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OKF Ecosystem Map

Where every tool sits today — maturity on one axis, ease of use on the other, bubble size shows adoption. Top-right is the sweet spot.

OKF Ecosystem — Maturity vs Ease of UseEasy but earlySweet spotHard & earlyMature but heavyMaturityEase of UseConcept / PoCReleased / GARequires cloud infraZero setupCoding Agent Skills — IntegrationAgent SkillsAIX Format — StandardAIX FormatW3C DataBook (Holon CG) — StandardW3C DataBookReference Enrichment Agent — OfficialEnrichment AgentGitHub Actions — IntegrationGitHub ActionsGroma — GeneratorGromahermes-okf (Agent Memory) — Consumerhermes-okfInkeep Open Knowledge — GeneratorInkeepJidoSeal (Validator + MCP Server) — ValidatorJidoSealkcmd CLI (Metadata as Code) — Officialkcmd CLIKiso (Publishing Engine) — PublisherKisoKL4A (Knowledge Layer For Agents) — GeneratorKL4AGoogle Cloud Knowledge Catalog — OfficialKnowledge CatalogKorpus.cloud — PublisherKorpusleadcraft — GeneratorleadcraftMCP Server (kcmd) — IntegrationMCP ServerObsidian — IntegrationObsidianOKF Agent Memory — ConsumerOKF Agent Memoryokf CLI (superops-team) — Generatorokf CLIokf-guard (Content Safety) — Validatorokf-guardokf-mcp (Validator + MCP Server) — Validatorokf-mcpOKF Plugin (Inkeep) — ValidatorOKF Pluginokf-postgres (PostgreSQL Producer) — Generatorokf-postgresOKF-Runtime — ConsumerOKF-RuntimeOKF-Schema (JSON Schema) — ValidatorOKF-Schemaokf-skill (rakibtg) — Integrationokf-skillokflint (Linter) — ValidatorokflintOKForest CLI — ValidatorOKForest CLIOKForest Validate (GitHub Action) — IntegrationOKForest Validateopenknowledgeformat.com — Validatorokformat.comOKPH (OKF + Graph) — ValidatorOKPHLangChain OpenWiki — GeneratorOpenWiki 0.2OriginTrail DKG + OKF — StandardOriginTrail DKGpi-openwiki (Pi coding agent) — Consumerpi-openwikiRoteiro (Knowledge Graph) — GeneratorRoteiroknowledge-template (Open Science) — GeneratorScience Templatesigned-okf (Trust Layer) — Standardsigned-okfSuganthan Web Converter — GeneratorWeb ConverterStatic HTML Visualizer (viz.html) — Publisherviz.htmlW4G1/okf (Rust) — ConsumerW4G1 RustWordPress Plugin — GeneratorWP PluginxMatrix — PublisherxMatrixOKF Ecosystem — Maturity vs Ease of Use
Official Generator Validator Consumer Publisher Integration Standard
Tool Scores
ToolCategoryStatusMaturityEase of UseAdoption
ObsidianIntegrationGA8.89.785
LangChain OpenWikiGeneratorReleased8.27.675
Google Cloud Knowledge CatalogOfficialGA9.51.570
Static HTML Visualizer (viz.html)PublisherReleased6.29.570
okf CLI (superops-team)GeneratorReleased7.68.065
Inkeep Open KnowledgeGeneratorReleased7.28.660
WordPress PluginGeneratorReleased8.58.560
Kiso (Publishing Engine)PublisherReleased7.28.855
OKF Agent MemoryConsumerFunctional5.87.555
okflint (Linter)ValidatorReleased7.36.855
openknowledgeformat.comValidatorReleased7.89.255
MCP Server (kcmd)IntegrationFunctional5.55.250
OKF-Schema (JSON Schema)ValidatorReleased8.06.550
Reference Enrichment AgentOfficialPoC4.82.545
OKF Plugin (Inkeep)ValidatorReleased7.87.445
Roteiro (Knowledge Graph)GeneratorGA7.53.845
GitHub ActionsIntegrationFunctional4.06.340
GromaGeneratorEarly5.27.540
kcmd CLI (Metadata as Code)OfficialFunctional5.83.540
knowledge-template (Open Science)GeneratorReleased6.89.740
Suganthan Web ConverterGeneratorFunctional4.59.040
W4G1/okf (Rust)ConsumerReleased7.56.540
hermes-okf (Agent Memory)ConsumerFunctional4.57.035
okf-mcp (Validator + MCP Server)ValidatorReleased7.28.835
xMatrixPublisherEarly5.57.035
Coding Agent SkillsIntegrationFunctional1.87.830
OKF-RuntimeConsumerFunctional4.26.525
okf-skill (rakibtg)IntegrationFunctional2.88.825
OKPH (OKF + Graph)ValidatorFunctional5.08.525
signed-okf (Trust Layer)StandardEarly3.55.525
AIX FormatStandardEarly2.86.020
okf-guard (Content Safety)ValidatorEarly3.27.220
OriginTrail DKG + OKFStandardEarly2.23.220
pi-openwiki (Pi coding agent)ConsumerFunctional3.03.820
JidoSeal (Validator + MCP Server)ValidatorEarly5.28.518
W3C DataBook (Holon CG)StandardProposal1.52.015
KL4A (Knowledge Layer For Agents)GeneratorPoC1.54.215
Korpus.cloudPublisherEarly4.05.015
leadcraftGeneratorEarly2.85.815
okf-postgres (PostgreSQL Producer)GeneratorEarly4.07.515
OKForest Validate (GitHub Action)IntegrationEarly5.28.512
OKForest CLIValidatorEarly5.38.010
Quadrant points grow with the catalog. Scores revise as tools mature.

How to Read the Chart

ZoneWhat it means
Sweet spot (top-right)Mature AND easy to use. Start here.
Easy but early (top-left)Low barrier, but the tool is still maturing. Good for experiments.
Mature but heavy (bottom-right)Production-grade, but requires infrastructure or expertise.
Hard & early (bottom-left)Experimental and complex. For pioneers only.

Bubble size reflects adoption — larger bubbles indicate more community usage and traction.

Scoring Methodology

Each tool is scored on three dimensions (0–10 scale for maturity/ease, 0–100 for adoption):

DimensionWhat we measure
MaturityRelease status, stability, documentation quality, production usage
Ease of UseSetup complexity, dependencies, learning curve, time to first value
AdoptionCommunity usage, GitHub stars, integrations, mentions, production deployments

Scores are reviewed and updated as tools evolve. If you think a score is off, open an issue.

Timeline

DateEventLayer
Apr 2026Karpathy publishes LLM Wiki gistCommunity
Jun 12, 2026OKF v0.1 spec publishedPortable
Jun 12, 2026Enrichment agent + viz.html shippedPortable
Jun 12, 2026Knowledge Catalog OKF ingestionEnterprise
Jun 12, 2026kcmd CLI + MCP serverEnterprise
Jun 13, 2026openknowledgeformat.com goes liveCommunity
Jun 13–14First independent implementationsCommunity
Jun 14, 2026hermes-okf first published on PyPI (v0.1.0)Community
Jun 15Search Engine Journal coverageCommunity
Jun 16, 2026superops-team/okf CLI releasedCommunity
Jun 16, 2026W4G1/okf — first crates.io release (okf 0.1.0-alpha.1), pure Rust OKF toolkitCommunity
Jun 19W3C Holon CG inaugural meetingCommunity
Jun 23Ontologist “Format Convergence” — DataBook profile proposedCommunity
Jun 23, 2026signed-okf published on GitHubCommunity
Jun 23, 2026Inkeep Open Knowledge 0.16.0 — first stable release with the OKF starter pack (ok seed --pack okf)Community
Jun 24, 2026leadcraft — Claude Code plugin for tech leads, outputs OKF bundlesCommunity
Jun 25, 2026Kiso v0.1.0 — first releaseCommunity
Jun 27okflint v0.1.0 releasedCommunity
Jun 29, 2026OKF-Schema v0.2.0 — first PyPI releaseCommunity
Jul 1, 2026OriginTrail DKG + OKF integration announced (@origintrail-official/dkg-okf on npm)Community
Jul 4, 2026okf-skill (rakibtg) — Agent Skill that teaches coding agents OKF workflowsCommunity
Jul 5, 2026knowledge-template scaffold publishedCommunity
Jul 5, 2026OKF-Runtime published on GitHub (no tagged releases yet)Community
Jul 7, 2026pi-openwiki v1.0.0 — LangChain OpenWiki adapted as a Pi coding agent extensionCommunity
Jul 11Kiso v0.1.5 — publishing engineCommunity
Jul 13openknowledgeformat.com validator + templatesCommunity
Jul 16LangChain OpenWiki 0.2.0 with native OKF supportCommunity
Jul 16@hwchase17 announces OKF as “open standard for memory”Community
Jul 19, 2026okf-mcp v0.3.2 — first npm release (@mfdaves/okf-mcp)Community
Jul 24, 2026OKF v0.2 released — adds trust signalsPortable
Aug 20, 2026AIX Format v0.2 — OKF superset with identity + typed relationshipsCommunity
Aug 17–21, 2026OpenKnowledge launch week — desktop apps (Mac/Win/Linux), ACP for 30+ agents, remote controlCommunity
Aug 21, 2026Inkeep OKF plugin — linter + auditor + skill + MCP tools for OKF v0.2Community
Aug 21, 2026Odyssey OKF wiki published — worked example of v0.2 provenance patternsCommunity
Aug 21, 2026Hugging Face Research Agent adds OKF supportCommunity
Aug 21, 2026OKF moves to its own repo, GoogleCloudPlatform/open-knowledge-format; the knowledge-catalog/okf copy is frozenPortable
Aug 21, 2026SPEC update: every timestamp is an ISO 8601 datetime with an explicit UTC offsetPortable
Aug 26, 2026Knowledge Catalog: scale OKF bundles via kcmd push, IAM-governed Entries, AspectType okf (v0.2 signal fields)Enterprise
Aug 27, 2026okf-guard v0.1.0 — content-safety scanning for source documentsCommunity
Aug 27, 2026W4G1/okf v0.2.6 — pure Rust OKF toolkit with TUICommunity
Aug 29, 2026okflint v0.4.0 — major update with new rulesCommunity
Aug 29, 2026Kiso v0.2.3 — OKF v0.2 support + MCP serverCommunity
Aug 29, 2026Roteiro v4.0.0 — first release with OKF bundle outputCommunity
Aug 30, 2026OKF-Schema v0.11.1 — JSON Schema validation for OKF bundlesCommunity
Aug 30, 2026superops-team/okf v0.4.0 — semantic search + MCP server + document importCommunity
Sep 1, 2026OpenWiki v0.5.0 — durable resumabilityCommunity
Sep 2, 2026OKF-Schema v0.12.0 — reciprocal derives_to links + installable agent skillsCommunity
Sep 5, 2026OKF Agent Memory v0.1.0 — git-native agent memory on OKF v0.2 (Go CLI + MCP server)Community
Sep 11, 2026KL4A 0.0.1-alpha — first release: human review gate and source-span evidence for SOP/policy claimsCommunity
Sep 12, 2026OKPH v0.1.0 — first release (npm @fcmam5/okph)Community
Sep 13, 2026Roteiro v5.13.0 — complete OKF producer + consumer + validator, with external bundle import and conformance checkerCommunity
Sep 14, 2026okflint v0.4.1 releasedCommunity
Sep 19, 2026OKF-Runtime — deterministic consumption engine for OKF bundles (Python, CLI, MCP-ready)Community
Sep 19, 2026okf-postgres v0.1.0 — read-only PostgreSQL producer for OKF v0.2 bundlesCommunity
Sep 19, 2026okf-mcp v0.9.0–v0.9.1 — local-first validator + index + MCP server for OKF v0.2, now hosting external producersCommunity
Sep 22, 2026OKPH v0.7.0 — Git-native graph and impact analysis for OKF bundlesCommunity
Sep 22, 2026JidoSeal MCP server v0.1.0 — local OKF v0.2 frontmatter checker with Bronze/Silver/Gold grading and optional paid certificates (scan engine proprietary; jidoseal CLI engine shipped Sep 19)Community
Sep 27, 2026AIX renamed AI-XF (v0.4.2) — federation with evidenceCommunity
Oct 1, 2026OKF Agent Memory v0.5.0 — OKF Registry, okf.lock lockfile and multi-scope memory layeringCommunity
Oct 2, 2026Korpus.cloud listed — hosted, agent-native knowledge platform (founder-submitted; OKF docs pending)Community
Oct 3, 2026okflint v0.5.0 releasedCommunity
Oct 3, 2026AI-XF v0.5 — canonical serialisation with a sha256: content hash, and withheld-link markersCommunity
Oct 4, 2026OKF Agent Memory v0.6.0 — stricter --filter keys, typed list frontmatter, symlink containment for bundle rootsCommunity
Oct 5, 2026Groma v0.6.5 — C4 architecture maps stored as an OKF v0.2 application profileCommunity
Oct 5, 2026Groma v0.6.6 — experimental COBOL and NASM scannersCommunity
Oct 10, 2026OKPH v0.9.0 — validate affected files, README injectionCommunity
Oct 10, 2026KL4A 0.0.2-alpha — CodeKB: repositories as portable Code Knowledge Bundles, served over stdio MCPCommunity
Oct 12, 2026OKF Agent Memory v0.6.1 — hub sync-state persistence and BM25 scoring fixesCommunity
Oct 12, 2026xMatrix pages-as-OKF documented — team workspace where pages clone over git as OKF v0.2 bundlesCommunity
Oct 12, 2026OKForest CLI v0.1.0 — deterministic OKF v0.2 validator with offline rule explanationsCommunity
Oct 12, 2026OKForest Validate v1.0.0 — GitHub Action running the OKForest rules on pull requestsCommunity
Oct 20, 2026OKForest CLI v0.6.2 and OKForest Validate v1.3.1 — 28 rulesCommunity
Oct 22, 2026JidoSeal v0.2.0 — jidoseal_trust and jidoseal_changes (OKF v0.2 §5 trust and lifecycle) plus a State of OKF report over 900 BundleDex bundlesCommunity

What’s Missing

GapWho should build itDifficultyStatus / coverage
Snowflake/Databricks producerData platform teamsMedium
PostgreSQL/MySQL producerAny backend devLowPostgreSQL done → okf-postgres; MySQL still open
Obsidian plugin (validation + templates)Plugin devsLow
VS Code extension (lint + preview)Extension devsMedium
Public bundle registry/galleryCommunityMediumPartial → OKF Agent Memory runs registry.okf-memory.dev (10 agent-memory bundles: 9 official, 1 community, as of Oct 2, 2026); no general-purpose registry yet
OKF → schema.org/JSON-LD bridgeSEO toolsMedium
Multi-source enrichment (beyond BQ)Google or communityHigh