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ragflow vs potpie
ragflow has 91,015 GitHub stars, 10,780 forks, 1,525 open issues and last shipped today. potpie has 5,729 stars, 676 forks, 109 open issues and last shipped yesterday. ragflow leads on adoption by 1,489% (91,015 vs 5,729 stars). ragflow is written in Go under Apache-2.0; potpie is written in Python under Apache-2.0. ragflow has attracted 12% as many forks as stars, potpie 12%. ragflow was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (ai-agents), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| ragflow | potpie | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 91K | ★ 5.7K |
| License | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | Go | Python |
| Last push | 2026-09-20 | 2026-09-19 |
| Forks | ⑂ 11K | ⑂ 676 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick ragflow if
- You weight community size — 91K stars and counting
- You want the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick potpie if
- You want the potpie feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Python
- You evaluated both and potpie fits your workflow better
About ragflow
RAGFlow is an open source Retrieval Augmented Generation engine that fuses RAG with agent capabilities into a context layer for large language models, built for developers and teams that need to turn complex, unstructured documents into production AI systems.
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About potpie
Potpie is an open source, Apache 2.0 licensed Python tool that turns a codebase and its software development lifecycle into a living context graph for AI coding agents, and it is built for developers and engineering teams whose agents need project specific context to answer questions, plan changes, debug failures, and write code.
read the full potpie overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is ragflow or potpie more popular?
ragflow has 91,015 GitHub stars and potpie has 5,729. ragflow has the larger community by that measure.
Are ragflow and potpie free?
Both are open source. ragflow is licensed under Apache-2.0 and potpie under Apache-2.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between ragflow and potpie?
ragflow is written in Go and potpie in Python. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, ragflow or potpie?
Choose ragflow if you want the larger community (91,015 stars) or its Apache-2.0 licence terms. Choose potpie if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.