About Huntly
An open-source, self-hosted information hub built for the AI era.
"In an age where our digital lives are increasingly fragmented across countless platforms, Huntly represents a return to personal sovereignty over our information. It's not just a tool—it's a philosophy of digital self-determination."— The Huntly Team
The Huntly Story
From a personal need to an open-source, AI-powered information hub
The Origin
Huntly was born from a simple need: a unified place to capture, organize, and make sense of the overwhelming amount of information we consume daily.
Self-Hosted by Design
In the age of AI, information management shouldn't mean surrendering your data to cloud services. Huntly is 100% self-hosted, giving you complete ownership of your data.
Open Source & Community-Driven
The project is open source and community-driven, with active development adding AI-powered features like MCP integration, smart content processing, and multi-platform support.
AI-Enhanced, Not AI-Dependent
AI features enhance your workflow — summarization, translation, MCP server integration, and agent skills — but Huntly works fully without them. You choose how much AI to use.
Privacy as a Core Principle
Built with privacy at its foundation — no telemetry, no tracking, no third-party data sharing. Your information stays on your server, under your control.
Tech Stack & Philosophy
The technology and principles behind Huntly
Backend
Java/Spring Boot with SQLite for portable storage and Apache Lucene for powerful full-text search with CJK support.
Frontend
React with TypeScript for a modern, type-safe web application with responsive design and real-time updates.
Extension
Chrome Manifest V3 extension migrated to rspack for fast builds, with AI SDK integration for smart content capture.
Desktop
Tauri-based cross-platform native apps for macOS, Windows, and Linux — lightweight and performant.
AI
OpenAI API integration, MCP server for AI assistant workflows, Agent Skills via npx, and Ollama support for local models.
Philosophy
Self-hosted first, privacy by design, AI-enhanced not AI-dependent, and fully open source — your data, your rules.