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 "generated": "2026-10-30",
 "id": "tencentcloud-octop--self-host-a-family-ai-assistant-with-octop",
 "repo": "TencentCloud/Octop",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/TencentCloud/Octop",
 "repo_slug": "tencentcloud-octop",
 "title": "Self-host one AI assistant for your whole household",
 "page_title": "How to self-host one AI assistant for your whole household with Octop",
 "summary": "Install Octop, run the setup wizard and give each family member their own expert and workspace.",
 "who": "The tech person in a household who wants everyone to use AI without sharing one account or sending data to many apps.",
 "problem": "Shared AI accounts mix everyone's chats and memories, and each new app holds a copy of your data.",
 "outcome": "One Octop install with an admin account, separate experts per member, all data under ~/.octop/.",
 "steps": [
  "On macOS or Linux run `curl -fsSL https://finnie-1258344699.cos.ap-guangzhou.myqcloud.com/octop/install.sh | bash`",
  "Open a new terminal (or `source ~/.zshrc`) so `octop` is on your PATH",
  "Run the first-run setup wizard with `octop init`",
  "Start everything with `octop run` and open the web dashboard",
  "Create a user per family member and assign each their own expert, providers and knowledge base"
 ],
 "agent_prompt": "Install TencentCloud/Octop on <machine>, run `octop init`, start it with `octop run`, and set up separate experts for <family members> with their own workspaces. Tell me where the data lives and which ports it opened.",
 "agents": [
  "any"
 ],
 "difficulty": "Intermediate",
 "time": "45 minutes",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "",
 "category": "Personal productivity",
 "tags": [
  "Personal productivity"
 ],
 "lang": "python",
 "requirements": [
  "macOS, Linux or Windows; the installer provisions Python 3.12 with uv under ~/.octop/",
  "A multi-core CPU with a few GB of RAM and disk for workspaces and documents",
  "Model provider keys of your choice; optional Playwright Chromium for browser automation"
 ],
 "risk": "none",
 "seen_in_the_wild": false,
 "mentioned_publicly": false,
 "risks": [
  {
   "tag": "remote-script",
   "notice": "The installer is piped from a Tencent Cloud object storage URL into bash; read install.sh first or install from source."
  }
 ],
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