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Awesome Deep Research alternatives for AI agents.

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#1

Controllable RAG Agent

Similarity 123Trust 95Excellent 100

This repository provides an advanced Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) solution for complex question answering. It uses sophisticated graph based algorithm to handle the tasks.

1.6K starsJun 4, 2026 pushrag-knowledgeJupyter NotebookRAG
$ npx skills add NirDiamant/Controllable-RAG-Agent
#2

Ragbits

Similarity 122Trust 92Excellent 100

Building blocks for rapid development of GenAI applications

1.6K starsMay 18, 2026 pushrag-knowledgePythonRAG
$ npx skills add deepsense-ai/ragbits
#3

LightRAG

Similarity 122Trust 96Excellent 100

[EMNLP2025] "LightRAG: Simple and Fast Retrieval-Augmented Generation"

37K starsJun 14, 2026 pushrag-knowledgePythonKnowledge Graph
$ npx skills add HKUDS/LightRAG
#4

S3

Similarity 121Trust 83Promising 69

[EMNLP'25] s3 - ⚡ Efficient & Effective Search Agent Training via RL for RAG (RLVR for Search with Minimal Data)

837 starsNov 5, 2025 pushrag-knowledgePythonRAG
$ npx skills add pat-jj/s3
#5

Llm Paper Daily

Similarity 121Trust 89Excellent 97

Daily updated LLM papers. 每日更新 LLM 相关的论文,欢迎订阅 👏 喜欢的话动动你的小手 🌟 一个

1.3K starsJun 12, 2026 pushrag-knowledgePythonRAG
$ npx skills add xianshang33/llm-paper-daily
#6

TrustRAG

Similarity 118Trust 85Excellent 87

TrustRAG:The RAG Framework within Reliable input,Trusted output

1.3K starsJan 7, 2026 pushrag-knowledgePythonRAG
$ npx skills add gomate-community/TrustRAG
#7

YT Navigator

Similarity 117Trust 80Needs review 54

YT Navigator: AI-powered YouTube content explorer that lets you search and chat with channel videos using AI agents. Extract insights from hours of content in seconds with semantic search and precise timestamps.

598 starsMar 27, 2025 pushrag-knowledgePythonRAG
$ npx skills add wassim249/YT-Navigator
#8

Awesome GraphRAG

Similarity 117Trust 94Excellent 100

Awesome-GraphRAG: A curated list of resources (surveys, papers, benchmarks, and opensource projects) on graph-based retrieval-augmented generation.

2.5K starsJun 2, 2026 pushrag-knowledgeKnowledge GraphClaude Code
$ npx skills add DEEP-PolyU/Awesome-GraphRAG
#9

Local RAG

Similarity 117Trust 87Excellent 86

Ingest files for retrieval augmented generation (RAG) with open-source Large Language Models (LLMs), all without 3rd parties or sensitive data leaving your network.

746 starsJun 12, 2026 pushrag-knowledgePythonRAG
$ npx skills add jonfairbanks/local-rag
#10

Polywise

Similarity 117Trust 86Excellent 86

The open source agentic content system to make your contents alive. Self-hosted on any platform. ◑

783 starsJun 11, 2026 pushrag-knowledgeTypeScriptRAG
$ npx skills add MatrixAges/polywise
#11

HiRAG

Similarity 117Trust 88Excellent 85

[EMNLP'25 findings] This is the official repo for the paper, HiRAG: Retrieval-Augmented Generation with Hierarchical Knowledge.

547 starsJun 13, 2026 pushrag-knowledgePythonRAG
$ npx skills add hhy-huang/HiRAG
#12

Prompttools

Similarity 116Trust 92Excellent 96

Open-source tools for prompt testing and experimentation, with support for both LLMs (e.g. OpenAI, LLaMA) and vector databases (e.g. Chroma, Weaviate, LanceDB).

3.0K starsFeb 11, 2026 pushrag-knowledgePythonEmbeddings
$ npx skills add hegelai/prompttools
#13

LinearRAG

Similarity 116Trust 88Strong 84

[ICLR 2026] LinearRAG: Linear Graph Retrieval Augmented Generation on Large-scale Corpora

507 starsMay 21, 2026 pushrag-knowledgePythonRAG
$ npx skills add DEEP-PolyU/LinearRAG
#14

Llm Apps Java Spring AI

Similarity 116Trust 86Strong 80

Samples showing how to build Java applications powered by Generative AI and LLMs using Spring AI and Spring Boot.

752 starsApr 5, 2026 pushrag-knowledgeJavaRAG
$ npx skills add ThomasVitale/llm-apps-java-spring-ai
#15

Start Llms

Similarity 116Trust 85Strong 77

A complete guide to start and improve your LLM skills in 2026 with little background in the field and stay up-to-date with the latest news and state-of-the-art techniques!

973 starsJan 23, 2026 pushrag-knowledgeRAGClaude Code
$ npx skills add louisfb01/start-llms
#16

Unbody

Similarity 115Trust 86Strong 78

The Supabase of AI era. A modular, open-source backend for building AI-native software — designed for knowledge, not static data.

528 starsApr 14, 2026 pushrag-knowledgeTypeScriptRAG
$ npx skills add unbody-io/unbody

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