paper-qa and ask-pdf

These are competitors: both implement RAG pipelines for PDF question-answering with vector databases and LLMs, but paper-qa differentiates through scientific document optimization and citation generation while ask-pdf offers a simpler general-purpose implementation.

paper-qa
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ask-pdf
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Maintenance 13/25
Adoption 12/25
Maturity 25/25
Community 20/25
Maintenance 2/25
Adoption 5/25
Maturity 16/25
Community 10/25
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Language: Python
License: Apache-2.0
Stars: 14
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Language: Jupyter Notebook
License: MIT
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About paper-qa

Future-House/paper-qa

High accuracy RAG for answering questions from scientific documents with citations

This tool helps researchers, scientists, and academics quickly find precise answers within a collection of scientific documents, such as PDFs or text files. You feed it your papers, and it provides accurate answers to your questions, complete with in-text citations to the original sources. This is ideal for anyone needing to extract specific information from a large volume of research literature.

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About ask-pdf

ralphcajipe/ask-pdf

A RAG Application to Ask Questions from a PDF Document using Large Language Models and Vector Database

This tool helps researchers, students, and anyone who needs to quickly find specific information within a PDF document. You input a question, provide a PDF file, and the system generates an answer by referencing content directly from the document. It's designed for individuals who want to extract precise details without manually sifting through lengthy texts.

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