Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. Nosia is open source under the MIT license and free to self-host. The source is on GitHub at github.com/dilolabs/nosia.

No. Nosia is self-hosted, so your documents and model interactions stay on your own infrastructure. You keep full control and data sovereignty.

On Linux or macOS, a single command installs Docker and all dependencies: curl -fsSL https://get.nosia.ai | sh. A PowerShell installer is available for Windows.

ChatGPT is a hosted service run by OpenAI. Nosia is a self-hosted platform you run on your own infrastructure, with RAG over your data, MCP tool integration, and an OpenAI-compatible API.

Ollama runs language models locally. Nosia is a full platform built around models, adding RAG over your documents, MCP tool integration, a chat interface, an OpenAI-compatible API, and (soon) agent skills.

Yes. Nosia exposes an OpenAI-compatible API, so existing OpenAI client libraries and tools can point at your Nosia instance with minimal changes.

Nosia runs open large language models. You choose the model that fits your hardware and use case, from small models on commodity hardware to larger models on a GPU.

Nosia runs via Docker on Linux, macOS, or Windows. Requirements depend on the model you run; smaller models run on commodity hardware while larger models benefit from a GPU.

RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) augments model answers with your own documents. MCP (Model Context Protocol) is an open standard for connecting AI to external tools and data sources.

Agent skills (coming soon) extend the chat with custom, LLM-driven skills written in Ruby, letting you automate business workflows directly inside Nosia.

Use GitHub Discussions for questions, GitHub Issues for bugs and feature requests, and the documentation in the repository at github.com/dilolabs/nosia.