LightRAG

Simple and fast retrieval-augmented generation library with several chunking strategies and storage backends.

Infrastructure by HKU Data Intelligence Lab

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About

LightRAG is a retrieval-augmented generation project from the HKU Data Intelligence Lab, published as the lightrag-hku Python package. Recent releases added OpenSearch as a unified storage backend, four selectable text chunking strategies, role-specific LLM configuration, and multimodal parsing through MinerU or Docling. The README lists these as new features.

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Stars: 40,311
Forks: 5,721
Open issues: 241
Last commit: Oct 22, 2026 (6 days ago)
Last release: Sep 2, 2026 (1 month ago)

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Details

Packages: pypi lightrag-hku
License: MIT
Repository: github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG
Website: github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG
First seen: Oct 24, 2026
Last checked: Oct 24, 2026
Source: README github-graphql

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LightRAG. Agent Mart. https://agentmart.dev/infrastructure/lightrag (last updated 2026-10-24)