Self-hosting Kortix, the open-source Activepieces alternative
Yes. Activepieces runs on its cloud or on-premises on every tier, so self-hosting it is a real option. Kortix is open source and self-host is free: your agents, skills, company memory, and connectors live in one git repo you own.
Self-host Kortix from a terminal
One Docker Compose stack on a Linux server you control. Source: https://kortix.com/docs/host
$ curl -fsSL https://kortix.com/install | bash$ kortix self-host init --domain kortix.example.com$ kortix self-host start$ kortix self-host doctorWhat self-hosting each option means
Activepieces is a flow and agent builder. Its pricing page lists hosting as cloud or on-premises on every tier, so you can run it on your own machine at any plan level. Its install guide recommends Docker Compose with PostgreSQL and Redis. That is a server you set up and keep running, and the flows and their run history live in that install.
Kortix is the open-source AI Operating System. It is open source, and self-host is free: you run the full system on hardware you control. Your agents, skills, company memory, and connectors live in one git repo you own. Agents, skills, memory, tools, triggers and connectors are files in it.
What runs on the machine you start
The kortix self-host commands install one Docker Compose stack: the web app, the API, the LLM gateway, the database and the updater. Sessions do not run on that server. Each session runs on a cloud sandbox provider (Daytona, Platinum or E2B), which the API creates with your provider key, and the sandbox calls back to the instance's public API URL. You operate the server; the agent computers run off it.
Three places you can run it
Run it on Kortix Cloud, in your VPC, or on your own on-prem network. Self-host is free. If you would rather not run a server, the managed cloud is the same system without the operator work.
Is it a fit for your team
If the job is a fixed sequence of steps, a flow builder is the right shape, and Activepieces is open source at its community edition. If you need agents that decide, gather context and hand back finished work for review, Kortix is built for that. The Kortix guide to self-hosted AI workspaces covers the wider field.
Self-hosting questions
What runs where, what you need, and what stays yours.
Can I self-host Activepieces?
Yes. Activepieces lists cloud or on-premises hosting on every tier, so you can run it yourself at any plan level.
What runs on a self-hosted Kortix server, and what does not?
One Docker Compose stack runs the web app, the API, the LLM gateway, the database and the updater. Sessions run on a cloud sandbox provider the API creates with your key, not on your server.
What do I need to self-host Kortix?
A Linux server with a public IP, DNS records for the domain and its API subdomain, ports 80 and 443 open, a sandbox provider key, and a model provider key you add in the app after the first sign-in.
Do I own the configuration?
Yes. Your agents, skills, company memory, and connectors live in one git repo you own. Every change is a diff you can read and version.
Start on the cloud, or run it yourself
Self-host is free. One Docker Compose stack on a server you control.
Open source · Any model, your keys · Self-host, VPC, or on-prem