big-agi/docs

Big-AGI Documentation

Information you need to get started, configure, and use big-AGI productively.

👉 Changelog - See what's new

Getting Started

Essential guides:

• FAQ: Common questions and answers
• Enabling Microphone: Configure speech recognition in your browser
• Data Ownership: How your data is stored and managed
• Live File: Live file attachment feature

AI Services

How to set up AI models and features in big-AGI.

👉 The following applies to users of big-AGI.com, as the public instance is empty and requires user configuration.

• Cloud AI Services:

  • Easy API key configuration: Alibaba, Anthropic, AWS Bedrock, Deepseek, Google Gemini, Groq, Mistral, Moonshot, OpenAI, OpenPipe, Perplexity, TogetherAI, xAI, Z.ai
  • Azure OpenAI guide
  • OpenRouter guide
  • OpenAI-compatible endpoints: Any provider with an OpenAI-compatible API works out of the box - models, pricing, and capabilities are auto-detected

• Local AI Integrations:

  • LocalAI, LM Studio, Ollama

• Enhanced AI Features:

  • Web Browsing: Enable web page download through third-party services or your own cloud
  • Web Search: Google Search API (see 'Environment Variables')
  • Image Generation: GPT Image (gpt-image-1), Nano Banana, DALL·E 3 and 2
  • Voice Synthesis: ElevenLabs, Inworld, OpenAI TTS, LocalAI, or browser Web Speech API
  • Google Drive: Attach files from Google Drive

Deployment & Customization

👉 The following applies to developers and experts who deploy their own big-AGI instance.

For deploying a custom big-AGI instance:

• Installation Guide, including:

  • Set up your own big-AGI instance
  • Source build or pre-built options
  • Local, cloud, or on-premises deployment

• Advanced Setup:

  • Source Code Customization: Modify the source code
  • Access Control: Optional, add basic user authentication
  • Reverse Proxy: Optional, enables custom domains and SSL
  • Docker Deployment: Deploy with Docker containers
  • Kubernetes: Deploy on Kubernetes clusters
  • Analytics: Set up usage analytics
  • Environment Variables: Pre-configures models and services

Community & Support

• Check the changelog for the latest updates
• Visit our GitHub repository for source code and issue tracking
• Join our Discord for discussions and help

Let's build something great.