Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/infiniflow/ragflow/vs/lfnovo/open-notebook
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/infiniflow/ragflow/vs/lfnovo/open-notebook.md
Description: ragflow and open-notebook share 17 technologies: React, Tailwind CSS, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, React Hook Form, Radix UI, react-syntax-highlighter, sonner, cmdk, Lucide, react-markdown, rehype-katex, remark-gfm, rehype-sanitize, remark-math, Zod, and @hookform/resolvers. ragflow is written in Go and open-notebook in TypeScript.

# ragflow vs open-notebook

ragflow and open-notebook share 17 technologies: React, Tailwind CSS, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, React Hook Form, Radix UI, react-syntax-highlighter, sonner, cmdk, Lucide, react-markdown, rehype-katex, remark-gfm, rehype-sanitize, remark-math, Zod, and @hookform/resolvers. ragflow is written in Go and open-notebook in TypeScript.

- [infiniflow/ragflow](https://seerepo.com/r/infiniflow/ragflow): RAGFlow is an agent-native database: a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) engine that grew into context infrastructure.
- [lfnovo/open-notebook](https://seerepo.com/r/lfnovo/open-notebook): An Open Source implementation of Notebook LM with more flexibility and features

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: React, Tailwind CSS, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, React Hook Form, Radix UI, react-syntax-highlighter, sonner, cmdk, Lucide, react-markdown, rehype-katex, remark-gfm, rehype-sanitize, remark-math, Zod, @hookform/resolvers
- Only in ragflow: net/http, Gin, go-redis, mysql-connector-python, pgx, pq, s3, Postgres, MySQL, Redis, AWS S3, Google, MCP, AIOHTTP, werkzeug, React Router, OpenAI, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials, golang.org/x/oauth2, github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5, Model Context Protocol, github.com/yuin/goldmark, github.com/ledongthuc/pdf, github.com/gomarkdown/markdown, github.com/emersion/go-message, golang.org/x/image, reportlab, go.uber.org/zap, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace, OpenTelemetry, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sts, go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore, qrcode, classnames, next-themes, xyflow, lexical, tanstack, @monaco-editor/react, react-force-graph-2d, react-day-picker, react-copy-to-clipboard, recharts, @floating-ui/react, D3, embla-carousel-react, Mermaid, react-dropzone, react-resizable-panels, Ant Design, @lexical/markdown, dompurify, react-pdf-highlighter, rehype-raw, unist-util-visit-parents, xlsx, papaparse, remark-breaks, Ajv, ajv-formats
- Only in open-notebook: FastAPI, langgraph-checkpoint-sqlite, uvicorn, Next.js, LangChain, LangGraph, tiktoken, langchain-text-splitters, Pydantic, loguru, @uiw/react-md-editor, katex

## Side by side

| | ragflow | open-notebook |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 1,294,372 lines written, 2,843 code files | 81,527 lines written, 296 code files |
| Who writes it | 2.1% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Cursor, CodeRabbit, GitHub Copilot, Kilo Code, Codex, OpenHands, Gemini CLI, and Factory | 8.9% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code and Cursor |
| Activity | Last push November 4, 2026, 10,792 commits, 93,494 stars | Last push November 4, 2026, 891 commits, 41,668 stars |
| Tests | 1,962 test files. 50.8% of its code files have a test that imports them | 107 test files. 38.9% of its code files have a test that imports them |

- Size: Lines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
- Who writes it: A commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
- Activity: From GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
- Tests: The files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.

## Frequently asked questions

### Which is bigger, ragflow or open-notebook?

ragflow, with 1,294,372 lines written; open-notebook has 81,527.

The proof: [infiniflow/ragflow's code at commit 8cab68a](https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/tree/8cab68a9a3b083da95abb2ea0789b0a5623defaf)

### Which has more GitHub stars, ragflow or open-notebook?

ragflow, with 93,494 stars; open-notebook has 41,668.

The proof: [infiniflow/ragflow on GitHub](https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow)

### Which has more tests, ragflow or open-notebook?

ragflow, with 1,962 test files; open-notebook has 107.

The proof: [infiniflow/ragflow's code at commit 8cab68a](https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/tree/8cab68a9a3b083da95abb2ea0789b0a5623defaf)

### Which was updated more recently, ragflow or open-notebook?

Both got their last push on November 4, 2026.

The proof: [infiniflow/ragflow's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/commits)

### Which has more commits signed by AI, ragflow or open-notebook?

open-notebook: an AI signed 8.9% of its commits, with Claude Code and Cursor; in ragflow, 2.1%.

The proof: [the commits each tool signed in lfnovo/open-notebook](https://seerepo.com/r/lfnovo/open-notebook/ai)

## Sources

- infiniflow/ragflow: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit 8cab68a (https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/tree/8cab68a9a3b083da95abb2ea0789b0a5623defaf)
- lfnovo/open-notebook: Read on November 6, 2026, at commit 5e285b7 (https://github.com/lfnovo/open-notebook/tree/5e285b7a2e435895c4ee99ad7e4b8d2af64c3239)

## What is your repo built with?

Any public repo, with no account: https://seerepo.com/r/owner/repo/built, with the owner and name it has on GitHub.