chronos
Health Warn
- License — License: NOASSERTION
- Description — Repository has a description
- Active repo — Last push 0 days ago
- Low visibility — Only 6 GitHub stars
Code Warn
- fs module — File system access in .github/workflows/validate.yml
- process.env — Environment variable access in chronos_app/.eslintrc.js
Permissions Pass
- Permissions — No dangerous permissions requested
This tool is a visual AI agent builder designed for self-hosted deployments. It provides users with a way to create and observe AI agents visually.
Security Assessment
The overall security risk is Low. There are no hardcoded secrets or requests for dangerous permissions. Access to environment variables is strictly limited to a local ESLint configuration file, which is a standard development practice. Similarly, file system access is only referenced within an automated GitHub workflow, not in the main application source code. While the repository does not appear to actively execute arbitrary shell commands or aggressively access sensitive user data, users should remain aware that self-hosted AI agent platforms often make network requests to interact with external AI models.
Quality Assessment
The project is extremely new and currently has very low community visibility with only 6 GitHub stars, meaning it has not been widely peer-reviewed or battle-tested. However, it shows signs of active maintenance, as the repository received a push today. The repository does lack a formally recognized open-source license, which is listed as "NOASSERTION." This means there are some legal ambiguities regarding how the code can be used or modified by others. Additionally, the complete lack of a README file makes onboarding and understanding the project much more difficult.
Verdict
Use with caution, primarily due to minimal community testing, missing documentation, and an undefined software license.
Chronos is visual AI agent builder - tailored for self-hosted deployments and observability
Chronos – visual AI agent builder for self‑hosting
Build, run, and debug AI agents on your own infrastructure — with full visibility and control. The self-hosted, production-ready alternative to SaaS AI agent builders
Chronos is a visual AI agent workflow builder designed for teams who own their infrastructure.
- Visual builder for complex agent workflows
- Fully self-hosted (local, on-prem, private cloud)
- Deep observability (trace every step of every run)
TL;DR: Chronos is like Flowise — but tailored for teams who need self-hosting, observability, and production readiness.
Why Chronos?
Most AI agent tools are great for demos — but fall apart in production. Chronos is built and used for real-world applied AI use cases
- Own your data: Run everything inside your infrastructure.
- Visibility of agents actions: Inspect prompts, tool calls, responses, errors, and token usage.
- Cost & Performance Dashboard: Track and optimise agent costs and operations.
- Scheduled agents: Maintain schedules for your agents.
- Debug faster: Opentelemetry helps traicing failures across the entire workflows.
- From prototype to production: Build agents and integrate to enterprise systems via embeded OpenAI APIs.
What can you build?
- Internal copilots over private company data
- RAG pipelines with local embeddings and vector stores
- Automated reporting and monitoring agents
- Deep research and analysis workflows
- Scheduled background agents for ongoing work.
Quick start
Get Chronos running locally in under 5 minutes.
The fastest way to try it is to build and run all‑in‑one Chronos Docker image.
# clone the repository
git clone [email protected]:intelligexhq/chronos.git
cd chronos_app/docker
# build local image
docker build -f Dockerfile.local -t chronos:local ..
# run Chronos
docker run -d --name chronos -p 3001:3000 chronos:local
# chronos is now available at:
# http://localhost:3001
For more configuration and advanced hosting examples, including localy hosted vectorstores, Ollama, queue modes - see Docker compose examples section.
Get involved
- ⭐ Star this repo to support development
- Contribute via PRs; sugest issues, features and use cases.
Backlog
Some of the upcoming capabilities:
- Agents with webhooks for event‑driven workflows.
- Versioning and publishing for agents.
- SSO (single sign‑on) for user logins.
- Additional tutorials on intelligex.com covering skill catalogues, deep agents, and data privacy.
Tutorials
These guides will get you started with running Chronos and building agents:
- Chronos visual agent builder – up and running in a local environment
- Chronos visual agent builder – advanced Docker Compose examples
- Chronos visual agent builder – build your first agent
- Build a RAG agent with Qdrant and Ollama
- How and where Chronos stores data
License
Source code in this repository is made available under the Apache License Version 2.0.
Need assistance?
We provide professional services to help you deploy, customise, and operate Chronos in your organisation’s environment:
- Architecture and deployment in your infra (on‑prem or cloud).
- Custom agent development and integrations.
- Training and best practices for teams.
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