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LightRAG vs RAGFlow

Side-by-side comparison of LightRAG and RAGFlow across fit, pricing, docs, evidence gaps, and benchmarks.

Decision brief

Best overall

LightRAG

Best combined signal across API availability, docs, adoption, reviews, and ecosystem proof.

Best OSS/self-hosted

LightRAG

Start here when local control, inspectability, or self-hosting matters.

Best managed/production

LightRAG

Strongest shortlist signal for API availability, docs, and operational maturity.

Decision notes

Adoption proof: No verified adoption proof yet

Reviews: No developer reviews yet

Repo stars: RAGFlow

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LightRAG has no developer reviews yet.LightRAG has no public adoption proof yet.RAGFlow has no developer reviews yet.RAGFlow has no public adoption proof yet.

Evidence links

LightRAG docs LightRAG repo RAGFlow docs RAGFlow repo

Missing evidence and weekly return

LightRAG: verified adoptionLightRAG: benchmark dataRAGFlow: verified adoptionRAGFlow: benchmark data

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Comparing LightRAG vs RAGFlow

LightRAG docs LightRAG GitHub RAGFlow docs RAGFlow GitHub

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Feature Comparison

LightRAG

RAG Frameworks

Pricing: Open source
Open source: Yes
API: Available
Rating: No reviews
GitHub: 37,295 stars
Adoption: Public evidence pending
Benchmark: No benchmark data
Best for: LightRAG is a graph-based retrieval framework and API server for building fast knowledge-g
Tradeoff: More control and inspectability, but more setup and operational ownership.

RAGFlow

RAG Frameworks

Pricing: Open source
Open source: Yes
API: Available
Rating: No reviews
GitHub: 84,233 stars
Adoption: Public evidence pending
Benchmark: No benchmark data
Best for: RAGFlow is an open-source RAG engine with document understanding, hybrid search, and agent
Tradeoff: More control and inspectability, but more setup and operational ownership.

Feature	LightRAG	RAGFlow
Category	RAG Frameworks	RAG Frameworks
Pricing	Open source	Open source
Open source
API available
Rating	No reviews	No reviews
GitHub stars	37,295	84,233
Adoption	Public evidence pending	Public evidence pending
Benchmark	No benchmark data	No benchmark data
Best for	LightRAG is a graph-based retrieval framework and API server for building fast knowledge-g	RAGFlow is an open-source RAG engine with document understanding, hybrid search, and agent
Developer tradeoff	More control and inspectability, but more setup and operational ownership.	More control and inspectability, but more setup and operational ownership.

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Feature

LightRAG

RAGFlow