A small Microsoft utility that converts PDF, Word, PowerPoint, Excel and other files into Markdown that is easy to hand to a language model.
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LightRAG
A lightweight alternative to GraphRAG: it builds a knowledge graph from documents and answers questions using both the graph and plain vector search. Ships with a server and a web UI.
Who it is for
For those who want graph RAG that is simpler and cheaper than heavyweight options.
How to start
- Install the server:
uv tool install "lightrag-hku[api]". - Download
env.examplefrom the repo and turn it into.envwith your keys. - Launch
lightrag-server, but configure authentication in.envbefore exposing it to a network.
Steps are taken from the README. Check the current version in the repository before running them.
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[EMNLP2025] LightRAG: Simple and Fast Retrieval-Augmented Generation
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