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by kennethwolters 697 days ago
txtai is not (just) a vector store, it's a full-fledged RAG system. Apples and oranges if you ask me.
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I agree that the comparison between langchain/llamaindex is probably the better one.

With that being said, txtai has a much more in-depth approach with how it builds it's data stores vs just assuming the underlying systems will handle everything. It supports running SQL statements and integrates the components in a way other RAG systems don't. It was also a vector store before it had a RAG workflow. There are years of code behind that part.

It is very impressive :)