10 alternatives to haystack

deepset-ai/haystack — Open-source AI orchestration framework for building context-engineered, production-ready LLM applications. Design modular pipelines and agent workflows with explicit control over retrieval, routing, memory, and generation. Built for scalabl (26,801 stars, Apache-2.0, ai, files, ui).

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• arindam200/awesome-ai-apps
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  score 6.0/10 · MIT permissive · 16,469 stars · 658 components · search them
• neuml/txtai
  💡 All-in-one AI framework for semantic search, LLM orchestration and language model workflows
  score 7.1/10 · Apache-2.0 permissive · 13,040 stars · 230 components · search them
• vectifyai/pageindex
  📑 PageIndex: Document Index for Vectorless, Reasoning-based RAG
  score 6.5/10 · MIT permissive · 39,696 stars · 95 components · search them · alternatives
• aaif-goose/goose
  an open source, extensible AI agent that goes beyond code suggestions - install, execute, edit, and test with any LLM
  score 7.1/10 · Apache-2.0 permissive · 55,482 stars · 1,006 components · search them · alternatives
• usemoss/moss
  The retrieval layer for production AI systems. Lightning-fast (<10ms) search without vector databases. Built for browser, edge, on-device, and cloud.
  score 4.7/10 · BSD-2-Clause permissive · 800 stars · 264 components · search them
• strands-agents/harness-sdk
  Build an agent harness and control it end-to-end. Open-source SDK for production AI agents in Python & TypeScript - any model, any cloud.
  score 7.7/10 · Apache-2.0 permissive · 8,953 stars · 876 components · search them
• mem0ai/mem0
  The Memory Layer for AI Agents - Drop-in memory infrastructure for AI agents and apps. Context that persists. Built for production.
  score 7.6/10 · Apache-2.0 permissive · 67,795 stars · 511 components · search them · alternatives
• bojieli/ai-agent-book
  《深入理解 AI Agent：设计原理与工程实践》（李博杰 著）开源主仓库：全书正文、编译版 PDF 与按章配套代码
  score 6.3/10 · Apache-2.0 permissive · 55,253 stars · 1,189 components · search them
• ashishpatel26/500-ai-agents-projects
  The 500 AI Agents Projects is a curated collection of AI agent use cases across various industries. It showcases practical applications and provides links to open-source projects for implementation, illustrating how AI a
  score 6.8/10 · MIT permissive · 39,006 stars · 28 components · search them · alternatives
• zilliztech/deep-searcher
  Open Source Deep Research Alternative to Reason and Search on Private Data. Written in Python.
  score 6.4/10 · Apache-2.0 permissive · 8,348 stars · 74 components · search them

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