sim

The open-source AI workspace where teams build, deploy, and manage AI agents. Build conversationally, visually, or with code. Connect 1,000+ integrations and every major LLM to automate real work.

Build everything in Chat

Your AI command center. Describe what you want in plain language. Sim knows your entire workspace and takes action: building agents, running them, querying data, and more.

Create files and documents

Generate documents, reports, and presentations from a single prompt, grounded in your workspace data.

Ground agents in your knowledge

Upload documents to a knowledge base and let agents answer questions from your own content.

Structured data with Tables

A database, built in. Store, query, and wire structured data into agent runs.

Build visually with Workflows

Prefer a canvas? Design agents block by block in the visual builder, and let Sim generate blocks, wire variables, and fix errors from natural language.

Quickstart

Cloud-hosted: sim.ai

Self-hosted: NPM Package

npx simstudio

→ http://localhost:3000

Note

Docker must be installed and running on your machine.

Options

Self-hosted: Docker Compose

git clone https://github.com/simstudioai/sim.git && cd sim
docker compose -f docker-compose.prod.yml up -d

Open http://localhost:3000

Sim also supports local models via Ollama and vLLM. See the Docker self-hosting docs for setup details.

Self-hosted: Manual Setup

Requirements: Bun, Node.js v20+, PostgreSQL 12+ with pgvector

1. Clone and install:

git clone https://github.com/simstudioai/sim.git
cd sim
bun install
bun run prepare  # Set up pre-commit hooks

2. Set up PostgreSQL with pgvector:

docker run --name simstudio-db -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=your_password -e POSTGRES_DB=simstudio -p 5432:5432 -d pgvector/pgvector:pg17

Or install manually via the pgvector guide.

3. Configure environment:

cp apps/sim/.env.example apps/sim/.env
# Create your secrets
perl -i -pe "s/your_encryption_key/$(openssl rand -hex 32)/" apps/sim/.env
perl -i -pe "s/your_internal_api_secret/$(openssl rand -hex 32)/" apps/sim/.env
perl -i -pe "s/your_api_encryption_key/$(openssl rand -hex 32)/" apps/sim/.env
# DB configs for migration
cp packages/db/.env.example packages/db/.env
# Edit both .env files to set DATABASE_URL="postgresql://postgres:your_password@localhost:5432/simstudio"

4. Run migrations:

cd packages/db && bun run db:migrate

5. Start development servers:

bun run dev:full  # Starts Next.js app and realtime socket server

Or run separately: bun run dev (Next.js) and cd apps/sim && bun run dev:sockets (realtime).

Chat API Keys

Chat is a Sim-managed service. To use Chat on a self-hosted instance:

• Go to https://sim.ai → Settings → Chat keys and generate a Chat API key
• Set COPILOT_API_KEY environment variable in your self-hosted apps/sim/.env file to that value

Environment Variables

See the environment variables reference for the full list, or apps/sim/.env.example for defaults.

Tech Stack

• Framework: Next.js (App Router)
• Runtime: Bun
• Database: PostgreSQL with Drizzle ORM
• Authentication: Better Auth
• Schema Validation: Zod
• UI: Shadcn, Tailwind CSS
• Streaming Markdown: Streamdown
• State Management: Zustand, TanStack Query
• Flow Editor: ReactFlow
• Docs: Fumadocs
• Monorepo: Turborepo
• Realtime: Socket.io
• Background Jobs: Trigger.dev
• Remote Code Execution: E2B
• Isolated Code Execution: isolated-vm

Contributing

We welcome contributions! Please see our Contributing Guide for details.

License

This project is licensed under the Apache License 2.0 - see the LICENSE file for details.

Made with ❤️ by the Sim Team