ktx
Ranked 3 of 3 context layers by recommenders
Open-source layer that gives data agents business context, combining a YAML semantic layer with a searchable wiki of definitions. Setup is easy and it builds context for you.
Open-source layer that gives data agents business context, combining a YAML semantic layer with a searchable wiki of definitions. Setup is easy and it builds context for you.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Semantic layer plus business wiki
“ktx is built to be both halves at once - a YAML semantic layer and a searchable wiki of business definitions”
Comment from 28 May 2026 in “Show HN: Ktx – Open-source executable context layer for data agents” “you are creating awesome documents and references that I would have loved to have”
Comment from 28 May 2026 in “Show HN: Ktx – Open-source executable context layer for data agents” Builds context for agents automatically
“I think your project already solves this issue”
Comment from 2 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: Ktx – Open-source executable context layer for data agents” “ktx instead builds the context for you”
Comment from 28 May 2026 in “Show HN: Ktx – Open-source executable context layer for data agents”
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| Nia | 16 | 3 | 84% | 3 | — | — |
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| ktxThis page | 7 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
9 of the 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Nice! I did something similar to HDR/EXR/Ultra JPEG images here:”
“This is really interesting!”
“I think your project already solves this issue”
“setup (without openai embeddings) was pretty easy. Nice!”
“we actually built a prepackaged project that users can use to experiment with ktx before running any kind of ingestion”
“make it impossible to generate a bad query”
“you are creating awesome documents and references that I would have loved to have”
“ktx is built to be both halves at once - a YAML semantic layer and a searchable wiki of business definitions”
“ktx instead builds the context for you”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.