Difylanggenius/dify
Build, run and monitor LLM apps and agent workflowsPersonalEnterpriseAgents & frameworksRAG & vector DBsWebDocker / self-host★ 158kcommit yesterdaylive demo85worth
Open-source alternatives to LightRAG
36 projects in the catalog are in the same category as LightRAG: RAG & vector DBs. They are ranked by how closely their categories, platforms and GitHub topics match, then by worth score. Of these, 15 run with Docker, 28 have a permissive license and 35 had a commit in the last 90 days.
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| Project | Runs on | Self-host with Docker | License | Stars | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LightRAG (this project) | Docker / self-host, Library / SDK | Yes | MIT | 40k | |
| Haystack | Library / SDK | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 27k | |
| GraphRAG | Library / SDK | Not listed | MIT | 36k | |
| txtai | Library / SDK | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 13k | |
| Memvid | Library / SDK | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 17k | |
| Dify | Web, Docker / self-host | Yes | Custom (read before use) | 158k | |
| BISHENG | Docker / self-host | Yes | Apache-2.0 | 12k | |
| RAGFlow | Docker / self-host | Yes | Apache-2.0 | 92k | |
| PageIndex | Library / SDK | Not listed | MIT | 39k | |
| FlagEmbedding | Library / SDK | Not listed | MIT | 12k | |
| Pathway LLM App | Docker / self-host | Yes | MIT | 59k | |
| Cognee | Library / SDK | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 31k | |
| Local Deep Research | Docker / self-host | Yes | MIT | 9.1k | |
| LangChain4j | Library / SDK | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 13k | |
| Crawl4AI | Docker / self-host, Library / SDK | Yes | Apache-2.0 | 85k | |
| Firecrawl | Web, Docker / self-host, Library / SDK | Yes | AGPL-3.0 | 188k | |
| MarkItDown | CLI, Library / SDK | Not listed | MIT | 188k | |
| Docling | CLI, Library / SDK | Not listed | MIT | 68k | |
| OpenViking | Library / SDK | Not listed | AGPL-3.0 | 39k | |
| WeKnora | Docker / self-host | Yes | Custom (read before use) | 32k | |
| Faiss | Library / SDK | Not listed | MIT | 41k | |
| OpenDataLoader PDF | Library / SDK | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 29k | |
| Unstructured | Library / SDK | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 16k | |
| PaddleOCR | Library / SDK | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 91k | |
| MinerU | CLI, Library / SDK | Not listed | Custom (read before use) | 81k | |
| Marker | CLI, Library / SDK | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 40k | |
| anydoc | CLI, Library / SDK | Not listed | MIT | 22k | |
| TurboVec | Library / SDK | Not listed | MIT | 17k | |
| LlamaIndex | Library / SDK | Not listed | MIT | 52k | |
| AnythingLLM | Docker / self-host, Desktop | Yes | MIT | 67k | |
| PrivateGPT | Docker / self-host | Yes | Apache-2.0 | 58k | |
| MaxKB | Docker / self-host | Yes | GPL-3.0 | 23k | |
| DocsGPT | Docker / self-host | Yes | MIT | 18k | |
| Onyx | Docker / self-host | Yes | Custom (read before use) | 32k | |
| Khoj | Web, Docker / self-host | Yes | AGPL-3.0 | 38k | |
| Vane | Docker / self-host | Yes | MIT | 37k | |
| DeepSearcher | Library / SDK | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 8.3k |
Self-hosted Docker apps (15)
BISHENGdataelement/bisheng
LLM DevOps platform for enterprise AIEnterpriseAgents & frameworksRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-host★ 12kApache-2.0commit 2 weeks ago77worth
RAGFlowinfiniflow/ragflow
RAG engine built on deep document understandingEnterpriseRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-host★ 92kApache-2.0commit yesterday87worth
Pathway LLM Apppathwaycom/llm-app
Ready-to-run templates for live RAG and enterprise searchEnterpriseRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-host★ 59kMITcommit 3 months ago57worth
Local Deep ResearchLearningCircuit/local-deep-research
Deep research with local or cloud LLMsPersonalAgents & frameworksRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-host★ 9.1kMITcommit 21 hours ago78worth
Crawl4AIunclecode/crawl4ai
Web crawler that turns sites into LLM-ready MarkdownPersonalEnterpriseRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-hostLibrary / SDK★ 85kApache-2.0commit last week88worth
Firecrawlfirecrawl/firecrawl
Web data API that turns sites into LLM-ready dataPersonalEnterpriseRAG & vector DBsWebDocker / self-hostLibrary / SDK★ 188kAGPL-3.0commit 2 days ago77worth
WeKnoraTencent/WeKnora
LLM knowledge platformEnterpriseRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-host★ 32kcommit 5 days ago81worth
AnythingLLMMintplex-Labs/anything-llm
Chat with your documents using any LLMPersonalEnterpriseChat UIsRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-hostDesktop★ 67kMITcommit 20 hours ago84worth
PrivateGPTzylon-ai/private-gpt
Private AI API over local modelsEnterpriseLocal inferenceRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-host★ 58kApache-2.0commit 2 weeks ago83worth
MaxKB1Panel-dev/MaxKB
Platform for enterprise agentsEnterpriseAgents & frameworksRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-host★ 23kGPL-3.0commit 7 days ago80worth
DocsGPTarc53/DocsGPT
Private AI platform for agents and searchEnterpriseAgents & frameworksRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-host★ 18kMITcommit 22 hours ago79worth
Onyxonyx-dot-app/onyx
Open-source AI platform with enterprise searchEnterpriseChat UIsRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-host★ 32kcommit 18 hours ago77worth
Khojkhoj-ai/khoj
Your self-hostable AI second brainPersonalChat UIsRAG & vector DBsWebDocker / self-host★ 38kAGPL-3.0commit 2 months ago73worth
VaneItzCrazyKns/Vane
AI-powered answering enginePersonalChat UIsRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-host★ 37kMITcommit last month71worth
Libraries & SDKs (21)
Haystackdeepset-ai/haystack
AI orchestration for production LLM appsEnterpriseAgents & frameworksRAG & vector DBsLibrary / SDK★ 27kApache-2.0commit 2 days ago81worth
GraphRAGmicrosoft/graphrag
Graph-based RAG from MicrosoftEnterpriseRAG & vector DBsLibrary / SDK★ 36kMITcommit 2 weeks ago83worth
txtaineuml/txtai
All-in-one framework for semantic search and LLM workflowsPersonalEnterpriseRAG & vector DBsLibrary / SDK★ 13kApache-2.0commit 2 days ago74worth
Memvidmemvid/memvid
Single-file memory layer for agentsPersonalEnterpriseRAG & vector DBsLibrary / SDK★ 17kApache-2.0commit 3 months ago69worth
PageIndexVectifyAI/PageIndex
Vectorless, reasoning-based RAGPersonalEnterpriseRAG & vector DBsLibrary / SDK★ 39kMITcommit 3 days ago76worth
FlagEmbeddingFlagOpen/FlagEmbedding
Embedding and reranking models for retrievalPersonalEnterpriseRAG & vector DBsLibrary / SDK★ 12kMITcommit last month69worth
Cogneetopoteretes/cognee
Open-source memory platform for agentsPersonalEnterpriseRAG & vector DBsLibrary / SDK★ 31kApache-2.0commit 3 days ago85worth
LangChain4jlangchain4j/langchain4j
LLM apps on the JVMEnterpriseAgents & frameworksRAG & vector DBsLibrary / SDK★ 13kApache-2.0commit 2 days ago80worth
MarkItDownmicrosoft/markitdown
Convert Office files and PDFs to Markdown for LLMsPersonalEnterpriseRAG & vector DBsCLILibrary / SDK★ 188kMITcommit 20 hours ago87worth
Doclingdocling-project/docling
Get your documents ready for generative AIPersonalEnterpriseRAG & vector DBsCLILibrary / SDK★ 68kMITcommit 18 hours ago87worth
OpenVikingvolcengine/OpenViking
Context database for AI agentsPersonalEnterpriseRAG & vector DBsLibrary / SDK★ 39kAGPL-3.0commit yesterday86worth
Faissfacebookresearch/faiss
Efficient similarity search for vectorsPersonalEnterpriseRAG & vector DBsLibrary / SDK★ 41kMITcommit 2 days ago79worth
OpenDataLoader PDFopendataloader-project/opendataloader-pdf
PDF parser for AI-ready dataPersonalEnterpriseRAG & vector DBsLibrary / SDK★ 29kApache-2.0commit 3 days ago79worth
UnstructuredUnstructured-IO/unstructured
Convert documents to structured dataPersonalEnterpriseRAG & vector DBsLibrary / SDK★ 16kApache-2.0commit yesterday79worth
PaddleOCRPaddlePaddle/PaddleOCR
OCR toolkit that turns documents into structured dataPersonalEnterpriseRAG & vector DBsLibrary / SDK★ 91kApache-2.0commit 3 weeks ago78worth
MinerUopendatalab/MinerU
Convert PDFs and Office docs to LLM-ready MarkdownPersonalEnterpriseRAG & vector DBsCLILibrary / SDK★ 81kcommit 6 days ago78worth
Markerdatalab-to/marker
Convert PDFs to Markdown and JSON with high accuracyPersonalEnterpriseRAG & vector DBsCLILibrary / SDK★ 40kApache-2.0commit 2 days ago77worth
anydocfirecrawl/anydoc
Convert office files and PDFs to MarkdownPersonalEnterpriseRAG & vector DBsCLILibrary / SDK★ 22kMITcommit last month71worth
TurboVecRyanCodrai/turbovec
Fast vector index in RustPersonalEnterpriseRAG & vector DBsLibrary / SDK★ 17kMITcommit 2 days ago66worth
LlamaIndexrun-llama/llama_index
Data framework for LLM applications and agentsEnterpriseAgents & frameworksRAG & vector DBsLibrary / SDK★ 52kMITcommit 3 days ago85worth
DeepSearcherzilliztech/deep-searcher
Deep research on private dataPersonalEnterpriseAgents & frameworksRAG & vector DBsLibrary / SDK★ 8.3kApache-2.0commit 2 weeks ago67worth