Haystack

End-to-end pipelines for RAG, search, and evaluation (v2 haystack-ai).

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⭐ 25,428 stars⬇ 719 downloads/wkFirst release: Jul 2020Last release: May 2026
Async Support: YesPlugin Extensions: HighSpeed: FastDoc Quality: HighLearning Curve: Medium

Pros

  • Pipeline-first design (nodes/components)
  • Strong retrieval & eval tooling
  • Good cloud & DB integrations

Cons

  • Migration from v1 can be non-trivial
  • Less agent-centric than others
  • Boilerplate for custom nodes

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