haystack — MCP Server by deepset-ai

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About haystack

Open-source AI orchestration framework for building context-engineered, production-ready LLM applications. Design modular pipelines and agent workflows with explicit control over retrieval, routing, memory, and generation. Built for scalable agents, RAG, multimodal applications, semantic search, and conversational systems.

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Quick Facts

Stars26,142
Forks2,980
LanguagePython
CategoryMCP Server
LicenseApache-2.0
Quality Score62.9817129585272/100
Open Issues83
Last Updated2026-08-07
Created2019-11-14
Platformsmcp, python
Est. Tokens~16k

Compatible Skills

These tools work well together with haystack for enhanced workflows:

  • langroid — semantic(0.32)+complementary+rare_topics+same_lang+similar_pop+shared_platform (66%)
  • LightRAG — semantic(0.39)+complementary+same_lang+similar_pop+shared_platform (64%)
  • PocketFlow — semantic(0.32)+complementary+same_lang+similar_pop+shared_platform (61%)
  • OpenViking — semantic(0.16)+complementary+rare_topics+same_lang+similar_pop+shared_platform (60%)
  • autogen — semantic(0.21)+complementary+same_lang+similar_pop+shared_platform (57%)

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is haystack?

haystack is Open-source AI orchestration framework for building context-engineered, production-ready LLM applications. Design modular pipelines and agent workflows with explicit control over retrieval, routing, m. It is categorized as a MCP Server with 26.1k GitHub stars.

What programming language is haystack written in?

haystack is primarily written in Python. It covers topics such as agent-framework, agentic-ai, agentic-rag.

How do I install or use haystack?

You can find installation instructions and usage details in the haystack GitHub repository at github.com/deepset-ai/haystack. The project has 26.1k stars and 2980 forks, indicating an active community.

What license does haystack use?

haystack is released under the Apache-2.0 license, making it free to use and modify according to the license terms.

What are the best alternatives to haystack?

The top alternatives to haystack on Agent Skills Hub include ragflow, voltagent, sdk-python. Each offers a different approach to the same problem space — compare them side-by-side by stars, quality score, and community activity.

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