Guides
How to actually run this.
Step-by-step guides and worked-through scenarios, including the parts that are genuinely awkward.
Self-hosting guides
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How to self-host Hermes Agent
Run Hermes, the memory-rich Python agent with FTS5-backed recall and skill chains, on hardware you own.
~15 min
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How to self-host Khoj
Run Khoj — the open-source AI second brain — on your own hardware. Docker Compose, or as a baked appliance profile.
~15 min
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How to self-host OpenClaw
Two ways to run OpenClaw on your own hardware: npm install and harden it yourself, or flash an appliance image with it baked in. What each actually costs you.
~15 min
Scenarios
What this looks like for a particular situation, including when it's the wrong tool.
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An AI assistant for a small team
Running assistants for a handful of people without per-seat pricing: what to centralise, what to keep separate, and what it costs.
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The cheapest way to run your own AI assistant
What a self-hosted assistant actually costs to run, comparing a Pi, a used mini-PC and a VPS — including the electricity.
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A private AI assistant that doesn't send your data anywhere
What data residency actually requires, which parts of a self-hosted stack still leak, and how to check rather than trust.
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Running an AI assistant with no internet at all
How air-gapped AI works in practice: weights baked into the image, egress denied at the firewall, and the test that proves it.
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Adding AI to a home lab
Where an AI assistant fits alongside Proxmox, TrueNAS and Home Assistant — and what each layer should own.
Reference how-tos
Shorter, task-specific procedures from the documentation.