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Bolnee-Chat

Bolnee-Chat is a self-hosted RAG chatbot platform. Create a bot, add your website + PDFs as knowledge, pick any OpenAI-compatible provider (OpenRouter, OpenAI, Groq, Ollama, vLLM), and embed a 2-line snippet.

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  • Free
  • Open Source (MIT)

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  • Self-Hosted
  • Python
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  1.  AI-Powered

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  1.  Ad-free
  2.  Dark Mode
  3.  Chatbot Builder
  4.  Knowledge Management
  5.  AI Chatbot

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What is Bolnee-Chat?

Bolnee-Chat is a self-hosted RAG chatbot platform. Create a bot, add your website + PDFs as knowledge, pick any OpenAI-compatible provider (OpenRouter, OpenAI, Groq, Ollama, vLLM), and embed a 2-line snippet. Answers are grounded in your sources with citations, visitor chats are grouped and exportable, and everything runs on your infrastructure with SQLite.

Why Bolnee-Chat?

  • Self-Hosted & Free Forever: No vendor lock-in, no per-message billing. Run on your server, Vercel or Cloudflare Pages — SQLite, no external DB.
  • RAG-Grounded Answers: Crawls your site + ingests PDFs/TXT/MD/DOCX, chunks to SQLite FTS and builds grounded prompts. Sources are cited, fallback is configurable.
  • 2-Line Embed, Any Stack: Copy window.BotConfig + chatbot-widget.js and paste before </body>. Works on any site, accent/theme/greeting live via dashboard.

All Features:

  • Bot Overview — Stats & Snippet: Per-bot: Live status, message/user counts, creation date, source count, embed snippet with botName/avatar/chatUrl/accent/greeting/theme.
  • Appearance — Live Preview: Edit bot name, avatar (upload/preview), accent/background colour, theme light/dark/auto, greeting. Live preview; saved via PATCH /api/chatbots/:id.
  • Chats — Grouped by Visitor: Grouped by visitorId ? IP, then by date, chronological. Refresh + download CSV (Excel) / JSON / PDF (print). Active sessions = distinct visitors last 5m.
  • Settings — Provider, Prompts, Danger Zone: provider/model/baseUrl/apiKey, default message (pre-first-turn), fallback message (no sources matched), delete bot + chats + sources + chunks.
  • Widget — Floating, Theme-Aware, Persistent: Bottom-right bubble ? sliding window (360×520, 75vh mobile). Header with accent + avatar, typing dots, SSE streaming, sources cited, VISITOR_ID + history in localStorage so greeting shows once and chats survive close/open. Theme light/dark/auto (#0f172a / #fff).

Also in the box:

  • Knowledge management — lists locator · type · status · error · date with delete; append more via Add knowledge.
  • Avatar file storage — data URLs converted to /api/public/avatar/:id (2MB limit, data/avatars/).
  • Encrypted provider keys — per-bot apiKey/baseUrl/model via AES-256-GCM, never exposed in snippet.
  • Dark-mode console — #020617 bg, #1e293b cards, slate-800 inputs, no white surfaces.