Frequently Asked Questions

Chatbots answer questions. Your Awareness builds things.

ChatGPT can write code snippets. Your Awareness can create databases, build workflows, generate dashboards, and connect to your actual systems. It has the same tools you have.

Plus, it remembers everything about you and your projects. Each Awareness Space has its own context and memory specific to that project.

No. You describe what you need in plain English, and your Awareness builds it. Want a dashboard showing revenue by region? Just ask. Need a workflow that sends alerts when inventory is low? Describe it. Your Awareness handles the technical implementation.

Awareness is self-hosted. All your data stays on your infrastructure—your servers, your cloud account, your control.

We never see your data. Your databases, files, and Awareness Spaces run entirely on your infrastructure. See our Security page for details.

Everything in that Space is deleted: databases, files, workflows, dashboards, and your Awareness's memory for that Space. Other Spaces are unaffected. Space deletion is permanent and cannot be undone.

Yes. You can invite teammates with different permission levels:

• Owner: Full control, can delete Space
• Admin: Manage resources, can't delete Space
• Member: Read/write access, can't invite others
• Viewer: Read-only access

Your Awareness works with everyone on the team and remembers conversations with all members.

Awareness is self-hosted and open source. There are no monthly subscription fees.

You'll need:

• Server/cloud infrastructure to run it (AWS, GCP, or your own servers)
• LLM API costs (OpenAI, Anthropic, or local models—your choice)

Most users spend $20-100/mo on infrastructure depending on scale, compared to $500+/mo for the SaaS tools Awareness replaces.

Your Awareness is powerful but not magic:

• Can't access systems you haven't connected - You need to give it OAuth access or database credentials
• Requires approval for destructive actions - Deleting databases, removing files, etc. need your confirmation
• Works within tool limits - Database query timeouts, file size limits, workflow execution limits exist
• Not a replacement for human judgment - It builds what you ask for; you decide what to build

Yes. Since you're self-hosting, you own everything. All data is in standard formats (PostgreSQL, Neo4j, S3, etc.). You can export, migrate, or shut down anytime with no lock-in.

Your Awareness learns from every interaction within a Space:

• Remembers your preferences and working style
• Learns from corrections you make
• Adapts to your communication patterns
• Understands your project context better over time

Each Space's Awareness learns independently—your startup Space doesn't share context with your side project Space.

Databases: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Neo4j

Storage: Local filesystem, AWS S3, MinIO, Git repositories

OAuth Integrations (40+): Google (Gmail, Drive, Calendar), Slack, GitHub, Stripe, Shopify, Salesforce, Microsoft, and more

See the Connections page for the full list.

Retool is a UI builder—you drag and drop components and wire them up manually.

Awareness is a collaborative platform. You describe what you need, and your Awareness builds it. Instead of spending hours configuring a dashboard, you say "show me revenue by region" and it's done.

Plus, Awareness includes databases, workflows, file storage, and integrations—not just UI building.

You can:

• Correct it: "Actually, use MongoDB instead of PostgreSQL"
• Undo it: Awareness Spaces support rollback for critical operations
• Review before execution: Destructive actions require approval
• Edit manually: Everything it builds can be modified via UI

Your Awareness learns from corrections and won't repeat the same mistake.

Yes. Awareness supports OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, DeepSeek, and local models via Ollama. You control which model your Awareness uses and can switch anytime.

Since Awareness is self-hosted, there's no cloud trial. However:

• Full source code is available for review
• Docker Compose setup gets you running locally in minutes
• Example Awareness Spaces included to explore

See the Getting Started guide to set up your first Space.

Upcoming features:

• Multi-agent collaboration (multiple Awareness instances working together)
• Advanced RAG with GraphRAG for better knowledge retrieval
• Voice interface for hands-free collaboration
• Mobile app for on-the-go access
• More integrations and database support

Follow development on GitHub.