RAG and search: tools for developers

Retrieval-augmented tools, vector databases, embeddings and semantic search. An entry can appear under several use cases when its topics or description provide several explicit signals.

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Ranked by measured growth, normalized across sources. Raw values keep their source-specific window, shown under each tool; a change requires at least two snapshots from the last 7 days.

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    Active

    AI-powered virtual executive team — a single coherent executive persona backed by 8 specialist Claude agents (FastAPI + Next.js).

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    3 234GitHub stars+2 975 (+1148.6 %)
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    Skill
    Active

    Open-source infrastructure that turns scattered SKILL.md files into curated, retrieval-ready agent-skill corpora—with retrieval and evaluation tooling included.

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/EverMind-AI/SkillCorpus ~/.claude/skills/SkillCorpus

    360GitHub stars+168 (+87.5 %)
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    Active

    Turn any technical book PDF into a Claude Code skill — ready to study, reference, and use while you work.

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/virgiliojr94/book-to-skill ~/.claude/skills/book-to-skill

    27 354GitHub stars+1 778 (+7.0 %)
  4. 4

    Other
    Active

    Graph-Native Infrastructure for Context and Accountable AI Systems

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    11 532GitHub stars+698 (+6.4 %)
  5. 5

    Library
    UnknownLast commit: unavailable

    Typescript bindings for langchain

    npmmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install npm install langchain

    2 009 734downloads over 7 days+117 756 (+6.2 %)
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    Skill
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    AI-agent skill producing reusable Markdown from PDFs. It turns flowcharts, diagrams, and charts into text beside each caption instead of empty links. It checks an earlier conversion against the PDF and fixes misread or missing parts. Long…

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/libnyx/LT2MD ~/.claude/skills/LT2MD

    78GitHub stars+32 (+69.6 %)
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    Skill
    Active

    Turn any codebase, with its docs, SQL schemas, configs, and PDFs, into a queryable knowledge graph. A /graphify skill for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and Gemini CLI: local deterministic AST parsing, every edge explained, no vector store.

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/Graphify-Labs/graphify ~/.claude/skills/graphify

    113 064GitHub stars+2 514 (+2.3 %)
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    Skill
    Active

    Persistent Context Across Sessions for Every Agent – Captures everything your agent does during sessions, compresses it with AI, and injects relevant context back into future sessions. Works with Claude Code, OpenClaw, Codex, Gemini,…

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install /plugin marketplace add thedotmack/claude-mem

    92 786GitHub stars+938 (+1.0 %)
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    MCP
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    Compress tool outputs, logs, files, and RAG chunks before they reach the LLM. 20% fewer tokens for coding agents, 60-95% fewer tokens for JSON, same answers. Library, proxy, MCP server.

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    68 221GitHub stars+619 (+0.92 %)
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    Agent
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    RAGFlow is a leading open-source Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) engine that fuses cutting-edge RAG with Agent capabilities to create a superior context layer for LLMs

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    89 772GitHub stars+519 (+0.58 %)
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    Active

    User-friendly AI Interface (Supports Ollama, OpenAI API, ...)

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    150 533GitHub stars+606 (+0.40 %)
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    Other
    Active

    Build Agentic workflows, RAG pipelines, with rich AI model and tool support on one collaborative workspace. Deploy on cloud, VPC, or self-hosted, so teams move from prototype to production without rebuilding the stack.

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    154 043GitHub stars+524 (+0.34 %)
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    Other
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    Universal memory layer for AI Agents

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    64 384GitHub stars+343 (+0.54 %)
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    Agent
    Active

    The agent engineering platform.

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    145 386GitHub stars+389 (+0.27 %)
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    Active

    21 Lessons, Get Started Building with Generative AI

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    118 894GitHub stars+338 (+0.29 %)
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    Active

    A trilingual (繁中 / English / 简中) learning roadmap for agentic AI: from LLM basics to multi-agent systems, with 240+ curated resources and hands-on examples. 中文 AI agent 學習地圖。

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    6 528GitHub stars+133 (+2.1 %)
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    Other
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    The Postgres development platform. Supabase gives you a dedicated Postgres database to build your web, mobile, and AI applications.

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    108 662GitHub stars+250 (+0.23 %)
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    Active

    Local-first MCP memory server: SQLite, FTS5 and vector search, AES-256-GCM. 55 tools, no cloud.

    mcpmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    67GitHub stars+14 (+26.4 %)
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    Other
    Active

    Stop renting your intelligence. Own it with AnythingLLM. Everything you need for a powerful local-first agent experience

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    65 407GitHub stars+207 (+0.32 %)
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    Active

    ReachAI企业级智能体开发平台:快速、安全完成已有业务系统智能化改造,让 AI 在 OA、ERP、CRM 等原系统中查数据、填表单、办业务。ReachAI: Quickly and securely bring AI to existing enterprise systems, enabling AI to query data, fill out forms, and execute business tasks directly within OA, ERP,…

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/w8123/EnterpriseAgentFramework ~/.claude/skills/EnterpriseAgentFramework

    620GitHub stars+37 (+6.3 %)
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    Active

    Persistent memory for Claude Code and 6 other CLI agents, stored as plain markdown in your Obsidian vault. Stop re-explaining your projects, decisions and people every session. 45 commands: hybrid semantic search, self-rewriting notes,…

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/eugeniughelbur/obsidian-second-brain ~/.claude/skills/obsidian-second-brain

    4 265GitHub stars+69 (+1.6 %)
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    App
    Active

    Open Source AI Platform - AI Chat with advanced features that works with every LLM

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    31 872GitHub stars+111 (+0.35 %)
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    Other
    Active

    Qdrant - High-performance, massive-scale Vector Database and Vector Search Engine for the next generation of AI. Also available in the cloud https://cloud.qdrant.io/

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    34 303GitHub stars+109 (+0.32 %)

Learning resources

Ranked by measured growth, normalized across sources. These resources remain available separately and do not take part in the main tool ranking.

  1. 1
    ActiveOpen source ↗

    AtlasAgent - an auditable AI agent control plane: evidence-backed memory, governed tool runtime, checkpoint DAG recovery, and a 55-chapter engineering tutorial. FastAPI / Next.js PWA / Textual TUI

    github

    Install git clone https://github.com/malevrigns/atlas-agent-control-plane ~/.claude/skills/atlas-agent-control-plane

    Resourcemeasured growth
    82GitHub stars+32 (+64.0 %)
  2. 2
    ActiveOpen source ↗

    100+ AI Agents, Agent Skills and RAG Apps - Free and Open Source.

    github

    Install git clone https://github.com/Shubhamsaboo/awesome-llm-apps ~/.claude/skills/awesome-llm-apps

    Resourcemeasured growth
    135 437GitHub stars+1 132 (+0.84 %)