---
title: "LightRAG"
type: "tool"
slug: "hkuds-lightrag"
canonical_url: "https://www.graphcanon.com/tools/hkuds-lightrag"
github_url: "https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG"
homepage_url: "https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.05779"
stars: 37424
forks: 5268
primary_language: "Python"
license: "MIT"
categories: ["developer-tools", "llm-frameworks"]
tags: ["graphrag", "genai", "llm", "large-language-models", "rag", "gpt-4", "gpt", "knowledge-graph"]
updated_at: "2026-07-07T18:19:33.408808+00:00"
---

# LightRAG

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

LightRAG is a Python-based framework designed to facilitate simple and efficient retrieval-augmented generation tasks in the domain of large language models and graph-based knowledge representation. It supports integration with various data sources and provides tools for evaluation.

## Facts

- Repository: https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG
- Homepage: https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.05779
- Stars: 37,424 · Forks: 5,268 · Open issues: 225 · Watchers: 208
- Primary language: Python
- License: MIT
- Last pushed: 2026-07-07T13:16:42+00:00

## Categories

- [Developer Tools](/categories/developer-tools.md)
- [LLM Frameworks](/categories/llm-frameworks.md)

## Tags

graphrag, genai, llm, large language models, rag, gpt-4, gpt, knowledge-graph

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## README (excerpt)

```text
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  <img src="./assets/logo.png" width="120" height="120" alt="LightRAG Logo" style="border-radius: 20px; box-shadow: 0 8px 32px rgba(0, 217, 255, 0.3);">
</div>

# 🚀 LightRAG: Simple and Fast Retrieval-Augmented Generation

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    <a href="https://trendshift.io/repositories/13043" target="_blank"><img src="https://trendshift.io/api/badge/repositories/13043" alt="HKUDS%2FLightRAG | Trendshift" style="width: 250px; height: 55px;" width="250" height="55"/></a>
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    <p>
      <a href='https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG'><img src='https://img.shields.io/badge/🔥Project-Page-00d9ff?style=for-the-badge&logo=github&logoColor=white&labelColor=1a1a2e'></a>
      <a href='https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.05779'><img src='https://img.shields.io/badge/📄arXiv-2410.05779-ff6b6b?style=for-the-badge&logo=arxiv&logoColor=white&labelColor=1a1a2e'></a>
      <a href="https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG/stargazers"><img src='https://img.shields.io/github/stars/HKUDS/LightRAG?color=00d9ff&style=for-the-badge&logo=star&logoColor=white&labelColor=1a1a2e' /></a>
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      <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/🐍Python-3.10-4ecdc4?style=for-the-badge&logo=python&logoColor=white&labelColor=1a1a2e">
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      <a href="https://discord.gg/yF2MmDJyGJ"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/💬Discord-Community-7289da?style=for-the-badge&logo=discord&logoColor=white&labelColor=1a1a2e"></a>
      <a href="https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG/issues/285"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/💬WeChat-Group-07c160?style=for-the-badge&logo=wechat&logoColor=white&labelColor=1a1a2e"></a>
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      <a href="README-zh.md"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/🇨🇳中文版-1a1a2e?style=for-the-badge"></a>
      <a href="README.md"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/🇺🇸English-1a1a2e?style=for-the-badge"></a>
      <a href="README-ja.md"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/🇯🇵日本語版-1a1a2e?style=for-the-badge"></a>
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    <p>
      <a href="https://pepy.tech/projects/lightrag-hku"><img src="https://static.pepy.tech/personalized-badge/lightrag-hku?period=total&units=INTERNATIONAL_SYSTEM&left_color=BLACK&right_color=GREEN&left_text=downloads"></a>
      <a href="https://hvtracker.net/agents/lightrag/"><img src="https://hvtracker.net/badge/lightrag.svg"></a>
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    <img src="./README.assets/b2aaf634151b4706892693ffb43d9093.png" width="800" alt="LightRAG Diagram">
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## 🎉 News
- [2026.05]🎯[New Feature]: **Merge RagAnything into LightRAG**🎉. Multimodal content parsing and extraction via **MinerU / Docling** services
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**Machine-readable endpoints**

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

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