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[EMNLP2025] "LightRAG: Simple and Fast Retrieval-Augmented Generation"
37K starsJun 18, 2026 pushrag-knowledgePythonKnowledge Graph
$ npx skills add HKUDS/LightRAGAlternatives
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SearXNG is a free internet metasearch engine which aggregates results from various search services and databases. Users are neither tracked nor profiled.
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$ npx skills add searxng/searxng#3
๐ PageIndex: Document Index for Vectorless, Reasoning-based RAG
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๐ก All-in-one AI framework for semantic search, LLM orchestration and language model workflows
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$ npx skills add neuml/txtai#5
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$ npx skills add Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm#6
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$ npx skills add elastic/elasticsearch#7
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#8
๐ฆ 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#9
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#10
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#11
A Simple and Universal Swarm Intelligence Engine, Predicting Anything. ็ฎๆด้็จ็็พคไฝๆบ่ฝๅผๆ๏ผ้ขๆตไธ็ฉ
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$ npx skills add 666ghj/MiroFish#12
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#13
๐ Open source distributed and RESTful search engine.
13K starsJun 16, 2026 pushrag-knowledgeJavaSearch
$ npx skills add opensearch-project/OpenSearch#14
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#15
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 starsAug 14, 2026 pushrag-knowledgePythonVector Search
$ npx skills add topoteretes/cognee#16
Next-generation full-text search library for Browser and Node.js
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