A Netherlands-flavoured fork stops pretending to be the upstream project and starts looking like its own product.
Jeroen1991z/mikeNL
Jeroen1991z is turning Mike into MikeNL - a Dutch-localised legal assistant with native case law search and a citation reader built in.
MikeNL is a Dutch-market fork of Mike, shaped by Jeroen1991z into a legal assistant that speaks the language of Dutch practice. The headline move is plugging the agent directly into Dutch primary sources - case law from rechtspraak.nl and legislation from wetten.overheid.nl - so answers are grounded in material that local lawyers actually cite.
Around that core, Jeroen1991z has built a citation side panel that opens the source document next to the chat with the quoted passage highlighted, rebranded the product end-to-end as MikeNL, and tightened up the backend with API key encryption at rest and proper error logging. The branding work is still surface-level - terms and privacy pages remain placeholders - which suggests this is a working fork in active build-out rather than a finished commercial release.
If you're curious how a Mike fork looks when it's localised for a specific European jurisdiction rather than just translated, this is a useful one to click through on.
What's in it
- Dutch legal search The agent can query rechtspraak.nl for case law and wetten.overheid.nl for legislation as first-class tools, so answers cite Dutch primary sources directly.
- Citation side panel Click a citation in a chat answer and the full source opens beside it with the quoted passage highlighted in place - a reader, not just a link out.
- MikeNL rebrand The product is rebranded across the UI as a fork-distinct identity, though some legal pages are still placeholders.
- Encrypted API keys at rest User-supplied API keys are stored encrypted rather than in plaintext, a baseline security improvement for a self-hosted assistant.
- Backend error logging Diagnostic logging across auth, config, and database paths to make 500s tractable in deployment.
Direction
i18nsearchsecurity
Activity
📝 Jeroen1991z builds a citation side panel for Dutch case law 18 commits 20d ago searchchat-ui draft
Click a citation in chat, and the source opens beside the answer with the quoted passage highlighted in place.
📝 Jeroen1991z hardens key storage and teaches Mike to read redlines 1 commit 21d ago contract-reviewsecurity draft
Two upgrades land together: encrypted API keys at rest, and the AI can finally see tracked changes in Word and PDF documents.
A Netherlands-focused fork teaches Mike to search and cite rechtspraak.nl and wetten.overheid.nl directly.
📝 Backend error logging for diagnosing 500s (no public page) 1 commit 22d ago not yet rewritten
Threads of work (detailed view)
Jeroen1991z plants a Dutch flag on Mike
A Netherlands-flavoured fork stops pretending to be the upstream project and starts looking like its own product.
Jeroen1991z builds a citation side panel for Dutch case law
Click a citation in chat, and the source opens beside the answer with the quoted passage highlighted in place.
Jeroen1991z hardens key storage and teaches Mike to read redlines
Two upgrades land together: encrypted API keys at rest, and the AI can finally see tracked changes in Word and PDF documents.
Jeroen1991z wires Mike into Dutch case law and legislation
A Netherlands-focused fork teaches Mike to search and cite rechtspraak.nl and wetten.overheid.nl directly.