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Deft

Active·★ 635·AGPL-3.0·Updated 2026-10-22

Deft is a self-hostable, open-source workspace that integrates humans and AI agents in a shared environment for chat, tasks, knowledge, calendar, approvals, and receipts. It aims to unify fragmented tools like Slack, Notion, and task trackers, allowing AI agents to connect directly to the team's work record.

Deft sits in the Multi-Agent category, so it is usually better judged by workflow fit, deployment style, and team needs than by isolated features alone. Based on the available metadata, it leans most clearly toward Unified Workspace for Humans and AI: Shares chat, tasks, knowledge, calendar context, and approvals between people and AI agents.. A representative use case is Team Collaboration with AI Assistance: Teams can manage projects, communicate, and share knowledge, with AI agents actively participating in the workflow.. The listed license is AGPL-3.0. GitHub stars are currently 596. Relevant tags include Collaboration, AI Agents.

This write-up is based on the project's README and public repository data. We have not hand-tested the tool.

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$ Install
$ git clone https://github.com/Maneek21/Deft.git && cd Deft && docker compose build deft init doctor smoke && docker compose up -d && docker compose run --rm init
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Features

01Unified Workspace for Humans and AI: Shares chat, tasks, knowledge, calendar context, and approvals between people and AI agents.
02Comprehensive Productivity Tools: Includes real-time chat, task management (Board, Table, Timeline, Calendar, Pipeline views), and a robust knowledge base.
03Governed AI Agent Actions: Agents operate with approval tiers, trust levels, token scopes, and activity history, ensuring safe and accountable interactions.
04Provider-Neutral AI Integration: Supports OpenAI, Anthropic, OpenRouter, and local Ollama-style providers for flexible AI configuration.
05Extensible Module System: Allows developers to add domain-specific collections and applications while inheriting core workspace primitives.
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Why choose it

+Unified Workspace for Humans and AI: Shares chat, tasks, knowledge, calendar context, and approvals between people and AI agents.
+Comprehensive Productivity Tools: Includes real-time chat, task management (Board, Table, Timeline, Calendar, Pipeline views), and a robust knowledge base.
+Team Collaboration with AI Assistance: Teams can manage projects, communicate, and share knowledge, with AI agents actively participating in the workflow.
+Supports 6 platforms or runtime environments.
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Trade-offs

!The final decision should still be made through side-by-side comparison with similar tools.
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Compatibility

Docker
Deployment
Verified via docs
PostgreSQL
Database
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Node.js
Runtime
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OpenAI
AI Provider
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Anthropic
AI Provider
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Ollama
AI Provider
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Quick start

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$ git clone https://github.com/Maneek21/Deft.git
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$ cd Deft
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$ docker compose build deft init doctor smoke
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$ docker compose up -d
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$ docker compose run --rm init
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Use cases

↳Team Collaboration with AI Assistance: Teams can manage projects, communicate, and share knowledge, with AI agents actively participating in the workflow.
↳Automating Workspace Tasks: AI agents can retrieve relevant context, draft changes, and update tasks or records within the shared workspace under human governance.
↳Centralizing Organizational Knowledge: Create a durable team memory by separating transient conversations from structured knowledge, accessible to both humans and agents.
↳Self-Hosting a Unified Productivity Platform: Companies can self-host a comprehensive workspace that combines chat, tasks, notes, calendar, and AI capabilities without vendor lock-in.
↳Building Custom Workspace Extensions: Developers can extend Deft's functionality by building custom modules that leverage the existing identity, permissions, and context system.
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Self-hostable AGPL workspace where humans and AI agents share chat, tasks, knowledge, approvals, and MCP context.

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