---
title: "airweave"
type: "tool"
slug: "airweave-ai-airweave"
canonical_url: "https://www.graphcanon.com/tools/airweave-ai-airweave"
github_url: "https://github.com/airweave-ai/airweave"
homepage_url: "https://airweave.ai"
stars: 6466
forks: 813
primary_language: "Python"
license: "MIT"
categories: ["data-retrieval", "ai-agents"]
tags: ["context-retrieval", "agent-infrastructure", "rag", "retrieval-augmented-generation", "ai-agents"]
updated_at: "2026-07-07T18:38:12.273264+00:00"
---

# airweave

> Open-source context retrieval layer for AI agents and RAG systems

Airweave provides an open-source solution designed to facilitate the development of AI agent infrastructure, particularly focusing on retrieval augmented generation (RAG) techniques. It is tailored for enhancing data connectors, semantic search functionalities, and information retrieval processes within AI-driven applications.

## Facts

- Repository: https://github.com/airweave-ai/airweave
- Homepage: https://airweave.ai
- Stars: 6,466 · Forks: 813 · Open issues: 132 · Watchers: 36
- Primary language: Python
- License: MIT
- Last pushed: 2026-06-05T09:52:19+00:00

## Categories

- [Data & Retrieval](/categories/data-retrieval.md)
- [AI Agents](/categories/ai-agents.md)

## Tags

context-retrieval, agent-infrastructure, rag, retrieval-augmented-generation, ai-agents

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## README (excerpt)

```text
<p align="center">
  <a href="https://app.airweave.ai" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
    <picture>
      <source media="(prefers-color-scheme: dark)" srcset="frontend/public/logo-airweave-darkbg.svg"/>
      <source media="(prefers-color-scheme: light)" srcset="frontend/public/logo-airweave-lightbg.svg"/>
      <img width="400" alt="Airweave" src="frontend/public/logo-airweave-darkbg.svg"/>
    </picture>
  </a>
</p>

<p align="center">Open-source context retrieval layer for AI agents and RAG systems.</p>

<p align="center">
  <a href="https://app.airweave.ai" target="_blank"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Airweave_Cloud-0066FF" alt="Airweave Cloud"></a>
  <a href="https://docs.airweave.ai" target="_blank"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Docs-0066FF" alt="Documentation"></a>
  <a href="https://x.com/airweave_ai" target="_blank"><img src="https://img.shields.io/twitter/follow/airweave_ai?style=social" alt="Twitter"></a>
  <a href="https://cursor.com/link/prompt?text=Help%20me%20set%20up%20Airweave%20locally.%20Follow%20these%20steps%3A%0A%0A1.%20First%2C%20verify%20Docker%20is%20installed%20and%20running%3A%0A%20%20%20docker%20--version%0A%20%20%20docker%20info%0A%0A2.%20Clone%20the%20repository%3A%0A%20%20%20git%20clone%20https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fairweave-ai%2Fairweave.git%0A%20%20%20cd%20airweave%0A%0A3.%20Start%20Airweave%3A%0A%20%20%20.%2Fstart.sh%0A%0A4.%20The%20script%20will%20automatically%3A%0A%20%20%20-%20Create%20.env%20from%20.env.example%0A%20%20%20-%20Generate%20required%20secrets%20%28ENCRYPTION_KEY%2C%20STATE_SECRET%29%0A%20%20%20-%20Start%20all%20services%20with%20health%20checks%0A%20%20%20-%20Optionally%20prompt%20for%20OpenAI%2FMistral%20API%20keys%0A%0A5.%20Wait%20for%20all%20services%20to%20be%20healthy%20%28this%20may%20take%202-3%20minutes%20on%20first%20run%29%0A%0A6.%20Verify%20the%20app%20is%20accessible%20at%20http%3A%2F%2Flocalhost%3A8080%0A%0AIf%20there%20are%20any%20errors%2C%20help%20me%20troubleshoot%20them.%20Common%20issues%3A%0A-%20Port%20already%20in%20use%20%288080%2C%208001%2C%205432%2C%206333%2C%206379%2C%207233%2C%208081%2C%208088%29%0A-%20Docker%20not%20running%0A-%20Check%20logs%3A%20docker%20logs%20airweave-backend%20or%20docker%20logs%20airweave-frontend%0A%0AUseful%20commands%3A%0A-%20.%2Fstart.sh%20--restart%20%28restart%20services%29%0A-%20.%2Fstart.sh%20--skip-frontend%20%28backend%20only%29%0A-%20.%2Fstart.sh%20--destroy%20%28clean%20up%20everything%29"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Set%20Up%20with-Cursor-000000?logo=cursor&logoColor=white" alt="Set Up with Cursor"></a>
</p>

<p align="center">
  <a href="https://github.com/airweave-ai/airweave/actions/workflows/code-quality.yml"><img src="https://github.com/airweave-ai/airweave/actions/workflows/code-quality.yml/badge.svg" alt="Code Quality"></a>
  <a href="https://github.com/airweave-ai/airweave/actions/workflows/eslint.yml"><img src="https://github.com/airweave-ai/airweave/actions/workflows/eslint.yml/badge.svg" alt="ESLint"></a>
  <a href="https://github.com/airweave-ai/airweave/actions/workflows/test-public-api.yml"><img src="https://github.com/airweave-ai/airweave/actions/workflows/test-public-api.yml/badge.svg" alt="System Tests"></a>
  <a href="https://pepy.tech/projects/airweave-sdk"><img src="https://static.pepy.tech/badge/airweave-sdk" alt="PyPI Downloads"></a>
  <a href="https://discord.gg/gDuebsWGkn"><img src="https://img.shields.io/discord/1323415085011701870?label=Discord&logo=discord&logoColor=white&style=flat-square" alt="Discord"></a>
</p>

<p align="center">
  <video width="100%" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/995e4a36-3f88-4d8e-b401-6ca43db0c7bf" controls></video>
</p>

### What is Airweave?
Airweave connects to your apps, tools, and databases, continuously syncs their data, and exposes it through a unified, LLM-friendly search interface. AI agents query Airweave to retrieve relevant, grounded, up-to-date context from multiple sources in a single request.
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---

**Machine-readable endpoints**

- JSON: [`/api/graphcanon/tools/airweave-ai-airweave`](/api/graphcanon/tools/airweave-ai-airweave)
- LLM index: [/llms.txt](/llms.txt)
- Full corpus: [/llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt)

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