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RAG & document parsing

LightRAG

Simple, fast graph-based RAG.

Feeds your own documents to the model.

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# LightRAG

**What:** Simple, fast graph-based RAG.

**Why:** Feeds your own documents to the model.

**Category:** RAG & document parsing · **Stack layer:** memory

## Status

Catalog entry. Existence and repo metadata checked 2026-10-15 via the GitHub API. Install commands below are auto-extracted from the README and have NOT been executed or verified. Read the README before running anything; prefer a sandbox or venv.

## Install (unverified)

1. [any] source: README (auto-extracted); status: unverified, not executed

```bash
uv tool install "lightrag-hku[api]"
```

2. [any] source: README (auto-extracted); status: unverified, not executed

```bash
uv pip install lightrag-hku
```

## Verify

No verified check yet. Minimum: the install command exits 0 and the tool's own help/version flag runs (exact flag: see README).

## Rollback (unverified)

1. source: derived inverse of install command

```bash
uv tool uninstall lightrag-hku
```

2. source: derived inverse of install command

```bash
uv pip uninstall lightrag-hku
```

## Links

- Homepage: https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.05779
- Repo: https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG
- README: https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG#readme