What is this?
Mike (MikeOSS) is an open-source legal AI platform for reviewing, drafting, and researching legal documents, built on a Next.js frontend, Express backend, and Supabase for auth and Postgres.
Mike (MikeOSS) is an open-source legal AI platform for reviewing, drafting, and researching legal documents, built on a Next.js frontend, Express backend, and Supabase for auth and Postgres.Is this a hosted service or something I run myself?It's a self-hosted application: the included Docker Compose stack runs Mike together with Supabase, object storage, and local email capture without needing any managed infrastructure.
It's a self-hosted application: the included Docker Compose stack runs Mike together with Supabase, object storage, and local email capture without needing any managed infrastructure.How do I get it running?Copy the local environment templates, set the signing/encryption secrets in backend/.env, then start the bundled Docker Compose stack and open the app to create an account.
Copy the local environment templates, set the signing/encryption secrets in backend/.env, then start the bundled Docker Compose stack and open the app to create an account.Do I need an Anthropic, Gemini, or OpenAI API key?Yes, unless you plan to run models locally through Ollama instead - in that case an API key isn't required.
Yes, unless you plan to run models locally through Ollama instead - in that case an API key isn't required.Is the default setup ready for production use?No - the bundled credentials and infrastructure that ship with the quick-start stack are meant only for local development; production needs the separate manual deployment guide.
No - the bundled credentials and infrastructure that ship with the quick-start stack are meant only for local development; production needs the separate manual deployment guide.Can I keep my legal documents fully local instead of sending them to a cloud AI provider?Yes, Mike can run supported language models locally through Ollama so documents don't need to go to an external API.
Yes, Mike can run supported language models locally through Ollama so documents don't need to go to an external API.Can I use Mike from Microsoft Word?Yes, there is a beta Microsoft Word task-pane add-in in the word-addin/ folder that lets you work with Mike's review and drafting features directly in Word.
Yes, there is a beta Microsoft Word task-pane add-in in the word-addin/ folder that lets you work with Mike's review and drafting features directly in Word.How does it check legal citations?Mike integrates with CourtListener to verify citations and research US case law.
Mike integrates with CourtListener to verify citations and research US case law.What are 'tabular-review' workflows?They are reusable assistant workflows for running structured, repeatable document reviews; these workflows live in a separate mike-workflows repository that is synced into the app.
They are reusable assistant workflows for running structured, repeatable document reviews; these workflows live in a separate mike-workflows repository that is synced into the app.What can I organize my work with?Mike provides projects, folders, and a document library to organize matters, plus chat with documents and open matters for quick lookups.
Mike provides projects, folders, and a document library to organize matters, plus chat with documents and open matters for quick lookups.What are similar projects?Prism-Legal-OS, sim, chatbot-ui, rankme.fast, documenso, Resume-Matcher, ds2api, maxun
Prism-Legal-OS, sim, chatbot-ui, rankme.fast, documenso, Resume-Matcher, ds2api, maxunWhich topics is it in?legal-tech, supabase, object-storage, e2e-testing, express, agplv3, chat, playwright, document-processing, ci, local-llm, ollama
legal-tech, supabase, object-storage, e2e-testing, express, agplv3, chat, playwright, document-processing, ci, local-llm, ollama