Python

Kotaemon

Clean open UI to chat with documents

by Cinnamon · Apache-2.0

From the README

Install

git clone https://github.com/Cinnamon/kotaemon
   cd kotaemon

• Clean & Minimalistic UI: A user-friendly interface for RAG-based QA.
• Support for Various LLMs: Compatible with LLM API providers (OpenAI, AzureOpenAI, Cohere, etc.) and local LLMs (via ollama and llama-cpp-python).
• Easy Installation: Simple scripts to get you started quickly.

Excerpts from the project README on GitHub. Copyright and licensing remain with the respective authors.

What is Kotaemon?

Kotaemon is a clean, open-source RAG interface for chatting with your documents, with citations, multi-user support and a customizable pipeline for developers.

Why people choose Kotaemon

• Answers with inline citations and previews
• Both end-user UI and developer framework
• Gradio-based, easy to theme and extend

Kotaemon at a glance

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Kotaemon head-to-head

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