* feat(knowledge): expose Cohere reranker controls on knowledge block Add a self-hosted Cohere API key field (mirroring the agent block's hosted-key pattern), a configurable reranker input pool size (1-100), and surface meta.warnings from Cohere rerank responses via logger.warn. All new contract fields are optional and nullable for full backwards compatibility. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com> * fix(knowledge): address PR feedback on Cohere reranker controls - Drop required:true on apiKey field — server has BYOK→env→rotation fallback chain, so self-hosted users with COHERE_API_KEY env should not be blocked - Drop .min(1) on rerankerApiKey contract field so empty strings coerce to undefined via the transform (matches the existing query field pattern) - Log a warning when rerankerInputCount is clamped up to topK so users notice their setting was overridden Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com> * feat(knowledge): mirror agent block API key visibility for Cohere reranker Restore required:true on the Cohere API Key field and hide it server-side via a new NEXT_PUBLIC_COHERE_CONFIGURED public env flag — same pattern the Agent block uses for Azure (NEXT_PUBLIC_AZURE_CONFIGURED). Self-hosters who set COHERE_API_KEY in their environment also set NEXT_PUBLIC_COHERE_CONFIGURED=true, which removes the field from the UI; everyone else sees a required field. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com> * fix(knowledge): treat empty rerankerInputCount as unset An empty string from the Documents Sent to Reranker input passed the undefined/null guard, so Number('') = 0 → clamped to 1, sending only 1 document to the reranker instead of falling back to the 4× topK auto default. Add the empty-string check to the guard. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com> --------- Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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npx simstudio
Note
Docker must be installed and running on your machine.
Options
| Flag | Description |
|---|---|
-p, --port <port> |
Port to run Sim on (default 3000) |
--no-pull |
Skip pulling latest Docker images |
Self-hosted: Docker Compose
git clone https://github.com/simstudioai/sim.git && cd sim
docker compose -f docker-compose.prod.yml up -d
Sim also supports local models via Ollama and vLLM — see the Docker self-hosting docs for setup details.
Self-hosted: Manual Setup
Requirements: Bun, Node.js v20+, PostgreSQL 12+ with pgvector
- Clone and install:
git clone https://github.com/simstudioai/sim.git
cd sim
bun install
bun run prepare # Set up pre-commit hooks
- Set up PostgreSQL with pgvector:
docker run --name simstudio-db -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=your_password -e POSTGRES_DB=simstudio -p 5432:5432 -d pgvector/pgvector:pg17
Or install manually via the pgvector guide.
- Configure environment:
cp apps/sim/.env.example apps/sim/.env
# Create your secrets
perl -i -pe "s/your_encryption_key/$(openssl rand -hex 32)/" apps/sim/.env
perl -i -pe "s/your_internal_api_secret/$(openssl rand -hex 32)/" apps/sim/.env
perl -i -pe "s/your_api_encryption_key/$(openssl rand -hex 32)/" apps/sim/.env
# DB configs for migration
cp packages/db/.env.example packages/db/.env
# Edit both .env files to set DATABASE_URL="postgresql://postgres:your_password@localhost:5432/simstudio"
- Run migrations:
cd packages/db && bun run db:migrate
- Start development servers:
bun run dev:full # Starts Next.js app and realtime socket server
Or run separately: bun run dev (Next.js) and cd apps/sim && bun run dev:sockets (realtime).
Copilot API Keys
Copilot is a Sim-managed service. To use Copilot on a self-hosted instance:
- Go to https://sim.ai → Settings → Copilot and generate a Copilot API key
- Set
COPILOT_API_KEYenvironment variable in your self-hosted apps/sim/.env file to that value
Environment Variables
See the environment variables reference for the full list, or apps/sim/.env.example for defaults.
Tech Stack
- Framework: Next.js (App Router)
- Runtime: Bun
- Database: PostgreSQL with Drizzle ORM
- Authentication: Better Auth
- Schema Validation: Zod
- UI: Shadcn, Tailwind CSS
- Streaming Markdown: Streamdown
- State Management: Zustand, TanStack Query
- Flow Editor: ReactFlow
- Docs: Fumadocs
- Monorepo: Turborepo
- Realtime: Socket.io
- Background Jobs: Trigger.dev
- Remote Code Execution: E2B
- Isolated Code Execution: isolated-vm
Contributing
We welcome contributions! Please see our Contributing Guide for details.
License
This project is licensed under the Apache License 2.0 - see the LICENSE file for details.
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