Local PDF RAG Systems Vector Databases

Complete RAG implementations for querying PDF documents using local/offline infrastructure (Ollama, FAISS, ChromaDB, etc.). Does NOT include cloud-hosted solutions, non-PDF document types as primary focus, or general RAG frameworks without PDF-specific examples.

There are 65 local pdf rag systems tools tracked. 1 score above 50 (established tier). The highest-rated is VectifyAI/PageIndex at 65/100 with 21,374 stars. 1 of the top 10 are actively maintained.

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#	Tool	Score	Tier	Stars	Language
1	VectifyAI/PageIndex 📑 PageIndex: Document Index for Vectorless, Reasoning-based RAG	65	Established	21,374	Python
2	thearpankumar/GPUaccelerated-multilingual-RAG GPU - vector DB - AI-powered document processing platform for financial...	33	Emerging	2	Python
3	praj2408/RAG-Enhanced-NCERT-Tutor RAG-Enhanced-NCERT-Tutor is an AI-powered tutor for NCERT curriculum, using...	28	Experimental	5	Python
4	justine-george/ai-markdown-llm-retrieval AI-powered document query system using LangChain, ChromaDB, and OpenAI for...	26	Experimental	6	Python
5	Vikas-ai56/Contextual_RAG An Advanced RAG system using Python and Langgraph for intelligent, stateful...	24	Experimental	1	Python
6	BerkCpro/academic-pdf-rag RAG system for answering questions from academic PDFs using FAISS, BGE...	22	Experimental	—	Python
7	RITIK1442840127/Enterprise-PDF-Q-A-System-RAG-LLM- AI-powered Enterprise PDF Management System using RAG + LLM for semantic...	22	Experimental	—	—
8	Ashish4144/pageindex Build hierarchical document indexes using LLM reasoning for intuitive...	22	Experimental	—	Python
9	eugen-goebel/smart-doc-qa RAG system to chat with PDF, DOCX, and TXT documents with source-grounded answers	22	Experimental	—	Python
10	altafpinjari2001/rag-document-qa Production-ready RAG pipeline for intelligent document Q&A with LangChain,...	22	Experimental	—	Python
11	KayraBulbul/NSW-Crime-RAG-System A RAG application for analysing NSW crime statistics using LangChain, OpenAI...	20	Experimental	1	Python
12	0x5h31d0n/Bajaj-Hackrx A RAG model that takes document input and answers query related pertaining...	19	Experimental	3	Python
13	baranozgurtas/Academic-RAG-Assistant End-to-end RAG pipeline for academic PDFs with citation-grounded QA and...	19	Experimental	—	Python
14	keyvar/paperbrace Local-first PDF literature navigator with RAG: index your library, ask...	19	Experimental	—	Python
15	vishalkumar-swe/documind-rag-endee RAG-powered document Q&A system built using Endee Vector Database and FastAPI	19	Experimental	—	Python
16	abhijithj12/Legal-Compliance-RAG-Assistant Domain-restricted Legal & Compliance RAG Assistant built with LangChain,...	19	Experimental	—	Python
17	intersystems-ib/workshop-llm 🧠 Hands-on RAG workshop using InterSystems IRIS & LLMs - Build PDF Q&A...	18	Experimental	—	Jupyter Notebook
18	dulhara79/Research_Assistant_for_PDFs Research Assistant for PDFs is a full-stack prototype that helps you upload,...	17	Experimental	—	JavaScript
19	kbhujbal/KnowledgeAssist-Retrieval-Augmented-Generation-RAG-Document-QA-System A full-stack RAG application that enables intelligent document Q&A. Upload...	17	Experimental	2	Python
20	zmwzmo11130/neuraldocs Demo RAG API (FastAPI, OpenAI, ChromaDB, Docker) automatically generated...	16	Experimental	—	Python
21	Akshitha0118/ContextCore-Domain-Aware-RAG-Chatbot RAG-based Question Answering system using LangChain, Groq LLM, and ChromaDB...	15	Experimental	1	Jupyter Notebook
22	SahilKhan101/smartdocs Production-ready RAG documentation assistant built with FastAPI, LangChain,...	15	Experimental	—	CSS
23	RomanRosa/docschat-rag Advanced RAG system for technical documentation with source citation, hybrid...	15	Experimental	—	—
24	perlathebian/document-chatbot-rag RAG-based document chatbot — upload PDFs, ask questions, get answers with...	15	Experimental	1	Python
25	gondar-tech/langchain-assessment Langchain assessment - Docuemnt Q&A Agent	15	Experimental	—	Python
26	SKcoder6344/insurance-rag-endee RAG-based Insurance Policy Q&A using Endee Vector DB + OpenAI GPT \| FastAPI \| Docker	15	Experimental	1	Python
27	th3akash/PDF-RAG-AI A local Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) application built with FastAPI,...	15	Experimental	—	Python
28	asaeles/manual-master Manual Master: CLI tool to build local RAG knowledge bases from docs (PDF,...	15	Experimental	—	Python
29	muqadasejaz/PDF-QA-RAG-System A PDF Question-Answering App built with RAG (Retrieval-Augmented...	15	Experimental	6	Python
30	aimaster-dev/SmartRAG SmartRAG is a terminal-based RAG system using LangGraph. It processes...	15	Experimental	6	Python
31	pavankethavath/PDF_question_answering_chatbot_using_RAG A PDF Question Answering System leveraging Retrieval-Augmented Generation...	14	Experimental	1	Jupyter Notebook
32	SakuraPuare/Delphi 可离线部署的本地知识库系统 — 导入代码仓库、技术文档、音视频，基于 RAG 的智能问答	14	Experimental	—	Python
33	sothulthorn/RAG-Maritime-Safety A Retrieval-Augmented Generation application for maritime safety. Ask...	14	Experimental	—	Python
34	marianaciccone1989-pixel/corporate-rag-assistant Local RAG system for querying PDF documents using FAISS, LangChain, and...	14	Experimental	—	Python
35	Purnachander-Konda/RAG-Based-PDF-Assistant RAG-based Research Paper Assistant - Upload PDFs and ask questions using...	14	Experimental	—	Python
36	Namanpaliyal/KardiaFlow 🚀 Build and deploy a lightweight RAG demo using FastAPI, Chroma, and Ollama...	14	Experimental	—	HTML
37	killboy7/rag-pdf-qa 📘 Enable natural-language querying of PDFs with a local RAG system using...	14	Experimental	—	Python
38	bhatt-aditya03/DocuMind RAG-based Legal & Research Document Analyzer — LangChain, ChromaDB, Groq...	14	Experimental	—	Python
39	IvayloP0709/langchain-pdf-rag Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) system for PDF documents using...	14	Experimental	—	Python
40	Exoshiva/Ask-PDFi Containerized RAG SaaS prototype featuring local document vectorization,...	14	Experimental	—	Python
41	mattialoszach/RISCV-GPT RAG powered tool that answers technical questions about the official RISC-V ISA	13	Experimental	2	Python
42	Varunv003/langchain-palm2-rag_application DocChat: Langchain Retrieval System, seamlessly navigate and converse with...	12	Experimental	1	Jupyter Notebook
43	davidenegri0/LLaMASearchDocs AI-based document search engine based on LLaMa2 by Meta, early development version	12	Experimental	1	Python
44	Jimlibo/custom-rag-app A streamlit app that allows the user to upload his/her own PDFs, and uses...	12	Experimental	3	Python
45	gregorydearing/AI-Handbook-Generator AI-powered system that generates comprehensive handbooks from PDF documents...	12	Experimental	1	Python
46	AyushSingh360/Enterprise-RAG-System A robust RAG backend featuring semantic chunking, embedding caching, and a...	12	Experimental	1	Python
47	sangramh007/pdf-llm Local PDF Question-Answering system using Ollama, Phi-3, embeddings, and...	11	Experimental	—	Python
48	makers10/PDF-RAG-BOT A state-of-the-art Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) system with hybrid...	11	Experimental	—	Python
49	A7medElsharkawy/DocQA This project leverages LayoutLMv2, a state-of-the-art model for document...	11	Experimental	—	Python
50	francis-rf/RAG-document-qa RAG-powered document Q&A system using LangGraph and FAISS vector store....	11	Experimental	—	Python
51	MuskanPaliwal/rag-tool-zenml A ZenML-based RAG system for document Q&A with multi-format support. My...	11	Experimental	—	Python
52	Varshakaleeswaran/RAG_Project AI PDF Assistant using RAG, ChromaDB, and Streamlit for intelligent document...	11	Experimental	—	Python
53	nenosoft131/rag-app-using-ollama A modern Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) application with a cleanly...	11	Experimental	—	Python
54	JeevanB1111/rag-interview-assistant Production-ready Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) system built with...	11	Experimental	—	Python
55	24f2000058/pdf_knowledge_tool Enterprise-ready, local-first RAG system that converts complex PDFs into...	11	Experimental	—	Python
56	GowriPriyanka27/local-rag-system Multi-document Retrieval-Augmented Generation system using FastAPI, FAISS,...	11	Experimental	—	Python
57	ai-prasanth/sample-claude-rag-system AI-powered PDF Q&A system using RAG with Claude API, Qdrant, and...	11	Experimental	—	Python
58	22CB006/AI-Knowledge-Copilot Production-grade RAG system for querying PDFs and web content with semantic...	11	Experimental	—	Python
59	moubarak1ezzyani/RAG-IT-Support-Assistant A reliable RAG-powered assistant for IT technicians to query procedures,...	11	Experimental	—	—
60	Queen-esther01/RAG-Langchain RAG-powered PDF Q&A app built with LangChain, OpenAI GPT-4o, ChromaDB and...	11	Experimental	—	Python
61	gunjitnegi/Smart_Doc_RAG GPU-Accelerated Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) system for long-form...	11	Experimental	—	Python
62	SaiKrishnaRaoAnugu/SmartDoc-AI Local RAG-based document intelligence assistant using Mistral, FAISS, and Streamlit.	11	Experimental	—	Python
63	Hassi34/document-portal A FastAPI-powered application to analyze, compare, and chat with documents...	11	Experimental	—	Jupyter Notebook
64	shraddhag97/genai-doc-qa Document Question Answering using Retrieval-Augmented Generation	11	Experimental	—	Jupyter Notebook
65	ADHAYA-Technos/Automated-Information-Retrieval-and-Summarization-for-Academic-Research-Articles Developing an OCR + LLM-powered tool that helps researchers, students, and...	10	Experimental	—	Jupyter Notebook

Comparisons in this category

PageIndex and pageindex (65 vs 22)