MCP server starters · Rank #76
arkon
Grade D: derived only from the two verdicts below. How grades work
Arkon: Enterprise AI Knowledge Hub & MCP Server. Self-hosted knowledge base for teams to manage RAG contexts, access policies, and AI skills. Connect Claude and other LLMs via Model Context Protocol (MCP) for automated, secure organizational knowledge integration.
Why this verdict
How we check →- No commits in 90 days; last commit 138 days ago. receipt ↗
- Latest release v0.9.1, 139 days ago. receipt ↗
- OpenAI SDK 1 declared; latest is 3 (2 majors behind). receipt ↗
- pandas 2 declared; latest is 3 (1 major behind). receipt ↗
- On current major: Next.js, Pydantic, React, SQLAlchemy, Tailwind CSS. receipt ↗
- Not counted in verdict: TypeScript 5 → 7, Anthropic SDK 0 → 1, FastAPI 0 → 0. receipt ↗
Snapshot: commit 5e4069d on main, checked 2026-10-19 07:50 UTC. Receipts link to files at this exact commit.
- No license detected: check terms before commercial use.
- Two or more breaking releases behind on a core dependency.
Dependency freshness
| Package | Declared | Latest | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAI SDK openai | 1.30.0 | 3.35.1 | 2 majors behind |
| TypeScript typescript | 5.0.0 | 7.0.2 | Behind, not counted |
| Anthropic SDK anthropic | 0.30.0 | 1.15.0 | Behind, not counted |
| FastAPI fastapi | 0.104.0 | 0.146.0 | Behind, not counted |
| pandas pandas | 2.0.0 | 3.0.6 | 1 major behind |
| Next.js next | 16.2.4 | 16.4.2 | Current |
| Pydantic pydantic | 2.9.2 | 2.14.1 | Current |
| React react | 19.2.4 | 19.3.1 | Current |
| SQLAlchemy sqlalchemy | 2.0.0 | 2.1.5 | Current |
| Tailwind CSS tailwindcss | 4.0.0 | 4.3.3 | Current |
Declared = lowest version the kit's dependency file (package.json, pyproject.toml or requirements.txt) allows. Latest = the npm "latest" tag or the newest PyPI release. TypeScript, the Stripe SDK, FastAPI and other 0.x packages are shown but not counted in the verdict.
What's in the stack
- Database / ORM
- SQLAlchemy, Alembic
- API layer
- Pydantic, Uvicorn
Detected from declared dependencies. A listed package means it's installed, not necessarily fully wired up.
What the README says you get
- AdminAudit log
Audit log for every privileged action - settings changes, plan approvals, and role updates
- AIMCP server for Claude
It runs as a centralized MCP Server (Model Context Protocol)
- AuthOAuth 2.1 + PKCE login
Arkon uses OAuth 2.1 + PKCE so no manual token setup is required
- ContentPlan review before write
every ingestion produces a human-reviewable plan listing which wiki pages will be created or updated
- ContentPage merge instead of overwrite
content is LLM-merged so prior knowledge is never lost
- ContentResumable pipeline
drafts persist mid-pipeline; a crashed run resumes without re-doing the expensive LLM work
- ContentFull-text and semantic search
Full-text + semantic (pgvector) search
- ContentVersion history and rollback
Version history and rollback on every page
- DeploySelf-hosted Docker deployment
Deploy on-prem or in your private cloud via Docker
- TeamsDepartment and global scopes
Department-level isolation for HR, Legal, Engineering, etc.
- UIWiki browser three-panel layout
Three-panel layout: page tree, content, backlinks & outlinks
- UIKnowledge graph visualization
Interactive knowledge graph visualization (per-scope or global)
Extracted from the kit's README by a local AI model (deepseek-flash) on Oct 1, 2026. Every item is checked against an exact README quote; 3 unverifiable items were discarded. A README claim is the maker's description, not something we tested.
Watch arkon
Get told if it goes dormant, gets archived, falls further behind on a core dependency, or changes its license or price.
History
Oct 1, 2026 → Oct 19, 2026. One square per check, colored by maintenance status. Hover for details.
Show as a table
| Date | Maintenance | Dependencies | Commits (90d) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 2026 | Slowing | 2+ majors behind | 0 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | Slowing | 2+ majors behind | 0 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | Slowing | 2+ majors behind | 0 |
Sources
Every claim on this page comes from these public records, checked . Open them to verify.
- Commit history ↗ default branch (main) at the checked commit: pulse, contributors, last commit
- Releases ↗ latest release
- frontend/package.json ↗ declared dependency versions and stack (at commit 5e4069d)
- pyproject.toml ↗ declared dependency versions and stack (at commit 5e4069d)
- README ↗ quoted features at the checked commit
- npm registry ↗ latest versions (each linked in the table above)
- PyPI ↗ latest versions of Python packages (each linked in the table above)