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# haiku.rag
`haiku.rag` is a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) library built to work with LanceDB as a local vector database. It uses LanceDB for storing embeddings and performs semantic (vector) search as well as full-text search combined through native hybrid search with Reciprocal Rank Fusion. Both open-source (Ollama, MixedBread AI) as well as commercial (OpenAI, VoyageAI) embedding providers are supported.
## Features
- **Local LanceDB**: No need to run additional servers
- **Support for various embedding providers**: Ollama, VoyageAI, OpenAI or add your own
- **Native Hybrid Search**: Vector search combined with full-text search using native LanceDB RRF reranking
- **Reranking**: Optional result reranking with MixedBread AI or Cohere
- **Question Answering**: Built-in QA agents using Ollama, OpenAI, or Anthropic
- **File monitoring**: Automatically index files when run as a server
- **Extended file format support**: Parse 40+ file formats including PDF, DOCX, HTML, Markdown, code files and more. Or add a URL!
- **Flexible document processing**: Local processing with docling or remote with [docling-serve](remote-processing.md)
- **MCP server**: Exposes functionality as MCP tools
- **CLI commands**: Access all functionality from your terminal
- Add sources from text, files, or URLs, optionally with a humanreadable title
- **Python client**: Call `haiku.rag` from your own python applications
## Quick Start
Install haiku.rag:
```bash
uv pip install haiku.rag
```
Use from Python:
```python
from haiku.rag.client import HaikuRAG
async with HaikuRAG("database.lancedb") as client:
# Add a document
doc = await client.create_document("Your content here")
# Search documents
results = await client.search("query")
# Ask questions
answer = await client.ask("Who is the author of haiku.rag?")
```
Or use the CLI:
```bash
haiku-rag add "Your document content"
haiku-rag add "Your document content" --meta author=alice
haiku-rag add-src /path/to/document.pdf --title "Q3 Financial Report" --meta source=manual
haiku-rag search "query"
haiku-rag ask "Who is the author of haiku.rag?"
```
## Documentation
- [Getting started](tutorial.md) - Tutorial
- [Installation](installation.md) - Install haiku.rag with different providers
- [Configuration](configuration/index.md) - Environment variables and settings
- [CLI](cli.md) - Command line interface usage
- [Server](server.md) - File monitoring and server mode
- [MCP](mcp.md) - Model Context Protocol integration
- [Python](python.md) - Python API reference
- [Agents](agents.md) - QA agent and multi-agent research
- [Remote processing](remote-processing.md) - Remote document processing with docling-serve
## License
This project is licensed under the [MIT License](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ggozad/haiku.rag/main/LICENSE).