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Cognee vs ragflow
Compare adoption, momentum, maintenance health, and project basics before choosing which tool to evaluate deeper.
Cognee
Cognee is the open-source AI memory platform for agents. Give your AI agents persistent long-term memory across sessions with a self-hosted knowledge graph engine.
Best matched with other agent tools.
29.4K
Stars
+12.2K
Weekly
83/100
Health
ragflow
RAGFlow is a leading open-source Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) engine that fuses cutting-edge RAG with Agent capabilities to create a superior context layer for LLMs
Best matched with other agent tools.
91.7K
Stars
+5.4K
Weekly
95/100
Health
Quick Take
Adoption
ragflow has the larger GitHub footprint with 91.7K stars.
Momentum
Cognee is currently growing faster at +12.2K stars this week.
Maintenance
ragflow has the stronger automated maintenance signal at 95/100. This is not a security or fit verdict.
Side-by-side evidence
Use these signals to narrow your choice, then confirm setup, license, and fit upstream.
| Signal | Cognee | ragflow |
|---|---|---|
| Evidence status | Basic listing· 2026-10-04 09:17 UTC | Verified snapshot· 2026-10-04 09:19 UTC |
| GitHub stars | 29.4K | 91.7K |
| Weekly growth | +12.2K | +5.4K |
| Health score | Strong83/100 | Strong95/100 |
| Contributors | 230 | 681 |
| Commits per week | 137.7 | 133.2 |
| Open issues | 508 | 2.1K |
| Language | Python | Go |
| License | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Last commit | 2026-07-26 11:08 UTC | 2026-10-04 04:08 UTC |
| Last release | v1.4.0.dev0 | v0.26.4 |
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