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PrivateGPT vs RAGFlow
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| Fact | PrivateGPT | RAGFlow |
|---|---|---|
| Language | Python | Go |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Stars | 58k | 92k |
| Latest | v1.0.1 | v1.0.0-rc1 |
| Last push | 2026-10-06 | 2026-10-06 |
| Release cadence | about 339 days between releases | about 13 days between releases |
| Active contributors | 15 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 →
PartialPrivateGPTQ&A over your documents through an API and a simple UI, with everything running locally.
PartialRAGFlowChat over uploaded documents with cited sources, with layout-aware parsing, on your own server.
PrivateGPT
- v1.0.12026-06-18add missing docker database deps (#2264) (4302bd6)
- v1.0.02026-06-03This release merges two years of work from our private fork back into the open source repo.
- v1.0.0-rc72026-06-03pre-release
- v1.0.0-rc62026-06-02pre-release
- v0.6.22024-08-08We are excited to announce the release of PrivateGPT 0.6.2, a “minor” version, which brings significant enhancements to…
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…
PrivateGPT
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RAGFlow
✓ signed The latest release, v1.0.0-rc1, carries a signature GitHub verified.
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