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Recall alternatives
2 open-source projects that already do this job. Free to use - not free to run, which is what the numbers on the right are for.
The projects
labring/FastGPT★29,285 GitHub starslicence unclearA knowledge-platform with out-of-the-box RAG, data processing, and visual AI workflow orchestration for QA systems.Open on GitHub ↗nashsu/llm_wiki★16,018 GitHub starslicence unclearDesktop app that converts documents into an incrementally-built, interlinked persistent wiki for searching and asking questions.Open on GitHub ↗
What you give up either way
- Browser extensions and mobile apps (unless rebuilt separately)
- Automated augmented browsing overlays
- Built-in text-to-speech with custom voices (Listen Mode)
- 1:1 onboarding and premium support
- Bulk actions / high-volume tooling and chosen-model routing
An open-source project doing the core job proves a replacement is possible. It does not prove it matches Recall, and it does not prove anyone has run it for a month. How we decide.