Graphiti vs LightRAG
Side-by-side comparison of two AI agent tools
Short answer
- Graphiti is growing faster: +740 GitHub stars in the last 30 days vs +140 for LightRAG.
- Pick Graphiti for: build Real-Time Knowledge Graphs for AI Agents. Pick LightRAG for: eMNLP2025 LightRAG: Simple and Fast Retrieval-Augmented Generation.
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Graphitiopen-source
Build Real-Time Knowledge Graphs for AI Agents
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LightRAGopen-source
[EMNLP2025] LightRAG: Simple and Fast Retrieval-Augmented Generation
Metrics
| Graphiti | LightRAG | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 31.4k | 40.0k |
| Star velocity /mo | 740 | 140 |
| Commits (90d) | 117 | 2.2k |
| Releases (6m) | 7 | 10 |
| Downloads (30d, npm + PyPI) | 608.9K | 126.2K |
| Overall score | 0.7219871556209319 | 0.7509536032311694 |
FAQ
- Which is more popular, Graphiti or LightRAG?
- LightRAG has more GitHub stars (39,954 vs 31,400).
- Which is more actively developed, Graphiti or LightRAG?
- LightRAG had more commits in the last 90 days (2,201 vs 117).
- Should I use Graphiti or LightRAG?
- Compare their capabilities, limitations and "best for" notes above. Both are open source, so trying each on a small task is the fastest way to decide.