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.

146 entries in this view.

Tool ranking

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.

1
mcp-local-rag
MCP
ActiveLast commit 1 day ago · 2026-09-04
Local-first RAG server for developers. Semantic + keyword search for code and technical docs. Works with MCP or CLI. Fully private, zero setup.
TypeScriptLicense: MIT
- agent-skills
- cli-tool
- developer-tools
- hybrid-search
- local-first
githubcreated 10 months agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
383GitHub stars+7 (+1.9 %)
2
ai_osint
Skill
ActiveLast commit 2 months ago · 2026-06-19
🤖 Curated AI OSINT resources — Google dorks, Shodan queries, GitHub dorks, and techniques to discover exposed LLM endpoints, leaked AI API keys, misconfigured vector databases, and unprotected AI agents
- agent-skills
- ai-osint
- ai-security
- bug-bounty
- clawhavoc
githubcreated 5 months agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
Install git clone https://github.com/7WaySecurity/ai_osint ~/.claude/skills/ai_osint
162GitHub stars+7 (+4.5 %)
3
trace-mcp
MCP
ActiveLast commit today · 2026-09-05
MCP server for Claude Code and Codex. One tool call replaces ~42 minutes of agent exploration
TypeScriptLicense: MIT
- ai-agents
- claude
- claude-ai
- claude-code
- claude-code-plugin
githubcreated 5 months agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
109GitHub stars+7 (+6.9 %)
4
notebooklm-mcp
MCP
ActiveLast commit 1 day ago · 2026-09-04
Google NotebookLM over MCP + a local HTTP REST API. Citation-backed Q&A, audio/video/content generation, multi-account rotation. For Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, n8n, Zapier, Make.
TypeScriptLicense: MIT
- agentic-skill
- anthropic
- automation
- citations
- claude-code
githubcreated 9 months agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
173GitHub stars+6 (+3.6 %)
5
LLMVault
Other
ActiveLast commit 26 days ago · 2026-08-10
An intentionally vulnerable OWASP LLM Top 10 training platform for AI Security, Prompt Injection, RAG Security, Agent Security, and GenAI penetration testing.
PythonLicense: MIT
- agent-security
- ai-security
- ai-security-tool
- artificial-intelligence
- ctf
githubcreated 52 days agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
312GitHub stars+5 (+1.6 %)
6
nuwax
Other
ActiveLast commit 1 day ago · 2026-09-04
Nuwax Agent OS - An enterprise-grade AI Agent Development and Operation Platform - Providing a complete solution for agent creation and distribution, knowledge base management, model proxy, memory system, and plugin ecosystem.
TypeScriptLicense: Apache-2.0
- a2a
- agent
- agent-os
- agent-sandbox
- agentic
githubcreated 14 months agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
879GitHub stars+5 (+0.57 %)
7
llm-wiki-plugin
Skill
ActiveLast commit 1 day ago · 2026-09-03
Andrej Karpathy's LLM Wiki pattern as a skill & Claude Code plugin — turn accumulated sources into a self-maintaining, scalable markdown knowledge base.
TypeScriptLicense: MIT
- ai-tools
- claude-code-plugin
- claude-code-skill
- codex-skill
- cursor
githubcreated 4 months agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
Install /plugin marketplace add praneybehl/llm-wiki-plugin
99GitHub stars+5 (+5.3 %)
8
deepdive
Skill
ActiveLast commit 4 days ago · 2026-09-01
Deepdive skill for Claude Code — 12-phase research pipeline: plan-review gate, parallel sub-agent search, claims-ledger triangulation with dissent protection, relevance × authority evidence filter, multi-angle red team, four-layer citation…
PythonLicense: MIT
- agent-skills
- agentic-workflow
- ai-research-assistant
- anthropic
- citation-verification
githubcreated 3 months agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
Install git clone https://github.com/Socialpranker/deepdive ~/.claude/skills/deepdive
393GitHub stars+5 (+1.3 %)
9
hivemind
Skill
ActiveLast commit 1 day ago · 2026-09-03
Hivemind turns your traces into reusable skills across agents
TypeScriptLicense: Apache-2.0
- ai
- ai-agents
- ai-memory
- anthropic
- artificial-intelligence
githubcreated 5 months agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
Install /plugin marketplace add activeloopai/hivemind
1 593GitHub stars+4 (+0.25 %)
10
ratel
MCP
ActiveLast commit 1 day ago · 2026-09-04
Context engineering for AI agents. ~80% fewer tokens. Fix tool overload. Skills and memory with in-process BM25 and semantic retrieval. Progressive Disclosure. No vector DB.
TypeScriptLicense: MIT
- accuracy
- agents
- claude-skills
- context
- harness
githubcreated 9 months agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
434GitHub stars+4 (+0.93 %)
11
orchestkit
Skill
ActiveLast commit today · 2026-09-04
The Complete AI Development Toolkit for Claude Code. 106 skills, 36 agents, 171 hooks. Install `ork` for stable (v9.x), or `ork-alpha` for the v10 line, which ships daily.
TypeScriptLicense: MIT
- agent-orchestration
- agents
- ai-agents
- ai-development
- anthropic
githubcreated 8 months agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
Install /plugin marketplace add yonatangross/orchestkit
228GitHub stars+4 (+1.8 %)
12
context-engineering
MCP
ActiveLast commit today · 2026-09-04
Context Engineering: Build Consistent, Accurate, Predictable AI Systems
PythonLicense: Apache-2.0
- agent-skills
- agentic-ai
- context-engineering
- generative-ai
- llm
githubcreated 10 months agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
136GitHub stars+4 (+3.0 %)
13
skills
Skill
ActiveLast commit 1 day ago · 2026-09-04
Agent skills for Qdrant vector search: scaling, performance optimization, search quality, monitoring, deployment, model migration, version upgrades, and SDK usage across Python, TypeScript, Rust, Go, .NET, Java
PythonLicense: Apache-2.0
- agent-skills
- ai-agents
- claude-code
- codex
- cursor
githubcreated 7 months agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
Install git clone https://github.com/qdrant/skills ~/.claude/skills/skills
230GitHub stars+3 (+1.3 %)
14
ChatCrystal
MCP
ActiveLast commit 1 day ago · 2026-09-03
Local-first AI PKM for coding conversations: import Claude Code/Cursor/Codex, distill notes, semantic search, tag graph, MCP memory.
TypeScriptLicense: Apache-2.0
- agent-skills
- ai-memory
- ai-tools
- claude-code
- codex
githubcreated 5 months agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
58GitHub stars+3 (+5.5 %)
15
claude-mem-lite
MCP
ActiveLast commit today · 2026-09-04
Persistent long-term memory for Claude Code via MCP — captures coding decisions, bugfixes, and context across sessions. Hybrid FTS5 + TF-IDF search with episode batching. Single SQLite DB, no external services. Alternative to claude-mem…
JavaScriptLicense: MIT
- agent-memory
- ai-coding-assistant
- ai-memory
- anthropic
- claude
githubcreated 6 months agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
57GitHub stars+3 (+5.6 %)
16
bisheng
Agent
ActiveLast commit 2 days ago · 2026-09-03
BISHENG is an open LLM devops platform for next generation Enterprise AI applications. Powerful and comprehensive features include: GenAI workflow, RAG, Agent, Unified model management, Evaluation, SFT, Dataset Management, Enterprise-level…
PythonLicense: Apache-2.0
- agent
- ai
- chatbot
- enterprise
- finetune
githubcreated 3 years agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
11 923GitHub stars+3 (+0.03 %)
17
deja-vu
MCP
ActiveLast commit 5 days ago · 2026-08-31
Search your past AI coding sessions — Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and 17 more. Indexes the session history they already wrote to disk, including months from before you installed it, and recalls it in any of them. No LLM, no embeddings, one…
GoLicense: MIT
- agent-memory
- ai-memory
- claude-code
- claude-code-hooks
- claude-code-plugins
githubcreated 53 days agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
742GitHub stars+3 (+0.41 %)
18
LakeSoul
Library
ActiveLast commit 1 day ago · 2026-09-04
LakeSoul is an end-to-end, realtime cloud-native Lakehouse framework for fast data ingestion, concurrent updates, incremental analytics, multimodal data processing and vector search — powering next-generation BI and AI workloads.
JavaLicense: Apache-2.0
- arrow
- daft
- datafusion
- flink
- gluten
githubcreated 4 years agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
3 249GitHub stars+2 (+0.06 %)
19
crate
Other
ActiveLast commit today · 2026-09-04
CrateDB is a distributed and scalable SQL database for storing and analyzing massive amounts of data in near real-time, even with complex queries. It is PostgreSQL-compatible, and based on Lucene.
JavaLicense: Apache-2.0
- analytics
- big-data
- cratedb
- database
- dbms
githubcreated 13 years agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
4 432GitHub stars+2 (+0.05 %)
20
Master-skill
Skill
ActiveLast commit today · 2026-09-04
FoJin-powered Buddhist AI persona framework — source-grounded, boundary-aware, fidelity-tested, runtime-ready.
PythonLicense: MIT
- agent-skills
- ai-persona
- bdrc
- buddhism
- chinese-buddhism
githubcreated 5 months agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
Install git clone https://github.com/xr843/Master-skill ~/.claude/skills/Master-skill
382GitHub stars+2 (+0.53 %)
21
Claude-Patent-Creator
MCP
ActiveLast commit 12 days ago · 2026-08-24
USPTO patent creation system with MCP server + Claude Code plugin. Hybrid RAG search over MPEP/USC/CFR, BigQuery access to 76M+ patents, automated 35 USC 112 compliance checks, prior art search, diagram generation. GPU-accelerated with…
PythonLicense: MIT
- bigquery
- claude-code
- claude-code-plugin
- faiss
- mcp-server
githubcreated 9 months agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
178GitHub stars+2 (+1.1 %)
22
llm
Agent
ActiveLast commit today · 2026-09-05
Ruby's capable AI runtime
RubyLicense: MIT
- a2a
- a2a-client
- agent
- agent2agent
- agents
githubcreated 23 months agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
139GitHub stars+2 (+1.5 %)
23
code-graph-mcp
MCP
ActiveLast commit today · 2026-09-04
AST knowledge graph MCP server for Claude Code — semantic search, call graph traversal, HTTP route tracing, impact analysis. Auto-indexes 10 languages via Tree-sitter.
RustLicense: MIT
- ast
- call-graph
- claude-code
- claude-code-plugin
- code-navigation
githubcreated 5 months agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
72GitHub stars+2 (+2.9 %)

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
agent-systems-handbook
Agent
ActiveLast commit 2 days ago · 2026-09-03Open source ↗
A practical AI agents handbook covering agent systems, agentic workflows, LangGraph, MCP/A2A, context engineering, agent memory, evaluation, observability, and multi-agent architecture. Current trend focus: Gemini Interactions API and…
MDX
- a2a
- agent-framework
- agent-memory
- agentic-ai
- agentic-workflow
githubactive 2 days agocreated 4 months agoResourcemeasured growth
316GitHub stars+3 (+0.96 %)
2
lit-review-agent-tools
MCP
ActiveLast commit 5 days ago · 2026-08-31Open source ↗
🤖 The strongest curated list of open-source AI-agent tools for literature review — 70+ tools across 11 categories (Claude Code skills, deep research, MCP servers, PDF parsing, systematic review). 面向智能体文献综述的最强工具大全。
PythonLicense: CC0-1.0
- academic-research
- ai-agents
- awesome
- awesome-list
- claude-code
githubactive 5 days agocreated 41 days agoResourcemeasured growth
16GitHub stars+3 (+23.1 %)

RAG and search: tools for developers

Use case

Activity

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Tool ranking

mcp-local-rag

ai_osint

trace-mcp

notebooklm-mcp

LLMVault

nuwax

llm-wiki-plugin

deepdive

hivemind

ratel

orchestkit

context-engineering

skills

ChatCrystal

claude-mem-lite

bisheng

deja-vu

LakeSoul

crate

Master-skill

Claude-Patent-Creator

llm

code-graph-mcp

Learning resources

agent-systems-handbook

lit-review-agent-tools