Comparison

RAGFlow vs txtai

On the evidence we track, txtai leads this comparison with a composite score of 61/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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RAGFlow54
★txtai61
Score
vioscaleAI score
RAGFlow54 / 100low · 9%
txtai61 / 100medium · 56%
Pricing
Free tier
RAGFlow✓
txtai✓
Model
Price level
RAGFlowfree
txtaifree
Transparent
RAGFlow✓
txtai✓
Integrations
Count
RAGFlow12
txtai5
Reliability
Status page
RAGFlow–
txtai✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
RAGFlow–
txtai14
Github stars
RAGFlow–
txtai13,018
Activity
Commits last 30d
RAGFlow–
txtai100
Release
Cadence days
RAGFlow–
txtai27
History
RAGFlow–
License
Spdx
RAGFlow–
Language
Primary
RAGFlow–
txtaiPython
Content
Faq
RAGFlow5 items
txtai6 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for rag tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capabilities
Hybrid retrieval
RAGFlow-
txtai✓
Reranking integration
RAGFlow-
txtai✓
Multi hop agentic retrieval
RAGFlow✓
txtai✓
Embedding provider agnostic
RAGFlow✓
txtai✓
LLM provider agnostic
RAGFlow✓
txtai✓
Built in rag eval metrics
RAGFlow-
txtai-
Citation attribution
RAGFlow✓
txtai✓
Multimodal rag
RAGFlow✓
txtai✓
Managed ingestion pipeline
RAGFlow✓
txtai✓
Open source
RAGFlow✓
txtai✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

RAGFlow

RAGFlow is an open-source RAG engine that streamlines data processing and integration for building production-ready AI systems. It supports multiple data formats and provides configurable LLM and embedding options with agent-based workflows.

Independently observed

txtai

Leader

txtai is an open-source Python framework for building semantic search applications, LLM-powered agents, retrieval augmented generation systems, and language model workflows with support for multiple vector backends and integration with various LLMs.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

RAGFlow

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

txtai

Leader
Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
RAGFlow✓
txtai✓
Linux
RAGFlow✓
txtai✗
CLI
RAGFlow✗
txtai✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
RAGFlow✓
txtai✗
Self-hosted
RAGFlow✓
txtai✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (1)
  • OpenAI

RAGFlow

16 total - 15 not shared
  • Discord
  • Feishu
  • Telegram
  • Line
  • Confluence
  • S3
  • Notion
  • Google Drive
  • DeepSeek
  • Gemini
  • OpenClaw
  • OpenAI GPT-5
  • Google Gemini 3 Pro
  • DeepSeek v4
  • MCP
Independently observed

txtai

Leader
12 total - 11 not shared
  • llama.cpp
  • LiteLLM
  • Hugging Face
  • Claude
  • AWS Bedrock
  • smolagents
  • OpenCode
  • DuckDB
  • Milvus
  • LiteRT
  • Model Context Protocol
Independently observed
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