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MaxKB vs BISHENG: catalog facts
MaxKB	BISHENG
Free Free and open source to self-host.	Free Free to self-host from the GitHub repository.
Web, Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Self-hosted, so documents stay on your own server Combines RAG knowledge bases with agent building	Workflows, RAG and agents in one platform Model management, evaluation and fine-tuning included
Needs a server and a language model to run Aimed at organisations, more than individuals	Heavy platform that takes effort to deploy and run Much of the community material is in Chinese
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 26, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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