The K9X ecosystem is an open-source platform for building governed, enterprise-grade agentic AI systems. K9X Studio is the entry point — a visual designer and scaffold generator that runs from a single container. K9-AIF Framework is the foundation everything runs on.
K9X is an evolving platform. Some components are in active development.
Components
K9X Studio
- Visual Designer Drag-and-drop composition of agents, squads, and orchestrators using React Flow
- Scaffold Generator Generates a complete, runnable K9-AIF application from your design — agents, config, squads, main.py
- One-container deploy Runs as a Podman or Docker container — no local Python environment needed
K9-AIF Framework
- ABB / SBB Architecture Abstract Building Blocks define stable contracts. Solution Building Blocks extend them without touching the core.
- Multi-Provider LLM Support Provider Adapter pattern — Ollama, OpenAI, Grok, and any future provider via config, no code change
- Governed Orchestration Router → Orchestrator → Squad → Agent execution hierarchy with built-in governance hooks
Supporting Layer
- K9X Inspector Graph-based architecture explorer — visualise components, relationships, and lineage
- Architecture Patterns Provider Adapter, Validation Loop, Critic-Actor, Factory, Inference Layer — documented independently of the framework
- Architecture Blog Design notes, pattern documentation, and framework evolution
Getting Started
Run K9X Studio locally with a single command:
Podman
podman run -d --name k9x_studio -p 8080:8080 -e K9X_PROJECTS_ROOT="/k9x/projects" -v ~/k9x-studio-working:/k9x/projects:Z ghcr.io/k9aif/k9x-studio:latest
Then open http://localhost:8080 — design your system visually, generate the scaffold, and run it against the K9-AIF framework.
To pull the latest image after a framework update, run ./pull.sh from the
k9x-ecosystem root.
Repositories
- k9-aif-framework — Core framework, ABBs, orchestration, governance, reference examples
- k9x-ecosystem — K9X Studio visual designer, K9X Inspector, deployment tooling
- k9aif-patterns — Architecture patterns: Provider Adapter, Validation Loop, Critic-Actor, and more