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openwiki

A CLI that writes and maintains agent-ready docs for your codebase.

★ 17.0k stars⑂ 1.2k forksMITupdated 2026-10
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// project facts

Project facts

openwiki is an open-source ai agents project by langchain-ai (langchain-ai/openwiki on GitHub). It has 17,017 GitHub stars and 1,245 forks, is released under the MIT license, and was last updated on GitHub on 7 October 2026.

GitHub stars
17,017
Forks
1,245
License
MIT
Last updated on GitHub
7 October 2026
Category
AI Agents
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// how it works

How it works

  1. Pick a use case

    Choose one concrete task — narrow beats ambitious for a first run.

  2. Clone and explore

    Fetch the source and skim the docs folder.

  3. Configure credentials

    Set the environment variables or keys the project needs.

  4. Launch your first run

    Execute the example workflow and watch what happens.

// features

Why people love it

Auto-generated docs

Docs written for you, from your code.

Agent-oriented output

Structured for machine readers too.

CLI-first

Runs wherever your terminal does.

Keeps docs in sync

Re-run as code changes.

Codebase-aware

Understands structure, not just files.

LangChain-built

From a team that knows agents.

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// run it

Run it yourself

  1. Step 1 — Clone the repo

    Download the source and move into the project folder.

    git clone https://github.com/langchain-ai/openwiki.git
    cd openwiki
  2. Step 2 — Install dependencies

    Pull in the Node packages the project needs.

    npm install
  3. Step 3 — Run it

    Start it with the project's documented command (often a dev server).

    npm run dev  # check README for the exact script
// use cases

What you can build

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// faq

Questions, answered

Who maintains openwiki?

It is an open-source project at langchain-ai/openwiki with 1245 forks. Check the contributors tab and recent commits to judge how active maintenance is.

Is openwiki free to use?

Yes — it's MIT licensed: free to use, modify, and ship commercially. Just keep the license notice in copies.

What do the generated docs look like?

Structured documentation of your codebase aimed at both humans and AI agents — run it to see; output is markdown.

Does it update existing docs?

Yes — re-running keeps docs in sync as code changes; that's the maintenance half of the pitch.

How do I get started?

Clone the repo and follow the README quickstart — the README is the best starting point.

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Free and open — grab the source, star the repo, and start creating.