Backpack

Backpack is a modern, extensible research assistant and chat platform. It integrates multiple AI models, knowledge management, and real-time web/academic search to help users gather, organize, and interact with information efficiently.

Prerequisites

• Bun
• Postgres-compatible database
• Redis
• Provider credentials for the AI/search/storage services you enable

Setup

1. Install dependencies:

bun install

2. Create a local environment file from the example:

Copy-Item .env.example .env

3. Fill in .env with local credentials. Do not commit real secrets.

4. Apply database migrations:

bun run db:migrate

5. Start the app:

bun run dev

Verification

Run the main local checks before shipping changes:

bun run typecheck
bun run lint
bun run build
bun run audit