The suite is 12.1k tests in a single CI job — nearly six minutes of pytest that every push and every PR waits on in one block, on top of a setup step that already installs npm, Playwright, FFmpeg and bubblewrap. Split it into four sections the matrix runs in parallel: 352s becomes a 98s longest pole locally. Shards partition by test *file*, not by the area_* taxonomy markers. Those markers do not partition the suite - a file can carry a hand-applied area_* mark on top of the one conftest derives from its filename, so a marker-based split would run those tests in more than one section. Assignment is a total function of the file path instead, so every file lands in exactly one shard and the four together run every test exactly once. Sharding deselects rather than narrowing collection, so every test module is still imported, in the same order, in every shard. The import-time stubbing in conftest and the session-scoped static server behave identically whether the suite runs whole or in sections - this suite has known collection-order coupling and splitting by path would have walked into it. Balance uses the existing `slow` marker as its weight signal rather than a committed duration table that would go stale unnoticed. Files pack heaviest-first into the lightest shard, which is deterministic for a given file set, so every parallel job computes the same plan from the same commit. Verified: the four shards together reproduce the full run exactly - 12141 tests selected across the four, and the same 59 failures, 78 skips and 2 xfails, by node ID and not merely by count.
A self-hosted AI workspace for chat, agents, research, documents, email, notes, calendar, and local model workflows.
Quick Start · Setup Guide · Contributing · Roadmap
Quick Start
devis the default branch and gets the newest changes first. Usemainif you want the more curated branch.
git clone https://github.com/odysseus-dev/odysseus.git
cd odysseus
cp .env.example .env
docker compose up -d --build
Open http://localhost:7011 when the containers are healthy. The first admin password is printed in docker compose logs odysseus.
Native installs, GPU notes, Windows/macOS instructions, HTTPS, and configuration live in the setup guide.
Features
- Chat + Agents — local/API models, tools, MCP, files, shell, skills, and memory.
- Cookbook — hardware-aware model recommendations, downloads, and serving.
- Deep Research — multi-step web research with source reading and report generation.
- Compare — blind side-by-side model testing and synthesis.
- Documents — writing-first editor with AI edits, suggestions, Markdown, HTML, CSV, and syntax highlighting.
- Email — IMAP/SMTP inbox with triage, tags, summaries, reminders, and reply drafts.
- Notes, Tasks + Calendar — reminders, todos, scheduled agent tasks, and CalDAV sync.
- Extras — gallery/image editor, themes, uploads, web search, presets, sessions, and 2FA.
Demo
A full hover-to-play tour lives on the Odysseus landing page. Its source lives under website/.
Contributing
Help is welcome. The best entry points are fresh-install testing, provider setup bugs, mobile/editor polish, docs, and small focused refactors. See CONTRIBUTING.md and ROADMAP.md.
Security
Odysseus is a self-hosted workspace with powerful local tools. Keep auth enabled, keep private data out of Git, and do not expose raw model/service ports publicly.
- Keep
AUTH_ENABLED=truefor any network-accessible deployment. - Keep
LOCALHOST_BYPASS=falseoutside local development.
Deployment details are in the setup guide.
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License
AGPL-3.0-or-later -- see LICENSE and ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.md.

