100 Best Open-Source Memory & Knowledge in 2026 (Ranked by GitHub Activity)
Persistent memory layers and vector databases that give agents long-term recall and contextual retrieval
Top picks right now: vLLM, Hindsight, ragflow. Every tool below is open source and ranked by live GitHub activity (stars, 30-day star growth, commits and releases), refreshed daily.
100 tools
vLLM
open-sourceA high-throughput and memory-efficient inference and serving engine for LLMs
Hindsight
open-sourceHindsight: Agent Memory That Learns
ragflow
open-sourceOpen-source RAG engine combining knowledge retrieval and agent capabilities for LLMs
Cognee
open-sourceKnowledge Engine for AI Agent Memory in 6 lines of code
Graphify
freemiumLocal tool that parses code, docs, SQL schemas, configs, and PDFs into a queryable knowledge graph
LobeHub
freeOpen-source platform for building, scheduling, and managing collaborative AI agent teams
LangChain
open-sourceThe agent engineering platform
MinerU
freeTransforms complex documents like PDFs into LLM-ready markdown/JSON for your Agentic workflows.
Open WebUI
freeUser-friendly AI Interface (Supports Ollama, OpenAI API, ...)
Dify
freeProduction-ready platform for agentic workflow development.
Claude-Mem
freemiumCaptures and compresses agent activity to provide relevant context across coding sessions
PraisonAI
open-sourceLow-code multi-agent AI framework for planning, research, coding, and cross-platform delivery
Promptfoo
open-sourceOpen-source CLI and library for evaluating and red-teaming prompts, agents, RAG systems, and LLM apps
SiYuan
open-sourceAn open-source, privacy-first, self-hosted knowledge workspace where humans and AI agents work together
DeerFlow
open-sourceOpen-source agent harness for long-horizon research, coding, and content creation
OpenViking
open-sourceSelf-evolving Context Database for AI Agents. Unify Agent Memory, Knowledge RAG and Skills.
Opik
open-sourceDebug, evaluate, and monitor your LLM applications, RAG systems, and agentic workflows with comprehensive tracing, automated evaluations, and production-ready dashboards.
PageIndex
freemiumπ PageIndex: Document Index for Vectorless, Reasoning-based RAG
Semantica
open-sourceGraph-Native Infrastructure for Context and Accountable AI Systems
Mem0
open-sourceUniversal memory layer for AI Agents
LangGraph
open-sourceBuild resilient language agents as graphs.
AnythingLLM
open-sourceThe all-in-one AI productivity accelerator. On device and privacy first with no annoying setup or configuration.
Milvus
open-sourceMilvus is a high-performance, cloud-native vector database built for scalable vector ANN search
Weaviate
open-sourceOpen-source cloud-native vector database for semantic search, filtering, RAG, and reranking
Haystack
open-sourceOpen-source AI orchestration framework for modular RAG pipelines and agent workflows
Agenta
freeThe open-source LLMOps platform: prompt playground, prompt management, LLM evaluation, and LLM observability all in one place.
OpenMetadata
open-sourceOpen-source metadata platform for trusted data context, lineage, semantics, and organizational memory
WrenAI
freeβ‘οΈ GenBI (Generative BI) queries any database in natural language, generates accurate SQL (Text-to-SQL), charts (Text-to-Chart), and AI-powered business intelligence in seconds.
LangChain4j
open-sourceOpen-source Java library with unified APIs for integrating LLMs and vector databases into applications
TencentDB-Agent-Memory
open-sourceShared memory server that turns conversations, documents, and code into reusable memory assets for AI agents
LightRAG
open-source[EMNLP2025] LightRAG: Simple and Fast Retrieval-Augmented Generation
Supermemory
open-sourceMemory and context engine + app that is extremely fast, scalable, and can be run fully locally. The Memory API for the AI era.
MemPalace
open-sourceThe best-benchmarked open-source AI memory system. And it's free.
Qdrant
open-sourceVector similarity search engine and database written in Rust, with payload filtering and managed cloud service
Dolt
open-sourceDolt β Git for Data
Graphiti
open-sourceBuild Real-Time Knowledge Graphs for AI Agents
MemOS
open-sourceMemory OS for LLMs and AI agents with graph-structured, multimodal storage and retrieval
LlamaIndex
open-sourceLlamaIndex is the leading document agent and OCR platform
voltagent
open-sourceAI Agent Engineering Platform built on an Open Source TypeScript AI Agent Framework
EverOS
open-sourceOne portable memory layer for every AI agent: local-first, Markdown-native, user-owned, and self-evolving across apps, tools, and workflows.
Chroma
open-sourceData infrastructure for AI
Skill_Seekers
open-sourceConvert documentation websites, GitHub repositories, and PDFs into Claude AI skills with automatic conflict detection
OpenDataLoader PDF
open-sourcePDF Parser for AI-ready data. Automate PDF accessibility. Open-source.
DocsGPT
open-sourcePrivate AI platform for agents, assistants and enterprise search. Built-in Agent Builder, Deep research, Document analysis, Multi-model support, and API connectivity for agents.
Casibase
open-sourceOpen-source AI knowledge base and MCP/A2A management platform with admin UI, user management, and SSO
Faiss
open-sourceA library for efficient similarity search and clustering of dense vectors.
OpenLIT
open-sourceOpen-source platform for AI agent tracing, evaluations, guardrails, prompts, and GPU monitoring
zvec
open-sourceA lightweight, lightning-fast, in-process vector database
TiDB
open-sourceOpen-source, cloud-native distributed SQL database with ACID, horizontal scaling, HTAP, and vector search
unstructured
open-sourceOpen-source ETL for converting documents into structured data for language models
txtai
open-sourceπ‘ All-in-one AI framework for semantic search, LLM orchestration and language model workflows
DB-GPT
open-sourceopen-source agentic AI data assistant for the next generation of AI + Data products.
LEANN
open-sourceLocal vector database for private RAG using graph-based selective recomputation
pgvector
freeOpen-source vector similarity search for Postgres
Memori
freemiumLLM-agnostic memory infrastructure that turns agent execution and conversations into persistent state
cocoindex
open-sourceIncremental engine for long horizon agents π Star if you like it!
Scrapegraph-ai
open-sourcePython scraper based on AI
GraphRAG
open-sourceA modular graph-based Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) system
Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills
open-sourceOpen-source collection of 818 cybersecurity skills for AI agents, mapped to six frameworks
PixelRAG
open-sourcehttps://arxiv.org/abs/2606.28344. The end of web parsing. The beginning of scalable pixel-native search. link: https://pixelrag.ai/
WFGY
freeWFGY is an open-source AI Troubleshooting Atlas for RAG, agents, and real-world AI workflows. Includes the 16-problem map, Global Debug Card, and WFGY 3.0. β Star to help more builders find this repo.
Flowise
freeBuild AI Agents, Visually
Langroid
open-sourceHarness LLMs with Multi-Agent Programming
Letta
open-sourceLetta is the platform for building stateful agents: AI with advanced memory that can learn and self-improve over time.
Distilly
open-sourceDistilly β Distill how they think into reusable Skills for any Agent or Bot. Formerly Colleague SkillοΌεεδΊ SkillοΌ.
memU
freemiumPersonal memory across agents
Griptape
open-sourceModular Python framework for AI agents and workflows with chain-of-thought reasoning, tools, and memory.
Scalene
open-sourceScalene: a high-performance, high-precision CPU, GPU, and memory profiler for Python with AI-powered optimization proposals
turbovec
open-sourceA vector index built on TurboQuant, written in Rust with Python bindings
GPTCache
open-sourceSemantic cache for LLMs. Fully integrated with LangChain and llama_index.
memvid
open-sourceMemory layer for AI Agents. Replace complex RAG pipelines with a serverless, single-file memory layer. Give your agents instant retrieval and long-term memory.
Cheshire Cat AI
open-sourceAI agent microservice
Large-Language-Model-Notebooks-Course
open-sourcePractical course about Large Language Models.
Flock
open-sourceDesktop multi-agent harness with visual workflows, built with Rust, Tauri, React, and langgraph-rust
Superagent
open-sourceSuperagent protects your AI applications against prompt injections, data leaks, and harmful outputs. Embed safety directly into your app and prove compliance to your customers.
STORM
open-sourceAn LLM-powered knowledge curation system that researches a topic and generates a full-length report with citations.
llmware
open-sourceUnified framework for building enterprise RAG pipelines with small, specialized models
Langchainrb
open-sourceBuild LLM-powered applications in Ruby
Upsonic
open-sourceAgent Framework For Fintech and Banks
kotaemon
open-sourceAn open-source RAG-based tool for chatting with your documents.
bRAG-langchain
freeEverything you need to know to build your own RAG application
llama-github
open-sourceOpen-source Python library for agentic RAG across public GitHub code, issues, and repository information
Langchain-Chatchat
open-sourceOffline-deployable Chinese knowledge base Q&A with RAG and agents using LangChain and open-source LLMs
Vanna
open-sourceπ€ Chat with your SQL database π. Accurate Text-to-SQL Generation via LLMs using Agentic Retrieval π.
Quivr
freeAn opinionated RAG framework for integrating GenAI into apps with multiple LLMs and file formats
PandasAI
freeChat with your database or your datalake (SQL, CSV, parquet). PandasAI makes data analysis conversational using LLMs and RAG.
AGiXT
open-sourceAI agent automation platform for natural-language workflows across multiple AI providers and services
SuperAGI
open-source<β‘οΈ> SuperAGI - A dev-first open source autonomous AI agent framework. Enabling developers to build, manage & run useful autonomous agents quickly and reliably.
R2R
open-sourceSoTA production-ready AI retrieval system. Agentic Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) with a RESTful API.
GPT Crawler
open-sourceCrawl a site to generate knowledge files to create your own custom GPT from a URL
Verba
open-sourceRetrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) chatbot powered by Weaviate
Neurite
open-sourceFractal Graph-of-Thought. Rhizomatic Mind-Mapping for Ai-Agents, Web-Links, Notes, and Code.
ImageBind
freeImageBind One Embedding Space to Bind Them All
LaVague
open-sourceLarge Action Model framework to develop AI Web Agents
Memary
open-sourceThe Open Source Memory Layer For Autonomous Agents
clip-retrieval
open-sourceEasily compute clip embeddings and build a clip retrieval system with them
Claude Engineer
freeSelf-improving Claude 3.5 Sonnet assistant that dynamically creates and manages tools for software development
RAGapp
open-sourceThe easiest way to use Agentic RAG in any enterprise
Second Brain AI agent
open-sourceπ§ Second Brain AI agent
TaskingAI
open-sourceThe open source platform for AI-native application development.