HKUDS/LightRAG

[EMNLP2025] LightRAG: Simple and Fast Retrieval-Augmented Generation

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MIT License

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Aug 27 – Oct 26, 2026

Stars +1,136 in 61 days

35

Forks +293 in 61 days

11

Merged PRs 206 in 61 days

16

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Thu, Aug 27, 2026	+30	+6	2
Fri, Aug 28, 2026	+21	+5	11
Sat, Aug 29, 2026	+6	+1	1
Sun, Aug 30, 2026	+14	+2	12
Mon, Aug 31, 2026	+18	+6	5
Tue, Sep 1, 2026	+22	+5	16
Wed, Sep 2, 2026	+25	+7	4
Thu, Sep 3, 2026	+27	+9	3
Fri, Sep 4, 2026	+33	+6	10
Sat, Sep 5, 2026	+18	+2	7
Sun, Sep 6, 2026	+20	+4	10
Mon, Sep 7, 2026	+29	+0	9
Tue, Sep 8, 2026	+29	+11	5
Wed, Sep 9, 2026	+21	+4	11
Thu, Sep 10, 2026	+33	+8	1
Fri, Sep 11, 2026	+32	+8	6
Sat, Sep 12, 2026	+11	+5	4
Sun, Sep 13, 2026	+18	+5	9
Mon, Sep 14, 2026	+33	+4	10
Tue, Sep 15, 2026	+29	+7	7
Wed, Sep 16, 2026	+35	+5	3
Thu, Sep 17, 2026	+24	+3	8
Fri, Sep 18, 2026	+22	+2	7
Sat, Sep 19, 2026	+12	+5	7
Sun, Sep 20, 2026	+13	+4	1
Mon, Sep 21, 2026	+25	+7	1
Tue, Sep 22, 2026	+12	+10	10
Wed, Sep 23, 2026	+18	+6	7
Thu, Sep 24, 2026	+10	+9	0
Fri, Sep 25, 2026	+17	+5	9
Sat, Sep 26, 2026	+12	+2	7
Sun, Sep 27, 2026	+10	+3	0
Mon, Sep 28, 2026	+23	+6	0
Tue, Sep 29, 2026	+20	+8	0
Wed, Sep 30, 2026	+16	+4	1
Thu, Oct 1, 2026	+11	+7	0
Fri, Oct 2, 2026	+0	+2	0
Sat, Oct 3, 2026	+13	+4	0
Sun, Oct 4, 2026	+19	+6	0
Mon, Oct 5, 2026	+8	+5	0
Tue, Oct 6, 2026	+11	+1	0
Wed, Oct 7, 2026	+7	+6	0
Thu, Oct 8, 2026	+15	+5	0
Fri, Oct 9, 2026	+17	+3	0
Sat, Oct 10, 2026	+19	+7	0
Sun, Oct 11, 2026	+11	+3	0
Mon, Oct 12, 2026	+22	+6	0
Tue, Oct 13, 2026	+28	+3	0
Wed, Oct 14, 2026	+19	+8	2
Thu, Oct 15, 2026	+16	+5	0
Fri, Oct 16, 2026	+19	+4	0
Sat, Oct 17, 2026	+16	+2	0
Sun, Oct 18, 2026	+14	+1	0
Mon, Oct 19, 2026	+13	+2	0
Tue, Oct 20, 2026	+30	+8	0
Wed, Oct 21, 2026	+14	+6	0
Thu, Oct 22, 2026	+14	+3	0
Fri, Oct 23, 2026	+25	+3	0
Sat, Oct 24, 2026	+13	+3	0
Sun, Oct 25, 2026	+14	+5	0
Mon, Oct 26, 2026	+10	+1	0
Total	+1,136	+293	206

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- 5. GraphRAG → Knowledge-Graph RAG → Learn how graph-based retrieval can improve understanding of complex relationships in data. 🔗
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- 4️⃣ Obsidian Skills 你的Obsidian知识库与Claude对话。为任何项目提供真实上下文。
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- Vector-only RAG can miss relationships that span chunks and documents, especially when a question needs both details and wider context. LightRAG is a graph-based RAG framework for builders who need…
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- BEST GITHUB REPOS FOR CLAUDE CODE THAT COULD 10× YOUR NEXT PROJECT 1. Superpowers 2. Awesome Claude Code 3. GSD (Get Shit Done) 4. Claude Mem 5. UI UX Pro Max 6. n8n-MCP 7. Obsidian Skills 8.…
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- best Github repos for Claude Code that will 10x your next project: 1. awesome claude code 👉 2. claude mem 👉 3. everything claude code 👉 4. gsd (get shit done) 👉 5. lightrag 👉 6. n8n-mcp 👉 7.…
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- Most AI teams are obsessed with better models. The smartest ones are obsessed with better retrieval. Because no matter how powerful the model is, it can't reason over information it never sees.…
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