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#1

LightRAG

Similarity 137Trust 88Excellent 100

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

37K starsJun 18, 2026 pushrag-knowledgePythonKnowledge Graph
$ npx skills add HKUDS/LightRAG
#2

Txtai

Similarity 127Trust 90Excellent 100

๐Ÿ’ก All-in-one AI framework for semantic search, LLM orchestration and language model workflows

13K starsJun 22, 2026 pushrag-knowledgePythonSemantic Search
$ npx skills add neuml/txtai
#3

Generative AI For Beginners

Similarity 121Trust 88Excellent 100

21 Lessons, Get Started Building with Generative AI

112K starsJun 21, 2026 pushrag-knowledgeJupyter NotebookSemantic Search
$ npx skills add microsoft/generative-ai-for-beginners
#4

RAG Techniques

Similarity 120Trust 86Excellent 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
#5

Cognee

Similarity 113Trust 90Excellent 100

Cognee is the open-source AI memory platform for agents. Give your AI agents persistent long-term memory across sessions with a self-hosted knowledge graph engine.

30K starsJul 30, 2026 pushrag-knowledgePythonVector Search
$ npx skills add topoteretes/cognee
#6

PageIndex

Similarity 113Trust 87Excellent 100

๐Ÿ“‘ PageIndex: Document Index for Vectorless, Reasoning-based RAG

34K starsJul 18, 2026 pushrag-knowledgePythonVector Search
$ npx skills add VectifyAI/PageIndex
#7

Meilisearch

Similarity 112Trust 85Excellent 100

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

59K starsJul 18, 2026 pushrag-knowledgeRustSemantic Search
$ npx skills add meilisearch/meilisearch
#8

DocsGPT

Similarity 112Trust 89Excellent 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 starsJul 16, 2026 pushrag-knowledgePythonSemantic Search
$ npx skills add arc53/DocsGPT
#9

Memvid

Similarity 112Trust 89Excellent 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
#10

WeKnora

Similarity 111Trust 87Excellent 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
#11

Cocoindex

Similarity 111Trust 88Excellent 100

Incremental engine for long horizon agents ๐ŸŒŸ Star if you like it!

10K starsJun 19, 2026 pushrag-knowledgeRustSemantic Search
$ npx skills add cocoindex-io/cocoindex
#12

Deeplake

Similarity 110Trust 87Excellent 100

Deeplake is AI Data Runtime for Agents. It provides serverless postgres with a multimodal datalake, enabling scalable retrieval and training.

9.2K starsMay 21, 2026 pushrag-knowledgeC++Vector Search
$ npx skills add activeloopai/deeplake
#13

Databend

Similarity 110Trust 85Excellent 100

Data Agent Ready Warehouse : One for Analytics, Search, AI, Python Sandbox. โ€” rebuilt from scratch. Unified architecture on your S3.

9.4K starsJul 18, 2026 pushrag-knowledgeRustVector Search
$ npx skills add databendlabs/databend
#14

Haystack

Similarity 107Trust 90Excellent 100

Open-source AI orchestration framework for building context-engineered, production-ready LLM applications. Design modular pipelines and agent workflows with explicit control over retrieval, routing, memory, and generation. Built for scalable agents, RAG, multimodal applications, semantic search, and conversational systems.

26K starsJun 12, 2026 pushdataMDXRAG
$ npx skills add deepset-ai/haystack
#15

MiroFish

Similarity 105Trust 90Excellent 100

A Simple and Universal Swarm Intelligence Engine, Predicting Anything. ็ฎ€ๆด้€š็”จ็š„็พคไฝ“ๆ™บ่ƒฝๅผ•ๆ“Ž๏ผŒ้ข„ๆต‹ไธ‡็‰ฉ

67K starsMay 24, 2026 pushrag-knowledgePythonKnowledge Graph
$ npx skills add 666ghj/MiroFish
#16

Anything Llm

Similarity 105Trust 90Excellent 100

Stop renting your intelligence. Own it with AnythingLLM. Everything you need for a powerful local-first agent experience

63K starsJul 13, 2026 pushrag-knowledgeJavaScriptVector Search
$ npx skills add Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm

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