Introduction
Legend is a self-hosted map of your organization. It connects the people and teams who own things to the services, assets, documents, and processes they own, so anyone can find their way to the right answer without asking around first. You run it on infrastructure you control, and your data never leaves your network.
Think map, not folders
Most tools store knowledge in lists and folders. That works until you need to know how things relate: who owns a service, which process depends on it, and where the documentation lives. Legend models those relationships directly, so your organization reads like a map instead of a pile of documents.
The vocabulary is small. Agents are the people and teams who own things. Landmarks are the things worth finding: services, assets, documents, and processes. Relationships are the lines between them. Together they form the map.
Who Legend is for
Legend is built for whole organizations, not just engineering. Each team gets a different kind of answer from the same map:
- Operations map SOPs, workflows, and the systems they depend on.
- IT and engineering track service ownership, dependencies, and on-call.
- HR and people teams centralize policies, org structure, and onboarding.
- Customer success finds product answers and clear escalation paths.
- Leadership sees what is documented, what is missing, and who owns what.
What you own
Legend is self-hosted, so your map runs on your own infrastructure and your data stays with you. Licensing is handled through the customer portal, with a free Community tier to get started and paid Starter and Business tiers as you grow. The only outbound call is an optional license check, which can also be satisfied with an offline key.
How to read this guide
The guide is organized into three parts. Getting Started explains the concepts and gets you to a first working map. The User Guide covers day-to-day work: creating Agents and Landmarks, connecting them, searching, and keeping documentation current. The Admin Guide covers installation, configuration, single sign-on, backups, licensing, and upgrades.
Screenshot: the Legend map view on first load, showing a small cluster of Agents and Landmarks connected by relationship lines.