LlamaIndexrun-llama/llama_index
Data framework for LLM applications and agentsEnterpriseAgents & frameworksRAG & vector DBsLibrary / SDK★ 52kMITcommit 2 days ago85worth
Open-source alternatives to Haystack
24 projects in the catalog share a category with Haystack (Agents & frameworks or RAG & vector DBs). They are ranked by how closely their categories, platforms and GitHub topics match, then by worth score. Of these, 10 run with Docker, 21 have a permissive license and 24 had a commit in the last 90 days.
Compare at a glance
| Project | Runs on | Self-host with Docker | License | Stars | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haystack (this project) | Library / SDK | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 27k | |
| LlamaIndex | Library / SDK | Not listed | MIT | 52k | |
| gpt-researcher | Web, Docker / self-host, Library / SDK | Yes | Apache-2.0 | 30k | |
| LangChain4j | Library / SDK | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 13k | |
| DeepSearcher | Library / SDK | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 8.3k | |
| Dify | Web, Docker / self-host | Yes | Custom (read before use) | 158k | |
| 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 | |
| BISHENG | Docker / self-host | Yes | Apache-2.0 | 12k | |
| Browser Use | Library / SDK | Not listed | MIT | 117k | |
| Crawl4AI | Docker / self-host, Library / SDK | Yes | Apache-2.0 | 85k | |
| MarkItDown | CLI, Library / SDK | Not listed | MIT | 188k | |
| Docling | CLI, Library / SDK | Not listed | MIT | 68k | |
| LightRAG | Docker / self-host, Library / SDK | Yes | MIT | 40k | |
| OpenViking | Library / SDK | Not listed | AGPL-3.0 | 39k | |
| Cognee | Library / SDK | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 31k | |
| TradingAgents | Library / SDK | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 110k | |
| Mem0 | Docker / self-host, Library / SDK | Yes | Apache-2.0 | 66k | |
| LangChain | Library / SDK | Not listed | MIT | 147k | |
| GraphRAG | Library / SDK | Not listed | MIT | 36k | |
| Pi | CLI, Library / SDK | Not listed | MIT | 112k | |
| DSPy | Library / SDK | Not listed | MIT | 38k | |
| Hindsight | Docker / self-host, Library / SDK | Yes | MIT | 45k | |
| CopilotKit | Library / SDK | Not listed | MIT | 38k |
Libraries & SDKs (19)
gpt-researcherassafelovic/gpt-researcher
Autonomous deep research agent for web and local documentsPersonalAgent skillsAgents & frameworksMCP serversRAG & vector DBsWeb★ 30kApache-2.0commit 7 days ago85worth
LangChain4jlangchain4j/langchain4j
LLM apps on the JVMEnterpriseAgents & frameworksRAG & vector DBsLibrary / SDK★ 13kApache-2.0commit 21 hours ago80worth
DeepSearcherzilliztech/deep-searcher
Deep research on private dataPersonalEnterpriseAgents & frameworksRAG & vector DBsLibrary / SDK★ 8.3kApache-2.0commit 2 weeks ago67worth
Browser Usebrowser-use/browser-use
Let AI agents use a web browserPersonalEnterpriseAgents & frameworksAutomationLibrary / SDK★ 117kMITcommit 9 hours ago89worth
Crawl4AIunclecode/crawl4ai
Web crawler that turns sites into LLM-ready MarkdownPersonalEnterpriseRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-hostLibrary / SDK★ 85kApache-2.0commit last week88worth
MarkItDownmicrosoft/markitdown
Convert Office files and PDFs to Markdown for LLMsPersonalEnterpriseRAG & vector DBsCLILibrary / SDK★ 188kMITcommit 7 hours ago87worth
Doclingdocling-project/docling
Get your documents ready for generative AIPersonalEnterpriseRAG & vector DBsCLILibrary / SDK★ 68kMITcommit 18 hours ago87worth
LightRAGHKUDS/LightRAG
Simple and fast graph-based RAGPersonalEnterpriseRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-hostLibrary / SDK★ 40kMITcommit last week86worth
OpenVikingvolcengine/OpenViking
Context database for AI agentsPersonalEnterpriseRAG & vector DBsLibrary / SDK★ 39kAGPL-3.0commit 15 hours ago86worth
Cogneetopoteretes/cognee
Open-source memory platform for agentsPersonalEnterpriseRAG & vector DBsLibrary / SDK★ 31kApache-2.0commit 2 days ago85worth
TradingAgentsTauricResearch/TradingAgents
Multi-agent LLM framework for financial trading researchPersonalAgents & frameworksData & analyticsLibrary / SDK★ 110kApache-2.0commit 4 days ago84worth
Mem0mem0ai/mem0
Memory layer for AI agentsPersonalEnterpriseAgents & frameworksDocker / self-hostLibrary / SDK★ 66kApache-2.0commit 2 days ago84worth
LangChainlangchain-ai/langchain
Framework for building LLM-powered applicationsEnterpriseAgents & frameworksLibrary / SDK★ 147kMITcommit 14 hours ago83worth
GraphRAGmicrosoft/graphrag
Graph-based RAG from MicrosoftEnterpriseRAG & vector DBsLibrary / SDK★ 36kMITcommit last week83worth
Piearendil-works/pi
Minimal agent toolkit and coding agent CLIPersonalAgents & frameworksCoding assistantsCLILibrary / SDK★ 112kMITcommit 11 hours ago82worth
DSPystanfordnlp/dspy
Program language models instead of prompting themPersonalEnterpriseAgents & frameworksLibrary / SDK★ 38kMITcommit yesterday82worth
Hindsightvectorize-io/hindsight
Agent memory that learnsPersonalEnterpriseAgents & frameworksDocker / self-hostLibrary / SDK★ 45kMITcommit 16 hours ago82worth
CopilotKitCopilotKit/CopilotKit
Frontend stack for agents and generative UIPersonalEnterpriseWeb frameworksAgents & frameworksLibrary / SDK★ 38kMITcommit 12 hours ago82worth
Web apps (1)
Difylanggenius/dify
Build, run and monitor LLM apps and agent workflowsPersonalEnterpriseAgents & frameworksRAG & vector DBsWebDocker / self-host★ 158kcommit 7 hours agolive demo85worth
Self-hosted Docker apps (4)
MaxKB1Panel-dev/MaxKB
Platform for enterprise agentsEnterpriseAgents & frameworksRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-host★ 23kGPL-3.0commit 5 days ago80worth
DocsGPTarc53/DocsGPT
Private AI platform for agents and searchEnterpriseAgents & frameworksRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-host★ 18kMITcommit 15 hours ago79worth
Local Deep ResearchLearningCircuit/local-deep-research
Deep research with local or cloud LLMsPersonalAgents & frameworksRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-host★ 9.1kMITcommit 12 hours ago78worth
BISHENGdataelement/bisheng
LLM DevOps platform for enterprise AIEnterpriseAgents & frameworksRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-host★ 12kApache-2.0commit last week77worth