📚 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 30+ 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 to a Knowledge Base
oikb sync ./docs --kb-id your-kb-id

# Or watch for changes and auto-sync continuously
oikb watch ./docs --kb-id your-kb-id

Or with Docker:

docker run --rm \
  -e OPEN_WEBUI_URL=http://host.docker.internal:3000 \
  -e OPEN_WEBUI_API_KEY=sk-your-key \
  -v ./docs:/data \
  ghcr.io/open-webui/oikb watch /data --kb-id your-kb-id

Commands

Command	Description
oikb sync <source>	Incremental sync to a Knowledge Base
oikb watch <source>	Watch for changes and auto-sync
oikb diff <source>	Preview what a sync would do
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

30+ Connectors

Beyond local directories, oikb can sync from remote sources using the same oikb sync <source> interface.

Category	Sources
Code Repos	GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket
Cloud Storage	S3, GCS, Azure Blob, Dropbox, R2, Google Drive, SharePoint
Wikis & KBs	Confluence, Notion, BookStack, Discourse, GitBook, Guru
Ticketing	Jira, Linear, Zendesk, Freshdesk, Asana, ClickUp, Airtable
Messaging	Slack, Discord, Microsoft Teams, Gmail
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 slack:C0123ABC --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.

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)

Multi-source (.oikb.yaml)

Define multiple sources in a single config file:

sync:
  - source: ./docs
    kb-id: project-docs
  - source: github:owner/wiki
    kb-id: team-wiki
    branch: main
  - source: confluence:ENG
    kb-id: eng-handbook

oikb sync              # Sync all entries
oikb sync --name docs  # Sync a specific entry

Docker Compose

Run as a sidecar alongside Open WebUI:

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}
    volumes:
      - ./docs:/data
    command: watch /data --kb-id ${KB_ID}
    depends_on:
      - open-webui
    restart: unless-stopped

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.