Crawl4AIunclecode/crawl4ai
Web crawler that turns sites into LLM-ready MarkdownPersonalEnterpriseRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-hostLibrary / SDK★ 85kApache-2.0commit last week88worth
Open-source alternatives to WeKnora
24 projects in the catalog are in the same category as WeKnora: RAG & vector DBs. They are ranked by how closely their categories, platforms and GitHub topics match, then by worth score. Of these, 21 run with Docker, 17 have a permissive license and 23 had a commit in the last 90 days.
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| Project | Runs on | Self-host with Docker | License | Stars | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WeKnora (this project) | Docker / self-host | Yes | Custom (read before use) | 32k | |
| Crawl4AI | Docker / self-host, Library / SDK | Yes | Apache-2.0 | 85k | |
| RAGFlow | Docker / self-host | Yes | Apache-2.0 | 92k | |
| LightRAG | Docker / self-host, Library / SDK | Yes | MIT | 40k | |
| Dify | Web, Docker / self-host | Yes | Custom (read before use) | 158k | |
| gpt-researcher | Web, Docker / self-host, Library / SDK | Yes | Apache-2.0 | 30k | |
| Open Notebook | Web, Docker / self-host | Yes | MIT | 40k | |
| AnythingLLM | Docker / self-host, Desktop | Yes | MIT | 67k | |
| PrivateGPT | Docker / self-host | Yes | Apache-2.0 | 58k | |
| Milvus | Docker / self-host | Yes | Apache-2.0 | 46k | |
| Qdrant | Docker / self-host | Yes | Apache-2.0 | 35k | |
| MaxKB | Docker / self-host | Yes | GPL-3.0 | 23k | |
| DocsGPT | Docker / self-host | Yes | MIT | 18k | |
| Local Deep Research | Docker / self-host | Yes | MIT | 9.1k | |
| Chroma | Docker / self-host, Library / SDK | Yes | Apache-2.0 | 29k | |
| Firecrawl | Web, Docker / self-host, Library / SDK | Yes | AGPL-3.0 | 188k | |
| Onyx | Docker / self-host | Yes | Custom (read before use) | 32k | |
| BISHENG | Docker / self-host | Yes | Apache-2.0 | 12k | |
| Weaviate | Docker / self-host | Yes | Custom (read before use) | 17k | |
| Khoj | Web, Docker / self-host | Yes | AGPL-3.0 | 38k | |
| Vane | Docker / self-host | Yes | MIT | 37k | |
| Pathway LLM App | Docker / self-host | Yes | MIT | 59k | |
| 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 |
Self-hosted Docker apps (21)
RAGFlowinfiniflow/ragflow
RAG engine built on deep document understandingEnterpriseRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-host★ 92kApache-2.0commit yesterday87worth
LightRAGHKUDS/LightRAG
Simple and fast graph-based RAGPersonalEnterpriseRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-hostLibrary / SDK★ 40kMITcommit last week86worth
Difylanggenius/dify
Build, run and monitor LLM apps and agent workflowsPersonalEnterpriseAgents & frameworksRAG & vector DBsWebDocker / self-host★ 158kcommit 19 hours agolive demo85worth
gpt-researcherassafelovic/gpt-researcher
Autonomous deep research agent for web and local documentsPersonalAgent skillsAgents & frameworksMCP serversRAG & vector DBsWeb★ 30kApache-2.0commit last week85worth
Open Notebooklfnovo/open-notebook
Open-source NotebookLM alternativePersonalNotes & docsRAG & vector DBsWebDocker / self-host★ 40kMITcommit 19 hours ago85worth
AnythingLLMMintplex-Labs/anything-llm
Chat with your documents using any LLMPersonalEnterpriseChat UIsRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-hostDesktop★ 67kMITcommit yesterday84worth
PrivateGPTzylon-ai/private-gpt
Private AI API over local modelsEnterpriseLocal inferenceRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-host★ 58kApache-2.0commit 2 weeks ago83worth
Milvusmilvus-io/milvus
Cloud-native vector databaseEnterpriseDatabases & backendsRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-host★ 46kApache-2.0commit 2 days ago83worth
Qdrantqdrant/qdrant
High-performance vector database and search engineEnterpriseDatabases & backendsRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-host★ 35kApache-2.0commit last month82worth
MaxKB1Panel-dev/MaxKB
Platform for enterprise agentsEnterpriseAgents & frameworksRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-host★ 23kGPL-3.0commit 6 days ago80worth
DocsGPTarc53/DocsGPT
Private AI platform for agents and searchEnterpriseAgents & frameworksRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-host★ 18kMITcommit yesterday79worth
Local Deep ResearchLearningCircuit/local-deep-research
Deep research with local or cloud LLMsPersonalAgents & frameworksRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-host★ 9.1kMITcommit 23 hours ago78worth
Chromachroma-core/chroma
Open-source embedding database for AI appsPersonalEnterpriseDatabases & backendsRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-hostLibrary / SDK★ 29kApache-2.0commit yesterday77worth
Firecrawlfirecrawl/firecrawl
Web data API that turns sites into LLM-ready dataPersonalEnterpriseRAG & vector DBsWebDocker / self-hostLibrary / SDK★ 188kAGPL-3.0commit 21 hours ago77worth
Onyxonyx-dot-app/onyx
Open-source AI platform with enterprise searchEnterpriseChat UIsRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-host★ 32kcommit 18 hours ago77worth
BISHENGdataelement/bisheng
LLM DevOps platform for enterprise AIEnterpriseAgents & frameworksRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-host★ 12kApache-2.0commit 2 weeks ago77worth
Weaviateweaviate/weaviate
Open-source vector databaseEnterpriseDatabases & backendsRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-host★ 17kcommit 2 days ago75worth
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
Pathway LLM Apppathwaycom/llm-app
Ready-to-run templates for live RAG and enterprise searchEnterpriseRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-host★ 59kMITcommit 3 months ago63worth
Command-line tools (2)
MarkItDownmicrosoft/markitdown
Convert Office files and PDFs to Markdown for LLMsPersonalEnterpriseRAG & vector DBsCLILibrary / SDK★ 188kMITcommit 19 hours ago87worth
Doclingdocling-project/docling
Get your documents ready for generative AIPersonalEnterpriseRAG & vector DBsCLILibrary / SDK★ 68kMITcommit yesterday87worth
Libraries & SDKs (1)
OpenVikingvolcengine/OpenViking
Context database for AI agentsPersonalEnterpriseRAG & vector DBsLibrary / SDK★ 39kAGPL-3.0commit yesterday86worth