DeepWiki Open:local deployment - chunhualiao/public-docs GitHub Wiki

DeepWiki-Open

Yes, DeepWiki can be deployed and function without internet connectivity using local Ollama models. 1

Offline Deployment Options

Local Ollama Setup

DeepWiki supports completely offline operation through Ollama, which runs AI models locally on your machine. 2

The system uses two local models:

  • nomic-embed-text for creating code embeddings
  • qwen3:1.7b (or other local models) for generating documentation 3

Configuration for Offline Use

To run completely offline, you need to:

  1. Install Ollama locally and download required models 4

  2. Configure the embedder for local operation by copying the Ollama-specific configuration: 5

  3. Set up environment variables without requiring API keys: 6

Data Storage and Persistence

All data is stored locally in the ~/.adalflow directory, which contains:

  • Cloned repositories (~/.adalflow/repos/)
  • Vector embeddings and indexes (~/.adalflow/databases/)
  • Cached generated wiki content (~/.adalflow/wikicache/) 7

Limitations of Offline Operation

When running offline with Ollama, there are some constraints:

  1. No Internet Access: Models run completely offline and cannot access external information
  2. Limited Context Window: Local models typically have smaller context windows than cloud APIs
  3. Less Powerful: Local models may not match the quality of the latest cloud models 8

Notes

The offline capability is specifically designed for privacy-focused use cases where you want to avoid API costs and keep your code analysis completely local. 9 While the quality may not match cloud-based solutions, it provides a functional alternative for most documentation generation needs.

Wiki pages you might want to explore: