* fix(providers): correct max-tokens param and add schema guidance for NVIDIA/Z.ai - NVIDIA NIM and Z.ai both document max_tokens for output-length control, not OpenAI's newer max_completion_tokens - the latter was silently ignored by both vLLM-served NIM models and Z.ai's GLM models - Z.ai has no json_schema response_format mode (only text/json_object), so structured-output requests now also inject the expected schema into the system prompt as best-effort guidance, since the request param alone can't enforce field names/types * style(providers): replace inline comments with TSDoc, per CLAUDE.md Consolidated the scattered narrative // comments in nvidia/index.ts and zai/index.ts into a single TSDoc block per provider documenting the provider-specific API quirks; removed the rest where they only restated what the code already shows. Also dropped an inline comment on zai's modelPatterns field in models.ts. * fix(providers): scope Z.ai schema guidance to the response_format call only - schemaGuidance now falls back to the bare responseFormat object when .schema is absent, matching the schema-or-format fallback used elsewhere in the codebase (was silently injecting nothing for callers that pass a bare JSON schema) - guidance is now only appended to the messages sent alongside an actual response_format (the immediate call, or whichever pass deferResponseFormat applies it to) instead of every turn of an active tool loop, where it wrongly told the model to return final JSON instead of continuing to call tools
A workspace to build, deploy and manage AI agents and workflows.
Quickstart
Cloud-hosted: sim.ai
Self-hosted
npx simstudio
Docker must be installed and running. Use -p, --port <port> to run Sim on a different port, or --no-pull to skip pulling the latest Docker images.
Capabilities
- Connect 1,000+ integrations and every major LLM
- Add Slack, Notion, HubSpot, Salesforce, databases, and more
- Build agents visually, conversationally, or with code
- Ingest files, knowledge bases, and structured table data
- Monitor runs, logs, schedules, and workflow activity
One workspace, every surface
Chat and workflows are just the start — tables, files, knowledge, and scheduled tasks all live in the same workspace.
Tables — a database, built in |
Files — one store for your team and every agent |
Knowledge — your agents' memory |
Scheduled tasks — runs on your schedule |
Self-hosting
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.
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).
Chat API Keys
Chat is a Sim-managed service. To use Chat on a self-hosted instance:
- Go to https://sim.ai → Settings → Chat keys and generate a Chat 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
Next.js · Bun · PostgreSQL · Drizzle · Better Auth · Tailwind — and the rest of the 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.





