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BISHENG vs RAGFlow: catalog facts
BISHENG	RAGFlow
Free Free to self-host from the GitHub repository.	Free Free and open source to self-host.
Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Workflows, RAG and agents in one platform Model management, evaluation and fine-tuning included	Ingestion pipeline for many document and data formats Hybrid vector and full-text search with re-ranking
Heavy platform that takes effort to deploy and run Much of the community material is in Chinese	Server setup is more involved than a desktop chat app Geared toward teams and organisations more than individuals
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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