OpenDocs

An AI agent documents every feature of your app, so nothing stays a hidden gem.

OpenDocs turns an agent's browser session into a structured, re-runnable App Flow: screenshots plus steps, compiled into a guide your support team can share.

Status: alpha. Published to npm under the alpha tag.

What's here

This repo is the open-source client (MIT):

The service (API and web) lives in apps/api and apps/web and can be self-hosted (see below). The client only sends screenshots your agent picks. Sensitive fields are covered in the page before capture, on by default.

Related MCP server: DemoMotion

Install (alpha)

npx -y opendocs-cli@alpha login --key <your-key>

Claude Code:

claude mcp add opendocs -- npx -y opendocs-cli@alpha mcp

Cursor:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "opendocs": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "opendocs-cli@alpha", "mcp"]
    }
  }
}

The alpha talks to https://opendocs.tunnel.juniyadi.id by default; set OPENDOCS_API_URL to override it.

Recording on staging

If you record on a staging host but the app is public under a different domain, set OPENDOCS_URL_MAP so the doc shows the public host instead:

OPENDOCS_URL_MAP=pfnapp.my.id=pfnapp.id

Format is comma-separated from=to pairs. Only the host (and port) is swapped; path, query and hash are kept. Screenshots are not edited, so keep the host out of the captured viewport (e.g. no visible URL bar).

Self-host

One docker compose stack: Postgres, S3 storage (bundled MinIO by default), the api and the web app. Everything is served from one port (docs at /, dashboard at /admin, api at /api).

Requirements: Docker with Compose v2, and a GitHub account to create an OAuth app. Sign-in is GitHub only; without GITHUB_CLIENT_ID and GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET nobody can log in.

1. Copy the config and edit it. .env.example documents every variable.

   git clone https://github.com/opendocs-dev/opendocs && cd opendocs
   cp .env.example .env

   Required: PUBLIC_URL (the URL users open, no path), BETTER_AUTH_SECRET (32+ characters, openssl rand -hex 32), ADMIN_EMAILS (comma list), POSTGRES_PASSWORD, the S3_* keys (S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY is also the MinIO password), and the GitHub pair below. Images are pulled from ghcr.io/opendocs-dev/opendocs-{api,web} at the tag in OPENDOCS_VERSION (.env.example sets edge, the latest main; pin a release such as 1.0.0 for production). PUBLIC_URL and the other settings are read at runtime: edit .env and docker compose up -d to apply.

2. Create a GitHub OAuth app (GitHub, Settings, Developer settings, OAuth Apps). Set the callback URL to ${PUBLIC_URL}/api/auth/callback/github and put the client id and secret in GITHUB_CLIENT_ID and GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET.

3. Start it.

   docker compose up -d

   The api validates its config on start and exits with a list of every bad variable (docker compose logs api), then applies database migrations.

4. Open PUBLIC_URL and sign in with GitHub. The first user to sign in becomes the owner; put your email in ADMIN_EMAILS so it is an admin. Create an API key under /admin/keys.

5. Point the CLI at your instance:

   export OPENDOCS_API_URL=<PUBLIC_URL>/api/v1
   npx -y opendocs-cli@alpha login --key <your-key>

TLS: the stack publishes plain HTTP on WEB_PORT (default 3000). Put a reverse proxy with TLS in front and set PUBLIC_URL to its https URL.

External S3 (Cloudflare R2, Backblaze B2, AWS S3): set COMPOSE_PROFILES= (empty) in .env so MinIO is not started, and set S3_ENDPOINT, S3_BUCKET, S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID, S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, S3_REGION (R2 uses auto) and S3_FORCE_PATH_STYLE (false for AWS and R2). Create the bucket yourself. Set ASSET_BASE_URL to serve images from a CDN or public bucket instead of through the api.

Upgrade: set the new OPENDOCS_VERSION in .env (not needed for edge), then docker compose pull && docker compose up -d. Migrations run on api start; data lives in the pgdata and miniodata volumes. The dev-only Postgres for tests is docker-compose.dev.yml.

To build the images from this checkout instead of pulling them:

docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.build.yml up -d --build

Build from source

git clone https://github.com/opendocs-dev/opendocs && cd opendocs
bun install
bun run --cwd packages/cli build        # → packages/cli/dist/opendocs
OPENDOCS_API_URL=<site>/api/v1 ./packages/cli/dist/opendocs login --key <your-key>

Security

See SECURITY.md.

License

MIT