FastGPT
Open-source AI knowledge base — RAG, agents, workflows
📋 Overview
FastGPT is an open-source AI knowledge base that provides RAG, agents, and workflows — providing a complete platform for building AI applications. Unlike Dify (which is a full platform), FastGPT focuses specifically on knowledge base applications — providing features like document ingestion, RAG, and agent creation.
✨ Key Features
- •20K+ GitHub stars — open-source AI knowledge base
- •Document ingestion and RAG
- •Agent creation
- •Workflow creation
- •Multi-user collaboration
- •Apache 2.0 licensed
🎯 The Problem It Solves
Teams need a knowledge base that supports RAG and AI agents. FastGPT provides this with document ingestion and workflow creation.
🔧 How It Works
FastGPT provides a web interface for ingesting documents, creating knowledge bases, and building AI agents. It supports RAG, workflow creation, and multi-user collaboration.
🚀 Installation & Quick Start
Installation
git clone https://github.com/labring/FastGPT && cd FastGPT && docker compose up -dQuick Start
- Clone and docker compose up
- Open localhost:3000
- Upload docs
- Build knowledge base
✅ Pros
- •Best open-source AI knowledge base
- •RAG and agent features
- •Apache 2.0 licensed
- •Active community
- •Comprehensive documentation
- •Production-ready
❌ Cons
- •Smaller community than Dify
- •Setup more complex
- •Features less polished
💬 Practitioner Verdict
“FastGPT is the best open-source AI knowledge base — the RAG and agent features are genuinely differentiated. The trade-off: smaller community than Dify, the setup is more complex, and the features are less polished. For teams that need a knowledge base with AI, FastGPT is the default.”
Self-Hosted (Free)
Open source, MIT/Apache licensed. Run it yourself.
⭐ Star & Clone on GitHubFree forever. Your infrastructure, your data.
📊 Specifications
- Language
- TypeScript
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Platform
- Linux, macOS, Windows
- Supported Models
- REST API, CLI
💰 Pricing Reality
100% free Apache 2.0. No paid tier.