Self-host an open-source Lindy alternative

Why the self-hosting question comes up

Lindy is a hosted service. Lindy's own homepage and pricing page show no self-hosting option, so its work runs in Lindy's cloud on a Lindy plan, and Lindy says that data is encrypted, never sold, and never used to train models. That fits a team that never needs to run the system itself. It is also why people ask whether they can self-host a Lindy alternative, because some teams need the agent layer on infrastructure they control.

Kortix is the open-source AI Operating System. Your agents, skills, company memory, and connectors live in one git repo you own, and each session runs on its own cloud computer. You can run it on Kortix Cloud, in your VPC, or on your own on-prem network, and self-host is free. If you want the feature-by-feature view before you decide, the Kortix vs Lindy comparison covers it.

What you end up owning

Self-hosting moves the system itself onto infrastructure you control. After that, these are yours:

• The configuration: agents, skills, connectors, and company memory as files in one git repo you own.
• The place it runs: Kortix Cloud, your VPC, or your own on-prem network.
• The model path: any model provider with your own keys.
• The change path: session work reaches main through a change request. Merge is default-deny for agents.
• The record: every action is recorded. Reading, exporting and streaming the audit log depend on the plan.

What self-hosting does not change

Two things work the same on your infrastructure as on Kortix Cloud. Connector credentials are brokered server-side and never enter the machine, so the sandbox does not hold them. Model choice stays yours: any model provider with your own keys.

Renting a hosted teammate or running the system

Lindy's pages describe a hosted AI teammate priced in credits. A credit plan is a rental: you reach the system over the web and the runtime stays with the vendor. Self-hosting is the other trade, where your team holds the runtime and the files. Neither is wrong; they answer different questions. For what a hosted plan costs, the Lindy pricing breakdown runs the numbers from Lindy's own prices.

Getting to your first self-hosted run

Kortix is open source, and the self-host path lives in the Kortix docs. The command family is kortix self-host, which the docs describe as installing and running the full stack on your own infrastructure. Before you start, settle three choices: where it will run (your VPC or on-prem), how your team reaches models (any provider, your own keys), and who can approve a change request. The site's other pages cover the surrounding decisions: the Lindy alternatives overview for the field, and Lindy for teams when the call sits with more than one person.