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Go library for embedded vector search and semantic embeddings using llama.cpp

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#1

WeKnora

Similarity 135Trust 94Excellent 100

Open-source LLM knowledge platform: turn raw documents into a queryable RAG, an autonomous reasoning agent, and a self-maintaining Wiki.

16K starsJun 18, 2026 pushrag-knowledgeGoSemantic Search
$ npx skills add Tencent/WeKnora
#2

RAG Techniques

Similarity 129Trust 94Excellent 100

This repository showcases various advanced techniques for Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems. Each technique has a detailed notebook tutorial.

28K starsJun 17, 2026 pushrag-knowledgeJupyter NotebookSemantic Search
$ npx skills add NirDiamant/RAG_Techniques
#3

Txtai

Similarity 129Trust 97Excellent 100

💡 All-in-one AI framework for semantic search, LLM orchestration and language model workflows

13K starsJun 18, 2026 pushrag-knowledgePythonSemantic Search
$ npx skills add neuml/txtai
#4

Generative AI For Beginners

Similarity 122Trust 96Excellent 100

21 Lessons, Get Started Building with Generative AI

112K starsJun 18, 2026 pushrag-knowledgeJupyter NotebookSemantic Search
$ npx skills add microsoft/generative-ai-for-beginners
#5

Memvid

Similarity 121Trust 98Excellent 100

Memory layer for AI Agents. Replace complex RAG pipelines with a serverless, single-file memory layer. Give your agents instant retrieval and long-term memory.

16K starsMay 27, 2026 pushrag-knowledgeRustSemantic Search
$ npx skills add memvid/memvid
#6

DocsGPT

Similarity 121Trust 96Excellent 100

Private AI platform for agents, assistants and enterprise search. Built-in Agent Builder, Deep research, Document analysis, Multi-model support, and API connectivity for agents.

18K starsJun 18, 2026 pushrag-knowledgePythonSemantic Search
$ npx skills add arc53/DocsGPT
#7

Meilisearch

Similarity 121Trust 90Excellent 100

A lightning-fast search engine API bringing AI-powered hybrid search to your sites and applications.

58K starsJun 11, 2026 pushrag-knowledgeRustSemantic Search
$ npx skills add meilisearch/meilisearch
#8

Searxng

Similarity 120Trust 98Excellent 100

SearXNG is a free internet metasearch engine which aggregates results from various search services and databases. Users are neither tracked nor profiled.

32K starsJun 16, 2026 pushrag-knowledgePythonSearch
$ npx skills add searxng/searxng
#9

Lancedb

Similarity 120Trust 96Excellent 100

Developer-friendly OSS embedded retrieval library for multimodal AI. Search More; Manage Less.

11K starsJun 15, 2026 pushrag-knowledgeHTMLSemantic Search
$ npx skills add lancedb/lancedb
#10

Cocoindex

Similarity 120Trust 95Excellent 100

Incremental engine for long horizon agents 🌟 Star if you like it!

10K starsJun 18, 2026 pushrag-knowledgeRustSemantic Search
$ npx skills add cocoindex-io/cocoindex
#11

Elasticsearch

Similarity 119Trust 92Excellent 100

Free and Open Source, Distributed, RESTful Search Engine

77K starsJun 16, 2026 pushrag-knowledgeJavaSearch
$ npx skills add elastic/elasticsearch
#12

Sonic

Similarity 119Trust 96Excellent 100

🦔 Fast, lightweight & schema-less search backend. An alternative to Elasticsearch that runs on a few MBs of RAM.

21K starsJun 12, 2026 pushrag-knowledgeRustSearch
$ npx skills add valeriansaliou/sonic
#13

Tantivy

Similarity 119Trust 97Excellent 100

Tantivy is a full-text search engine library inspired by Apache Lucene and written in Rust

15K starsJun 16, 2026 pushrag-knowledgeRustSearch
$ npx skills add quickwit-oss/tantivy
#14

Weaviate

Similarity 119Trust 96Excellent 100

Weaviate is an open-source vector database that stores both objects and vectors, allowing for the combination of vector search with structured filtering with the fault tolerance and scalability of a cloud-native database​.

16K starsJun 19, 2026 pushrag-knowledgeGoSemantic Search
$ npx skills add weaviate/weaviate
#15

Vespa

Similarity 119Trust 92Excellent 100

The AI search platform

7.0K starsJun 18, 2026 pushrag-knowledgeJavaVector Search
$ npx skills add vespa-engine/vespa
#16

Quickwit

Similarity 118Trust 97Excellent 100

Cloud-native search engine for observability. An open-source alternative to Datadog, Elasticsearch, Loki, and Tempo.

11K starsJun 16, 2026 pushrag-knowledgeRustSearch
$ npx skills add quickwit-oss/quickwit

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