Kosmos
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Kosmos, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
The facts
Each one read from Kosmos's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AI features
- Optional AI features include per-matter chat that can use matter documents, notes, case law, and prior conversations; Claude and Gemini are supported.checked 12 Oct 2026
- AI option
- AI is optional; the product can be used without configuring an AI provider key.checked 11 Oct 2026
- API and MCP
- The documentation lists a page for an MCP server and JSON APIs, and the project README says its MCP server exposes notes, matters, conversations, and financial data to Claude Desktop.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Audience
- The maker describes Kosmos as practice management software for small law firms.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Calendar integration
- The calendar can optionally synchronize with Google Calendar.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Case building
- Case tools include document OCR, highlights and citations, fact timelines, witness tracking, and case law saved from CourtListener.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Client intake
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Deployment
- The documentation describes installing Kosmos on a server and connecting email, payments, Google, and AI providers.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Document access
- Matter documents are served through the application to signed-in users rather than published at a URL.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Document storage
- Files can be stored on local disk by default or in an S3-compatible object store, and matter documents are served through authenticated application requests.checked 11 Oct 2026
- File storage
- Files can be stored on local disk by default or in an S3-compatible object store.checked 12 Oct 2026
- File upload limit
- The supplied nginx configuration caps request bodies at 100 MB, so larger uploads are rejected before reaching Kosmos.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Google Workspace
- Google Workspace integration includes Calendar and Contacts sync, Gmail labels mapped to matters, and Drive folders mapped to document categories.checked 12 Oct 2026
- License
- The project is released under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Payments
- Kosmos can take online payments through Confido or LawPay.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Practice management
- It includes matters, contacts, tasks, deadlines, calendars, time and expense tracking, invoicing, trust accounting, and client intakes.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Product
- Kosmos is free, open-source law practice management software for small law firms.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Self-hosting
- Kosmos can be installed on a firm's own server, and its installer supports Ubuntu or Debian and a local PostgreSQL database.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Server requirements
- The installer script requires Ubuntu or Debian, sudo access, and a local PostgreSQL database; its automated install check runs on Ubuntu 24.04.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- The product site lists [email protected] as a contact address.checked 12 Oct 2026
Money
- Billing
- Kosmos supports hourly and flat-fee matters, email invoices with online payment links, and payment collection through LawPay/AffiniPay or Stripe.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Billing and payments
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
The company
- Company information
- The pages reviewed do not state a maker name, headquarters, or founding year.checked 12 Oct 2026
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