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Nº 02 Open source & custom apps

Open source maintained.Your apps alongside.

We host and maintain proven open-source solutions such as Open WebUI, n8n, Qdrant and Paperless-ngx, and deploy your own applications on the same Kubernetes platform, alongside them and building on them.

Jump to Open Source ↓ Kubernetes ↓ Custom apps ↓ Consulting ↓

Engraving: a sunlit orangery with tall arched windows, rows of small orange trees full of fruit standing in identical wooden planters.

The orangery · Series 02

01 Open source, hosted & maintained

Proven open source. We take care of it.

You use established open-source tools without having to run them yourselves. We set them up, connect them to your gateway and keep them current.

Open WebUI

Open WebUI

Chat for all employees

The chat interface for your company: approved models, custom assistants and chat with your documents, connected straight to your gateway. The alternative to private ChatGPT accounts.

  • Pre-configured with your models
  • Usage and cost visible in the gateway
  • Updates and operations by us
n8n

n8n

Workflows & automation

Automate processes and add AI steps, with hundreds of integrations. Models come through your gateway.

Qdrant

Qdrant

Vector database for RAG

The foundation for knowledge assistants: make your documents searchable, with embeddings from your gateway.

Paperless-ngx

Paperless-ngx

Document management

File invoices, contracts and mail digitally, tag them automatically and analyse them with AI.

Included in operations

  • Setup & configuration
  • Gateway connection
  • Updates & security patches
  • Backups
  • Monitoring

Using another open-source tool? Talk to us and we'll check whether we can host it.

02 One platform

Alongside and on top: your own apps.

Everything runs on Kubernetes, dedicated to your company. That's why we deploy your own applications just like the open-source tools, right next to them.

  1. 01 One platform for everything Open source and custom apps with the same deployment, scaling and backups.
  2. 02 Connected to the gateway Every app uses models and tools through your gateway, with permissions, cost and audit log.
  3. 03 Operations included Updates, monitoring and support for open-source and custom apps from one team.

Kubernetes · dedicated

EU cloud or on-premise

Open source, hosted & maintained

  • Open WebUI
  • n8n
  • Qdrant
  • Paperless-ngx

Your custom apps

  • Knowledge assistant
  • Agent for your processes
Your AI & MCP gateway Models · tools · permissions

03 Custom apps

What we build on top.

A few examples we build often. It usually gets interesting wherever someone copies data from A to B today.

01

Knowledge assistant

Questions to your documents, wikis and manuals, with sources and respecting your access permissions.

RAG · vector search

02

Document processing

Invoices, contracts, incoming mail: classify, extract and file, for example with Paperless-ngx.

OCR · extraction

03

Email & ticket triage

Pre-sort and summarise requests and draft replies, right in your existing inbox or ticket system.

Classification · drafts

04

Agents & workflows

Multi-step workflows with n8n and agents that access your systems in a controlled way via the MCP gateway.

n8n · MCP

05

Internal AI chat

One chat for all employees with approved models and custom assistants, instead of shadow AI on private accounts.

Chat · assistants

06

AI in CRM & ERP

AI where the work happens: as a feature inside your existing systems instead of yet another tool.

API · integration

04 AI consulting & delivery

Short paths from process to production app.

AI consulting that does not stop at the concept: together we find the processes with the most potential and turn them into an app that runs in production.

  1. 1

    Workshop & consulting

    Understand the process

    In a consulting workshop we look at the workflow, data and systems and pick the case with the biggest lever.

  2. 2

    Prototype

    Test with real data

    Within a few weeks there is a prototype your people try out on real cases.

  3. 3

    Production

    Integrated and secured

    Connected to your systems, permissions via the gateway, documentation and handover.

  4. 4

    Operations

    Run and improve

    Monitoring, updates and further development for as long as the app is needed.

We can take over operations entirely if you like. See managed operations

Contact 20 minutes, an honest assessment

Roll out AI without giving up control.

Book a short call. We look at your situation and tell you honestly whether and how apertus.ai can help.

What happens in the call

  1. 1You briefly describe where you use AI today.
  2. 2Using your case, we show what a dedicated gateway, apps and operations look like.
  3. 3You get an estimate of effort and cost.
  4. 4Then you decide, not us.