PDF RAG QA Systems RAG Tools

End-to-end RAG systems specifically designed for PDF document upload, indexing, and question-answering with vector search. Includes FastAPI/Streamlit frontends, FAISS/vector stores, and LLM integration. Does NOT include general document processing, multi-modal RAG, domain-specific applications (finance/healthcare/legal), or document chunking strategies as standalone tools.

There are 139 pdf rag qa systems tools tracked. 1 score above 70 (verified tier). The highest-rated is Future-House/paper-qa at 70/100 with 8,264 stars. 2 of the top 10 are actively maintained.

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#	Tool	Score	Tier	Stars	Language
1	Future-House/paper-qa High accuracy RAG for answering questions from scientific documents with citations	70	Verified	8,264	Python
2	weiwill88/Local_Pdf_Chat_RAG 🧠 纯原生 Python 实现的 RAG 框架 \| FAISS + BM25 混合检索 \| 支持 Ollama / SiliconFlow \| 适合新手入门学习	58	Established	842	Python
3	EarthlyAlien/Document-Assistant RAG based Document Assistant for Search	47	Emerging	19	Python
4	shubham0204/OnDevice-RAG-Android A custom RAG pipeline for multi-document QA from PDF/DOCX documents, in Android	47	Emerging	178	Kotlin
5	dev-it-with-me/RagUltimateAdvisor A complete Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) application that...	41	Emerging	48	Python
6	lfoppiano/document-qa Scientific Document Insight Q/A	37	Emerging	34	Python
7	souradipp76/ReadMeReady Tool for auto-generating README documentation for code repositories	37	Emerging	14	Python
8	ruankie/rag-qa RAG-QA is a free, containerised question-answer framework that allows you to...	34	Emerging	20	Jupyter Notebook
9	probabl-ai/sklearn-ragger-duck A proof-of-concept for a RAG to query the scikit-learn documentation	34	Emerging	29	HTML
10	Dr-Venom29/Paper-Snap A cloud-native RAG system for research paper analysis featuring structured...	34	Emerging	5	Python
11	ralphcajipe/ask-pdf A RAG Application to Ask Questions from a PDF Document using Large Language...	33	Emerging	14	Jupyter Notebook
12	ZohaibCodez/document-qa-rag-system A simple Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) project built with LangChain...	33	Emerging	12	Jupyter Notebook
13	SanskrutiPadamatintiwar/Rag-based-quiz-generator A RAG-based quiz generation platform that creates MCQs and fill-in-the-blank...	31	Emerging	1	JavaScript
14	dongminlee94/k8s-docs-assistant-rag Kubernetes documentation assistant with RAG	31	Emerging	2	Python
15	jaicdev/DeepRag DeepRag is a Streamlit app that lets you chat with your PDF documents using...	30	Emerging	2	Python
16	ajaykrupalk/rag-app An RAG (retrieval augmented generation) app which iterates through a PDF...	29	Experimental	16	JavaScript
17	rajveersinghcse/Agentic_RAG ✌️ A dynamic Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) system with support for...	29	Experimental	10	Python
18	Amaan-developpeur/FinancialQA-Assistant A lightweight, local Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) system for...	28	Experimental	4	Jupyter Notebook
19	abh2050/RFP_generation_langchain_agent_RAG A Streamlit-based web application for generating professional Request for...	28	Experimental	1	Python
20	esN2k/SelcukAiAssistant Engineered an end-to-end multilingual RAG assistant with Python/FastAPI...	27	Experimental	1	Python
21	sammitjain/lok-sabha-rag Local RAG Application for searching across Indian Parliament's Question &...	27	Experimental	3	Python
22	nhevers/docrag document retrieval and QA pipeline	26	Experimental	10	Python
23	sonuramashishnpm/NPM-Rag-API-Framework A powerful FastAPI-based multi-modal ingestion system that processes PDFs,...	25	Experimental	1	Python
24	vishukla/streamlit-qa-csv-rag Streamlit app for Question Answering uploaded CSV using Retrieval-Augmented...	25	Experimental	3	Python
25	eliroc98/zoteroRAG Question-answering system for Zotero libraries with a 3-stage RAG pipeline:...	24	Experimental	3	Python
26	padieul/pubmed_qa A repository for the "NLP with Transformers" course project at Heidelberg University.	24	Experimental	3	Python
27	chayandatta/docuflow-ai RAG Q&A system	23	Experimental	6	Python
28	GioiaZheng/msmarco-genqa RAG-based search question answering system on MS MARCO with BM25 retrieval,...	23	Experimental	2	Jupyter Notebook
29	zhiweiiii/doc-knowledge-llm 传入doc、pdf、txt等文档，矢量数据库，大模型对话，企业知识库，根据文档生成问答	23	Experimental	2	Python
30	Ando22/rag-docs Turn technical documentation into grounded, implementation-ready answers with RAG.	22	Experimental	—	Python
31	seajoyer/rag-techdoc-assistant RAG-powered assistant for technical documentation with semantic search and citations	22	Experimental	—	Python
32	sriharshitamaddali/FAQtory-app RAG-based FAQ generator that ingests PDFs and produces audience-specific...	22	Experimental	—	Python
33	harshraithatha/rag_document_assistant A simple RAG-based document assistant that retrieves relevant text chunks...	22	Experimental	—	Python
34	Abdo-Mohammed-10/Pdf-Knowledge-Graph An AI-powered application that transforms scientific PDFs into an...	22	Experimental	—	Python
35	gsavla6-hue/document-qa-system Enterprise document Q&A system with multi-document reasoning, citation...	22	Experimental	—	Python
36	Pavdig/SillyTavern-Docs-RAG A collection of processed, RAG-ready documentation for SillyTavern.	22	Experimental	1	Python
37	metehan777/basic-rag-analyzer-tool-for-ai-developers A basic RAG analysis tool using Streamlit for AI/ML developers to experiment...	22	Experimental	2	Python
38	AmreeshTyagi/sectool Questionnaire Automation RAG pipeline	22	Experimental	1	Java
39	anushi2511/RAG-QnA-Application Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) powered QnA app in Python using Hugging...	21	Experimental	—	Python
40	joergmichno/docqa 📚 RAG-powered Document Q&A CLI — TF-IDF Retrieval + optional LLM answering	21	Experimental	—	Python
41	przemekwarnel/rag-document-qa-api RAG PDF Q&A API (FastAPI + Chroma + SentenceTransformers + Docker)	21	Experimental	—	Python
42	casperdcl/brace :book: BRACE — Bible retrieval-augmented (Catholic edition)	21	Experimental	3	Python
43	Nishit00/document-qa-rag-system 📄 Transform documents into interactive AI conversations with ease, creating...	21	Experimental	—	Jupyter Notebook
44	Atharv279/GemmaQA-DocExplorer RAG-powered PDF Q&A using Groq Gemma2-9b and FAISS vector search	21	Experimental	—	Python
45	Nikhil-Mukund/marvel MARVEL is a locally deployable, open-source scientific assistant for...	21	Experimental	—	Python
46	teddylee777/easy-pdf-rag This is an example of implementing the RAG feature based on OpenAI Assistant...	21	Experimental	9	Jupyter Notebook
47	nakhoacool/WebQA A web based Q&A platform admission consultation using LLM	21	Experimental	1	Jupyter Notebook
48	OMUZ9924/rag-document-qa Retrieval-Augmented Generation system for document Q&A with FastAPI, FAISS,...	21	Experimental	—	Python
49	swati048/rag-document-qa Interactive AI document system using LangChain-driven RAG pipelines for...	21	Experimental	—	Python
50	Aqib121201/MiniRAG-Streamlit-Q-A-Interface-with-Vector-Search-and-Local-LLMs Local PDF Q&A with vector search + LLMs; LangChain powered Streamlit interface	20	Experimental	3	Python
51	s7chak/QuizardApp An interactive interface with OpenAI's gpt-3.5 model (LLM) designed to...	20	Experimental	5	Python
52	xXBricksquadXx/TN-Legal-RAG Private RAG system for Tennessee regulations using FastAPI, ChromaDB, and Ollama.	19	Experimental	—	Python
53	suniltyagi/aviation-engine-maintenance-rag Retrieval-Augmented Generation pipeline for Aircraft Engine Maintenance...	19	Experimental	2	Python
54	shouya/ai-librarian Ask questions about your books	19	Experimental	3	Python
55	jd-coderepos/rag-reranker-QA This repository hosts the code to launch a streamlit Q&A app that locally...	19	Experimental	3	Python
56	mihaicristianfarcas/LaMiniT5-Langchain-FAISS-RAG A RAG application for PDF data using the LaMini-T5-738M language model,...	19	Experimental	3	Jupyter Notebook
57	mohd-faizy/RAG-DeepSeek Efficiently search and retrieve information from PDF documents using a...	19	Experimental	3	Python
58	mshojaei77/open-notebook AI-powered knowledge management and question-answering system	18	Experimental	41	Python
59	2003HARSH/Document-QnA-using-Llama3-and-Groq Document QnA is a webapp that lets users upload multiple documents and ask...	18	Experimental	2	Python
60	Sanchay-Kumar-Singh/Product-Manual-QA-Systems-.ipynb_Using_AI_Google_Colab Product-Manual Q/A System	18	Experimental	1	Jupyter Notebook
61	mrkeshi/KeshroAI A multi-agent, retrieval-augmented system for asking questions about...	17	Experimental	2	Python
62	anwitac246/test-generator-web A test series generator for JEE-Mains using RAG and LLM	17	Experimental	—	JavaScript
63	priyanshudutta04/StackQuery StackQuery is an AI agent powered by LangChain and RAG to retrieve and...	17	Experimental	1	Jupyter Notebook
64	SINGHxTUSHAR/Document-QA-Llama-GROQ Document-Q&A using the GROQ and Llama3 is a sophisticated question-answering...	17	Experimental	1	Python
65	AlexandreAzevedo/FMCSA-Assistant A RAG-based AI tool to query FMCSA trucking regulations using LLMs.	17	Experimental	—	Jupyter Notebook
66	iamtgiri/MiRAG An interactive, multi-modal application built with Streamlit that leverages...	17	Experimental	—	Python
67	smaffan21/RAG-for-QA-and-BPMN-Generation A RAG-powered Q&A and BPMN generation system for Dutch railway regulations.	16	Experimental	3	JavaScript
68	Danni-Ke/MemoOrb Personal Book RAG Assistant: A lightweight, RAG-based Q&A system for...	16	Experimental	1	Python
69	utkarsh0p/chrome-rag-extension A Chrome extension that performs real-time Retrieval-Augmented Generation...	16	Experimental	3	JavaScript
70	zenitsu0509/PDF-QnA A RAG powered pdf question and answering webapp	16	Experimental	2	Python
71	muhammadnavas/RAGify A full-stack Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) application that enables...	15	Experimental	2	JavaScript
72	iom/qa_generation Questions & Answers Generation	15	Experimental	—	HTML
73	NamanKr24/QuotientRAG A semantic quote retrieval system using fine-tuned MiniLM, FAISS indexing,...	15	Experimental	—	Jupyter Notebook
74	mdAshif1998/ResearchGPT RAG-based Question Answering over Research Papers using Llama3 (Groq),...	15	Experimental	—	Python
75	5umitpandey/Intelligent_Q-A_System_with_RAG A from-scratch implementation of a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)...	14	Experimental	1	Jupyter Notebook
76	awejofficial/DocLm-Springboard Groq-powered Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) system with semantic...	14	Experimental	—	Python
77	iqra-khan740/RAG-based-on-PDF RAG-based-on-PDF is a RAG system that lets users ask questions from one web...	14	Experimental	1	Python
78	KrunalKayasth26/advanced-rag-document-assistant Advanced RAG-based document assistant that answers questions from PDFs using...	14	Experimental	—	Python
79	bensonbabu93/rag-knowledge-assistant A Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) document assistant that answers...	14	Experimental	—	Python
80	AhmedHassanGondal/papermind RAG-powered research paper Q&A - ask questions across multiple PDFs with...	14	Experimental	—	Python
81	ouassim-behlil/1337-RAG-Assistant A Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) system that answers student questions...	14	Experimental	—	Python
82	anditaadhi/-Smart-Assistant-RAG-Pipeline-Project Build an enterprise-grade smart assistant that processes documents, indexes...	14	Experimental	—	Python
83	sanjarbek14/rag-document-qa RAG-Based Document Q&A System — Intelligent Document Analysis Using...	14	Experimental	—	Python
84	Divya0777/rag-pdf-qa-system RAG-based PDF Question Answering system using LangChain, FAISS,...	14	Experimental	—	Jupyter Notebook
85	Ksirailway-base/BookMind Offline RAG study assistant powered by LFM2-2.6B · Ask questions, get...	14	Experimental	—	Python
86	Archie0410/rag-document-qa-system RAG-based document QA system with hybrid retrieval, FastAPI backend, FAISS...	14	Experimental	—	Python
87	navneetguptarpm/omni-document-assistant A simple and learning-purpose-ready Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)...	14	Experimental	—	Python
88	Viraj-Pathak/pdf-qa-bot RAG-powered PDF Q&A Bot — upload any PDF and ask questions in plain English....	14	Experimental	—	Python
89	RamonRL/llm-rag-api A full-stack AI application that allows users to upload documents (PDF or...	14	Experimental	—	Python
90	Vishalkrishna3434/rag-document-qa Document Q&A system using RAG, FAISS vector search and LLM inference	14	Experimental	—	Python
91	Jesseman-418/docqa-ai AI document Q&A using RAG pipeline — FAISS vector search,...	14	Experimental	—	Python
92	cre8vdj/cre8v-ai-rag RAG pipeline with LangChain, FAISS & OpenAI GPT. Ask questions about your...	14	Experimental	—	Jupyter Notebook
93	dschechter27875/rag_qa_system End-to-end retrieval-augmented question answering pipeline with embeddings,...	14	Experimental	1	Python
94	Shen-po-heng/Interactive-QA-bot-with-LLM-based-Document-Reader-using-Langchain This repository demonstrate a RAG(Retrieval-Augmented Generation) QA-bot...	14	Experimental	1	Python
95	Iodine98/dora-back A Python backend for Document Retrieval and Analysis (DoRA).	13	Experimental	—	Python
96	digvijayforreal/PDF-Study-Assistant AI-powered PDF Question Answering system using RAG architecture, Groq LLaMA...	13	Experimental	—	Python
97	maheshsunuwar/rag_qa_system Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) QA System — An interactive system that...	13	Experimental	—	Python
98	mon-monisha/RAG-Transport-Management-System Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) based TMS AI Assistant for logistics...	13	Experimental	—	Python
99	mayukh18/DocuLLM a RAG framework that can search and answers questions from existing docs	13	Experimental	—	Python
100	emirhansilsupur/car-review-qa A RAG Q&A system that combines car reviews to answer questions about...	13	Experimental	—	Jupyter Notebook
101	Yugaank-Kalia/paper2code Turn academic papers into working Python implementations using RAG and LLMs	13	Experimental	—	TypeScript
102	AadilKumshi/Dynamic-RAG A document interaction platform built using a Retrieval Augmented Generation...	13	Experimental	—	TypeScript
103	Mervecaliskann/AI-RAG-Assistant Enterprise-grade RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) system for querying...	13	Experimental	—	Python
104	Flat-Earther/PDF-summary-RAG Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) system which can answer questions about...	13	Experimental	—	Python
105	samruddhi-rasal/Offline_RAG Offline Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) system for question answering...	13	Experimental	—	Python
106	IshaanLabs/sanvad-hindi-rag-langchain-faiss-sarvam Sanvad is an open-source Hindi RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) system...	13	Experimental	—	Python
107	dreamerlzl/markdown-qa Local QA system based on your personal markdown notes.	13	Experimental	—	Python
108	Sparsh-Kumar/rag-automatic-stock-quarterly-concall-evaluation-research This project automates the extraction and cleaning of stock concall...	13	Experimental	—	Jupyter Notebook
109	goopernooper/llm-study-assistant RAG-powered study assistant — upload PDFs and notes, get citation-backed...	13	Experimental	—	Python
110	alishohadaee/ReadingAssistant This repository contains a simple RAG system that powers by an arbitrary LLM...	13	Experimental	—	Python
111	pallavi2508mishra/Information-Retrieval-using-LlamaIndex-Google-Gemini Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) system for document question answering...	13	Experimental	—	Jupyter Notebook
112	suprch4rg3d/MarinEnGPT My Dissertation Project, MarinEnGPT. An Intelligent Assistant for Marine...	12	Experimental	2	Python
113	NASO7Y/RAG-PDF-Search A Streamlit-based Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) application that...	12	Experimental	5	Python
114	arunsai63/verix-ai VerixAI: An intelligent document analysis platform using RAG for querying...	12	Experimental	3	Python
115	AIArpi/partner-onboarding-rag Local partner-onboarding RAG: Streamlit + ChromaDB + small LLM (via Ollama)....	12	Experimental	1	Python
116	ajf1016/Qwen-RAG-for-legal-queries This project processes legal sections from JSON files, generates embeddings...	12	Experimental	1	Jupyter Notebook
117	rampal-punia/rag_app Streamlit-based Document Q&A application allowing users to upload documents,...	12	Experimental	1	Python
118	cizodevahm/Q-A_with_RAG_LLM_LangChain This project utilizes LangChain to process and analyze PDF documents for...	12	Experimental	1	Jupyter Notebook
119	uameless/juridrag Streamlit-based app that summarizes and answers questions about Arabic legal...	11	Experimental	2	Python
120	Anhd7/csv-question-answering-rag-agent A local Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) agent that answers natural...	11	Experimental	2	Python
121	meanderinghuman/ShapeRAGen ShapeRAGen: DeepSeek-V3 + RAG for text-to-STL, Trimesh/NumPy-STL geometry,...	11	Experimental	2	Python
122	Unitedstuff/Q-A-RAG-SYSTEM This project is a Question Answering (QA) system that leverages Google...	11	Experimental	2	Jupyter Notebook
123	sayedshaun/easyrag-python RAG Question Answering for YouTube video, PDF document and more.	11	Experimental	—	Python
124	Vits-99/RAG-Docs-Chat An example template for building question-answering systems using the...	11	Experimental	—	Python
125	shashank-vaidya/RAG-based-QA A Streamlit RAG-based Question Answering App	11	Experimental	—	Python
126	udit-rawat/Quest Quest is a on device RAG that helps you quickly find solutions to coding...	11	Experimental	—	Jupyter Notebook
127	julicq/RAG-Reader-Assistant Text Analysis and Q&A Application Bot	11	Experimental	—	Python
128	davide-abbattista/SciQA The Scientific Question Answering (SciQA) System is an end-to-end solution...	11	Experimental	—	Jupyter Notebook
129	mchockal/Retrieval_Augmented_QA A proof of concept for Question-Answering API on a specific topic using RAG...	11	Experimental	—	Python
130	adammierzwicki/MicroRAG Retrieval Augmented Generation system which answers questions about your PDFs	11	Experimental	—	Python
131	shaba5h/document-qa Q&A system for documents using RAG	11	Experimental	—	Python
132	tiwarihimanshu04/rag-doc-qa RAG-based Document Q&A app using LangChain, FAISS, Groq (Llama3), and...	11	Experimental	—	Python
133	josemayor/RAG-PDF-Assistant RAG system for querying PDFs using FAISS, semantic embeddings and LLM reasoning.	11	Experimental	—	Python
134	Prayagxraj/research-paper-qa-system Research paper question answering system using LangChain, Groq API, and Streamlit.	11	Experimental	—	Python
135	sahasourav17/IntelliAnswer A RAG-based question-answering system that processes user queries using...	11	Experimental	3	Python
136	ifTNT/database-qa An application that leverages Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) to...	10	Experimental	2	Python
137	AyeshaRafiq229/Enhanced-Contextual-Insights-RAG-Based-GPT-Integration-for-Question-Answering-with-BBC-News-Data This project integrates RAG techniques with GPT-2 for advanced...	10	Experimental	2	Jupyter Notebook
138	ranzeet013/PharmaQA.ai ParmaQA.ai is an advanced QA system that combines a Retrieval-Augmented...	10	Experimental	2	Jupyter Notebook
139	Furk4nBulut/WebTrafficQA-Responder-AI-RAG A Question-Answering (Q&A) system leveraging web traffic logs. The system...	10	Experimental	2	Jupyter Notebook

Comparisons in this category

paper-qa and Local_Pdf_Chat_RAG (70 vs 58) paper-qa and document-qa (70 vs 37) paper-qa and rag-qa (70 vs 34) paper-qa and rag-app (70 vs 29) paper-qa and ask-pdf (70 vs 33) paper-qa and document-qa-rag-system (70 vs 33) paper-qa and Agentic_RAG (70 vs 29) paper-qa and Paper-Snap (70 vs 34) paper-qa and FinancialQA-Assistant (70 vs 28) paper-qa and DeepRag (70 vs 30)