engineering world, handles large amounts of data safely. ⭐️ AI Agents for scheduling appointments ⭐️ Summarize Company PDFs securely without data leaks ⭐️ Smarter Slack Bots for enhanced company communications and IT operations ⭐️ Private Financial Document Analysis at minimal cost If you’re using a Mac with an M1 or newer processor, you…
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- Self-hosted AI starter kit
- What’s included
- What you can build
- Installation
- Cloning the Repository
- Running n8n using Docker Compose
- For Nvidia GPU users
- For AMD GPU users on Linux
- For Mac / Apple Silicon users
- For Mac users running OLLAMA locally
- For everyone else
- ⚡️ Quick start and usage
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- Ollama Docker instructions
- AI Agent
- Text classifier
- Information Extractor
- Tutorial: Build an AI workflow in n8n
- Langchain Concepts in n8n
- Demonstration of key differences between agents and chains
- What are vector databases?
- Installing and using Local AI for n8n
- Chat with PDF docs using AI (quoting sources)
- Breakdown Documents into Study Notes with MistralAI and Qdrant
- Financial Documents Assistant using Qdrant and
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What this repository does
The Self-hosted AI Starter Kit is an open-source template that quickly sets up a local AI environment. Curated by n8n, it provides essential tools for creating secure, self-hosted AI workflows.
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- Owner
- n8n-io
- Primary language
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- Stars
- 15,317
- Forks
- 3,813
- Open issues + pull requests
- 6
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Archived
- No
- Default branch
- main
- Created
- 2024-02-23T13:56:32.000Z
- Last push
- 2026-10-12T08:50:13.000Z
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Owner-supplied topics: ai, ai-agents, low-code, self-hosted, starter-kit
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