Destrayon/Connapse

Overview

Destrayon/Connapse is an open-source, self-hosted knowledge backend for AI agents. It provides hybrid search combining vector and keyword methods, includes an MCP server, and comes with five connectors. The project is Docker-ready and written in C#.

Best for

Best for
Developers seeking a lightweight, self-hosted knowledge backend for AI agents with hybrid search capabilities

Use cases

• Deploy a self-hosted knowledge base for AI agents with hybrid search
• Integrate with MCP-compatible agents for retrieval-augmented generation
• Run a private document retrieval system using Docker

How to use

Install

docker-compose up -d

Tools exposed

• container_create
• container_list
• container_delete
• container_stats
• upload_file
• bulk_upload
• list_files
• get_document
• delete_file
• bulk_delete
• search_knowledge

Tested with

Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, ChatGPT

Example client config

{\n  "mcpServers": {\n    "connapse": {\n      "transport": "streamable-http",\n      "url": "http://localhost:5001/mcp",\n      "headers": {\n        "X-Agent-Api-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"\n      }\n    }\n  }\n}

Notes

Destrayon/Connapse is an open-source, self-hosted knowledge backend for AI agents. It provides hybrid search combining vector and keyword methods, includes an MCP server, and comes with five connectors. The project is Docker-ready and written in C#.

13 stars on GitHub. Last updated 2026-05-30. Licensed MIT.

Use cases

• Deploy a self-hosted knowledge base for AI agents with hybrid search
• Integrate with MCP-compatible agents for retrieval-augmented generation
• Run a private document retrieval system using Docker

Pros

• Self-hosted ensures data privacy and control
• Hybrid search (vector + keyword) improves retrieval accuracy
• Docker-ready simplifies deployment and scaling

Cons

• Very small community with only 13 GitHub stars, limited support
• C# codebase may reduce contributor pool compared to Python or JavaScript
• Unclear documentation and feature completeness given early-stage project

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