OpenRAG
LinagoraLinagora's modular retrieval-augmented generation framework, packaged as a self-hostable application stack rather than a bare library. It ingests PDFs, documents, audio and images with AI captioning, organizes knowledge into partitions, and runs hybrid semantic and keyword search with multilingual reranking. A bundled chat interface, an admin UI and an OpenAI-compatible REST API sit in front, with Ray for distribution across machines and GPUs.
Openness
5 high confidence- license
- AGPL-3.0(OSI)
- source
- public
- self-host
- primary(Docker Compose)
- core features withheld
- no
- commercial
- none
OpenRAG's entire backend and frontend are published under AGPL-3.0, an OSI-approved license, and that same source is what runs self-hosted via Docker Compose. There is no enterprise tier or vendor lock-in, so the published code is the whole product.
- https://github.com/linagora/openrag recorded 2026-08-13
AGPL-3.0 license; full source for backend (Python) + frontend (TS/JS); self-hostable via Docker Compose; admin UI, chat UI, and OpenAI-compatible REST API bundled; no paid/enterprise tier
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/linagora/openrag/main/LICENSE recorded 2026-09-29
The LICENSE file is the unmodified GNU Affero General Public License text: "GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE" and "Version 3, 19 November 2007", with no added restriction.
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/linagora/openrag/main/README.md recorded 2026-09-29
The README states the license and the run-it-yourself model: "OpenRag is licensed under the [AGPL-3.0](LICENSE)" and "It runs entirely on your own infrastructure".
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/linagora/openrag/main/README.md recorded 2026-09-29
The README describes a fully open product with a source checkout install and no paid tier (searched for enterprise, commercial, paid: none): "100% open source, no black boxes, no lock-in" and "git clone --recurse-submodules git@github.com:linagora/openrag.git".
Adoption
1 medium confidenceOpenRAG is distributed only as a Docker Compose stack, with no first-party PyPI or npm package and no download or user figure, leaving GitHub stars as the only adoption signal available. Because stars alone cannot indicate more than early-stage adoption, the reading here sits at the bottom of that scale.
- https://github.com/linagora/openrag recorded 2026-08-13
238 stars, 55 forks; Docker-distributed with no registry package and no download or user count published
Capability
3 medium confidenceFeature-complete, batteries-included general RAG stack with a broad ingestion + retrieval surface and a bundled UI/API. A notch below RAGFlow (capability 4), whose distinctive layout-aware deep document understanding and larger, more mature community set the ceiling for this category.
- https://github.com/linagora/openrag recorded 2026-08-13
multimodal ingestion, hybrid search with multilingual reranking, bundled chat and admin UI, OpenAI-compatible API, Ray distribution and GPU acceleration; no benchmark figure
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/linagora/openrag/main/README.md recorded 2026-09-29
The README lists the shipped feature set: "Vision Language Model (VLM)-powered image captioning and analysis", "Hybrid search" and "Multilingual reranking", "Chainlit-powered UI", and "Drop-in replacement" for OpenAI API endpoints.
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/linagora/openrag/main/README.md recorded 2026-09-29
The README documents distributed deployment and GPU use: "Scale your RAG pipeline across multiple machines and GPUs." and "GPU acceleration".
Verified 2026-09-27