nduckmink/arkon

What is it?

Key features

• 01Compiles documents into interlinked wiki pages with plan review before any write.
• 02Exposes wiki search, reading, source drill-down and draft-editing tools over MCP.
• 03Connects Claude Desktop and Claude.ai via OAuth 2.1 with PKCE sign-in.
• 04Isolates knowledge by department with role-based permissions and an audit log.
• 05Distributes versioned AI skill packages (.zip with SKILL.md) by department.
• 06Supports switching embedding models with online re-embedding.

Use cases

• Giving employees AI assistants that answer from company SOPs and policies.
• Keeping HR, Legal or Engineering knowledge visible only to the right departments.
• Maintaining a reviewed, version-tracked internal wiki that AI tools can query.
• Sharing standard agent skill packages across an organization.

Quick start

1. 1

   Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/nduckmink/arkon.git
2. 2

   Change into the project directory

   cd arkon
3. 3

   Create the environment file from the example and edit secrets

   cp .env.docker.example .env.docker
4. 4

   Launch the Docker containers

   docker compose --env-file .env.docker up -d --build

Things to know

• !Built for teams and organizations, not individual use.
• !Requires running 7 Docker containers and an API key from an AI provider.
• !License is PolyForm Internal Use: no offering Arkon as a service to third parties.
• !Enterprise support and custom integrations go through the maintainers.

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FAQ

What is arkon?

Self-hosted enterprise knowledge hub that compiles company docs into a wiki and serves it to Claude and other LLMs via an MCP server with department-scoped access. Arkon is a self-hosted knowledge management layer for organizations. It takes SOPs, policies and internal documents, compiles them through an ingestion pipeline (map, reduce, plan review, refine, verify, commit) into a wiki of interlinked pages, and exposes that wiki to AI clients through a single MCP server endpoint.

Is arkon free to use? What license does it have?

arkon is open source under the Other license. Check the license terms before using it in commercial products.

Is arkon still maintained?

Updated within 6 months. The last commit to arkon was on Jun 3, 2026.

What can I use arkon for?

Giving employees AI assistants that answer from company SOPs and policies. Keeping HR, Legal or Engineering knowledge visible only to the right departments. Maintaining a reviewed, version-tracked internal wiki that AI tools can query. Sharing standard agent skill packages across an organization.

How do I install arkon?

Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/nduckmink/arkon.git Change into the project directory: cd arkon Create the environment file from the example and edit secrets: cp .env.docker.example .env.docker Launch the Docker containers: docker compose --env-file .env.docker up -d --build

Where can I get arkon?

The source code and installation instructions are on GitHub: https://github.com/nduckmink/arkon