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kotaemon vs RAGFlow
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| Fact | kotaemon | RAGFlow |
|---|---|---|
| Language | Python | Go |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Stars | 26k | 92k |
| Latest | v0.12.0 | v1.0.0-rc1 |
| Last push | 2026-07-14 | 2026-10-06 |
| Release cadence | about 44 days between releases | about 13 days between releases |
| Active contributors | 0 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days | 56+ commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days |
| Flags | none | none |
How they relate
Both replace NotebookLM. Alternatives to NotebookLM →
PartialkotaemonA web app to chat with your documents, with citations shown in a PDF preview.
PartialRAGFlowChat over uploaded documents with cited sources, with layout-aware parsing, on your own server.
kotaemon
- v0.12.02026-05-31feat: integrate PaddleOCR as document loaders + enhance chat/index UX
- v0.11.32026-03-28fix: update default Cohere rerank model to rerank-v4.0-fast
- v0.11.22026-03-04feat: support MCP tools and enhance resource updating with renaming c…
- v0.11.12026-02-27feat(build): add uv package manager support for faster installation
- v0.11.02025-07-04fix: update Docling call to generate figure caption
RAGFlow
- nightly2025-12-01Release nightly created from 2400ca8eb51432b1d304266d0de9ca232d9b53fa at 2026-10-06 21:20:58+08:00pre-release
- v1.0.0-rc12026-09-29RAGFlow v1.0.0-rc1 is a preview release of v1.0.0. This release marks a comprehensive rewrite of RAGFlow in Go, deliver…
- v0.27.22026-09-10Agentic RAG: Refactored the Agentic RAG retrieval framework, significantly improving reasoning speed and benchmark perf…
- v0.27.12026-08-28New Azure DevOps connector for data sources (#18715)
- v0.27.02026-08-19Brand new document level and dataset level knowledge compilation, supporting Wiki, Graph, Tree, Page Index, Mind Map, T…
kotaemon
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RAGFlow
✓ signed The latest release, v1.0.0-rc1, carries a signature GitHub verified.
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