Chat with Work also runs on your own servers, for teams that need it inside their own network. It's the same product: the same connectors, your MCP servers, answers with sources, and changes only after approval. To talk through your environment, email hello@chatwithwork.com, or read chatwithwork.com/self-hosted.
What a self-hosted install is
- One organization. The first person to sign up becomes its owner. After that, people join by invitation or join link.
- Your infrastructure. It runs as Docker containers with Postgres, HTTPS, and daily encrypted backups to a place you choose. We can install it for you with one command, or your team can install it with Docker Compose or Kamal, following the install guide that comes with it.
- Your models. Every model call, including chat titles and summaries, can run on local models through Ollama or GPUStack, or on a provider you choose. Your connectors still reach the services where they live, and scanned PDFs need a model that reads PDFs.
Licence
Each install needs a licence we sign for it. The app checks it offline, when it starts and once a day, and sends nothing to check it.
- If a licence has ended, everything keeps working for 30 days, and owners and admins see when new questions will stop.
- Without a valid licence, new questions are refused, but every chat stays readable.
- More people than the licence's seats only shows owners and admins a warning. Guests don't count.
Updates
Once a day an install asks chatwithwork.com which releases are out, sending only its version. Owners and admins see a quiet line when a newer release is out, and a red notice when one fixes a security problem. You choose when to upgrade. On installs set up with our installer, security releases install overnight after a backup, unless you turn that off. You can also turn the daily check off.
What it sends us
Nothing about your people or their chats, unless you choose to. Error reports reach us only if your administrator says yes, or sends one by hand, and they never carry what people asked, read, or are called.
Questions? Email hello@chatwithwork.com or support@chatwithwork.com.