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RAGFlow Go implementation - Development Guide
1. Prepare dependencies
1.1 Install CMake and build RAGFlow on Ubuntu 24.04
sudo apt update
sudo apt install ca-certificates gpg wget
test -f /usr/share/doc/kitware-archive-keyring/copyright || wget -O - https://apt.kitware.com/keys/kitware-archive-latest.asc 2>/dev/null | gpg --dearmor - | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/kitware-archive-keyring.gpg >/dev/null
echo 'deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/kitware-archive-keyring.gpg] https://apt.kitware.com/ubuntu/ noble main' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kitware.list >/dev/null
sudo apt update
test -f /usr/share/doc/kitware-archive-keyring/copyright || sudo rm /usr/share/keyrings/kitware-archive-keyring.gpg
sudo apt install -y kitware-archive-keyring
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y cmake
1.2 Install clang-20
sudo apt install clang-20 lld-20
sudo ln -s /usr/bin/clang++-20 /usr/bin/clang++
sudo ln -s /usr/bin/clang-20 /usr/bin/clang
sudo ln -s /usr/bin/ld.lld-20 /usr/bin/ld.lld
1.3 Install golang
wget https://go.dev/dl/go1.25.4.linux-amd64.tar.gz
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go
sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.25.4.linux-amd64.tar.gz
echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc
go version
1.4 Install dependent library
sudo apt install libpcre2-dev
uv run ragflow_deps/download_deps.py
Install uv before running the downloader; it installs the script's declared Python dependencies.
This downloader provisions Go native libraries, .ort weights, model tokenizer assets, and cl100k_base.tiktoken. It installs the local stagehand driver into the SDK's cache, using the SDK version from go.mod. Native archives support Linux x86_64.
Build the Go resource image from ragflow_deps/ after preparing these files:
cd ragflow_deps
docker build -f Dockerfile -t infiniflow/ragflow_deps:latest .
cd ..
The image contains Go DeepDoc weights, tokenizer assets, the BPE table, and stagehand binaries. DeepDoc weights are prepared under ragflow_deps/huggingface.co/InfiniFlow/deepdoc/ for packaging and under internal/rag/res/deepdoc/ for local use.
Note
: If you use IDEs like GoLand to run/debug directly (via Run/Debug buttons), or run
go build/go runfrom command line, set these CGO environment variables:RAGFLOW_DEPS="${HOME}/ragflow-native-libs" # created by download_deps.py PLATFORM="linux_amd64" # or darwin_amd64, linux_arm64, darwin_arm64 # NOTE: the ONNX Runtime static lib fetched by download_deps.py is # linux-x64 ONLY (onnxruntime-linux-x64-static_lib-*). On darwin_* / non-amd64 # PLATFORM values the production DeepDoc backend cannot be linked, so those # PLATFORM examples cover office_oxide/pdfium/pdf_oxide only — ORT is a # Linux-amd64 link dependency here. # Resolve the version-stamped ORT archive path FIRST, in its own unquoted # assignment: the shell does not expand `*` inside the double-quoted # CGO_LDFLAGS below. If this lists more than one match, delete the stale # version dir — build.sh refuses to link two ORT versions. ORT_A="$(ls ${RAGFLOW_DEPS}/onnxruntime/static_lib/*/lib/libonnxruntime.a)" # The binding reaches ORT with dlopen(NULL)+dlsym("OrtGetApiBase"), so # OrtGetApiBase is the only symbol that must be visible process-wide. Export # just it — not via a "local: *" version script, which hides Go's runtime type # symbols and breaks PIE absolute relocations. There is deliberately no # --whole-archive, so unreferenced kernels are dropped. Write the dynamic # list to .cache/ (gitignored), matching build.sh. mkdir -p .cache printf '{\n OrtGetApiBase;\n};\n' > .cache/ort_dynamic_list.txt export CGO_CFLAGS="-I${RAGFLOW_DEPS}/office_oxide/include/office_oxide_c" export CGO_LDFLAGS="\ ${RAGFLOW_DEPS}/office_oxide/lib/liboffice_oxide.a \ ${RAGFLOW_DEPS}/pdfium-static/lib/libpdfium.a \ ${RAGFLOW_DEPS}/pdfium-static/lib/libc++.a \ ${RAGFLOW_DEPS}/pdfium-static/lib/libc++abi.a \ ${RAGFLOW_DEPS}/pdf_oxide/lib/${PLATFORM}/libpdf_oxide.a \ -Wl,--undefined=OrtGetApiBase -Wl,--dynamic-list=.cache/ort_dynamic_list.txt ${ORT_A} -lstdc++ \ -fuse-ld=lld \ -lm -lpthread -ldl -lrt -lgcc_s -lutil -lc"All four native libraries are statically linked — no
LD_LIBRARY_PATHor-Wl,-rpathneeded.ONNX Runtime is mandatory for the production binary. The in-process (Go) DeepDoc backend is statically linked against
libonnxruntime.a(no--whole-archive;OrtGetApiBaseis force-pulled with-Wl,--undefined=OrtGetApiBaseand exported via--dynamic-list), andOrtGetApiBaseis resolved at runtime throughdlopen(NULL). The orgonnxruntime_gobinding (github.com/infiniflow/onnxruntime_go, the mirror of yalue/onnxruntime_go) only needs-ldlto compile, so a binary built without ORT links successfully but dies at startup with:Error looking up OrtGetApiBase in statically-linked ONNX Runtime→ fatalno in-process DeepDoc backend serving. The same fatal also fires when the.ortweights are missing from the model directory — see §1.6. Sincebuild.sh(build_go) now fails fast when ORT is absent fromCGO_LDFLAGS, this breakage surfaces at build time instead of at runtime. If you seeError: ONNX Runtime static libraries are not linked, runuv run ragflow_deps/download_deps.py(or pre-seed/opt/ragflow-native-libs/onnxruntimeas the CI runner image does). There is no ORT-free production build path — if ORT is absent the binary fails at startup, so the remedy is always to seed the static lib above, never to build without it.
Note
: The ONNX Runtime native version is pinned in several Go-side places that must stay in sync. Bumping it in one spot and not the others fails the build with
Error: ONNX Runtime version is inconsistent:
internal/common/environments.go—DeepDocORTVersionDockerfile—ARG ORT_VERSIONragflow_deps/download_deps.py—ORT_VERSION
build.shruns this consistency check automatically before the Go build (throughcheck_go_deps) and fails fast on any mismatch. Run it on demand with./build.sh --check-ort-version. To upgrade ORT, edit every entry above to the same version, then run the check. The Python piponnxruntime==pin inpyproject.tomlis versioned independently and is intentionally not part of this check.
Note
:
build.shalso guards ONNX Runtime archive integrity and the link cache, because a silently-stale.ais easy to miss:
check_onnxruntime_depscompares the local release ZIP underragflow_deps/(onnxruntime-v<ver>-linux-x86_64.zip) against the SHA-256 digest pinned inbuild.sh, without a network request. The downloader separately checks the publishedonnxruntime-v<ver>-linux-x86_64.zip.sha256sidecar. A local ZIP mismatch only emits a warning with the expected/actual SHA-256 and the refresh command (rm -f <zip>+uv run ragflow_deps/download_deps.py); the build continues checking and linking the extracted static libraries. CI seeds ORT from/optand has no local zip, so the check is skipped there (the bake is authoritative). This matters because theonnxruntime_gobinding reaches ORT only through the OrtApi function-pointer table (ort_api->SessionGetInitializer*), so a.alacking a custom slot links successfully and only crashes at runtime — not at link time.- The link passes
CGO_LDFLAGSa version-stamped pathonnxruntime/static_lib/v<ver>-<sha256:0:16>/libonnxruntime.a. Go's build cache keysCGO_LDFLAGSas a string and does NOT hash the referenced.a, so swapping the.ain place (same path, re-issued under the same name) would otherwise silently reuse a stale linked binary. Stamping the path with the archive's sha256 changes the flag string whenever the content changes → automatic relink. If you ever see a stale-.acrash after an ORT re-issue, re-runuv run ragflow_deps/download_deps.pyso the stamp moves; a plaingo clean -cachealso forces it.
1.5 Build RAGFlow
- Build binary
./build.sh
- Production builds (strip debug symbols for smaller binaries):
./build.sh --strip --all
# or
./build.sh -s --go
1.6 In-process (Go) DeepDoc backend
The in-process DeepDoc backend is statically linked against ONNX Runtime
(see §1.4). After a successful ./build.sh -s --go, the ragflow_server
binary carries it and registers the backend at startup.
Model weights
The Go backend loads .ort (FlatBuffer) weights; the Python side loads
.onnx. Both formats live side by side in internal/rag/res/deepdoc/ — neither
supersedes the other, so do not delete one to "clean up".
| Go (in-process) | Python | |
|---|---|---|
| Format | .ort |
.onnx |
| Files | det.ort, layout.ort, tsr.ort, rec.ort, ocr.res |
det.onnx, layout.onnx, tsr.onnx, rec.onnx, ocr.res |
download_deps.py (§1.4) fetches the five required files — four .ort plus
ocr.res — into internal/rag/res/deepdoc/. Python .onnx weights require separate provisioning.
The resource image packages these files under
/huggingface.co/InfiniFlow/deepdoc/ for the Go runtime image.
Auto-discovery is relative to the server process's working directory:
resolveDeepDocModelDir() (cmd/ragflow_server.go) probes
<cwd>/internal/rag/res/deepdoc, then <cwd>/huggingface.co/InfiniFlow/deepdoc.
Launching ./bin/ragflow_server from the repo root therefore needs no
MODEL_DIR / DEEPDOC_MODEL_DIR export; from any other CWD — or an image with
a different WORKDIR — set MODEL_DIR explicitly.
common.DeepDocModelFiles (internal/common/environments.go) is the
authoritative list — HasModelFiles() refuses to serve when any file in it is
missing from the model directory.
Note
: A
internal/rag/res/deepdoc/populated before the.ortswitch holds only.onnxand will NOT serve the Go backend, even though the directory looks fully populated. Re-rundownload_deps.pyafter updating.
-
Confirm it is serving — the server logs, at startup:
in-process DeepDoc backend registered (production backend)If you instead see a fatalno in-process DeepDoc backend serving, it has two possible causes: ORT was not linked into the binary, or the model directory is missing one of the five required files listed above. Check the weights first, then re-runuv run ragflow_deps/download_deps.pyand rebuild (§1.4 explains the ORT link failure;build.shfails fast withError: ONNX Runtime static libraries are not linkedbefore that happens). -
Run the binary directly (local dev) —
./bin/ragflow_server --api(start--adminfirst, see §2) launches the Go server and registers the backend. Run it from the repo root so the weights above are auto-discovered (see the CWD caveat); no environment variable is required there. -
Run the Go Docker image — the container entrypoint only starts the Go server (
bin/ragflow_server --api/--ingestor/--admin) whenAPI_PROXY_SCHEMEisgoorhybrid. With the variable unset (orpython) the Go server does NOT start, so the in-process backend is absent and the image looks like a Python-only build. Start it with:docker run -e API_PROXY_SCHEME=go infiniflow/ragflow:go-test-1 -
ORT is resolved via
dlopen(NULL)at runtime, so noLD_LIBRARY_PATH/-rpathis needed and nolibonnxruntime.soships with the image.
2. Start RAGFlow
- Start dependencies
docker compose -f docker/docker-compose-base.yml --profile infinity up -d
- Point the host-run Go binaries at Kvrocks. Kvrocks is published on
127.0.0.1:6379(loopback, reusing the conventional Redis port; the Go deployment disables the Valkey/Redis service so there is no clash). Export these before running./bin/ragflow_server ...on the host, or load them fromdocker/.env-go:
export KVROCKS_HOST=127.0.0.1
export KVROCKS_PORT=6379
In docker the Go services override these to kvrocks:6379 automatically
(see docker-compose-go.yml). If Kvrocks is unreachable at startup the
process fails fast with failed to connect to Kvrocks.
- Start RAGFlow Note: Database migrations must complete before starting any server mode. After migration, start the admin server before the API and ingestor servers; otherwise, they will encounter errors when sending heartbeats.
# Run database migrations (standalone action; does not start a server)
./bin/ragflow_server --migrate
--migrate writes the database version marker that server modes check on
startup, and a development branch regularly records a version for a release
that has not been tagged yet — a build from a v0.27.x commit that writes
v1.0.0-rc1 refuses to start afterwards, because the recorded version
looks newer than the code. Set RAGFLOW_DEV_MODE=true (see docker/.env) for
such a checkout: it turns the "code version must not be older than the database
version" guard off. Leave it off in production.
# Start admin server
./bin/ragflow_server --admin
# Start RAGFlow server
./bin/ragflow_server --api
# Start RAGFlow ingestor
./bin/ragflow_server --ingestor
# Run CLI in API mode
./bin/ragflow-cli
# Run CLI in ADMIN mode
./bin/ragflow-cli --admin
3. Start Frontend
cd web && export API_PROXY_SCHEME=hybrid && npm run dev
4. Service Ports & API Routing
- api server listens on port 9380 by default
- admin server listens on port 9381 by default
After updating or implementing an API, update the frontend development environment routes in web/vite.config.ts under proxySchemes.
4.1 Proxy Schemes
| Scheme | Description |
|---|---|
python |
All API requests from the frontend are routed to the Python server |
hybrid |
API requests are partially routed to the Go server and partially to the Python server |
go |
All API requests from the frontend are routed to the Go server |
5. RAGFlow commands
You can use the following CLI commands to test the corresponding API implementations.
5.1. Run ragflow-cli, register user, login, and logout:
$ ./ragflow-cli
Welcome to RAGFlow CLI
Type \? for help, \q to quit
RAGFlow(api/default)> REGISTER USER '[email protected]' AS 'aaa' PASSWORD 'aaa';
Register successfully
RAGFlow(api/default)> login user '[email protected]';
password for [email protected]: Password:
Login user [email protected] successfully
RAGFlow(api/default)> logout;
SUCCESS
5.2. List currently supported providers
RAGFlow(api/default)> list available providers;
5.3. Add or delete a provider for the current tenant
RAGFlow(api/default)> add provider 'openai';
RAGFlow(api/default)> delete provider 'openai';
5.4. Create a model instance for a specific provider
RAGFlow(api/default)> create provider 'openai' instance 'instance_name' key 'api-key';
Note: The api-key is a valid API key that needs to be applied for. You can create multiple instances for the same model provider, each with a different API key.
For locally deployed models (e.g., ollama, vLLM), use the following command to add a model instance:
RAGFlow(api/default)> create provider 'vllm' instance 'instance_name' key '' url 'http://192.168.1.96:8123/v1';
5.5. List and delete an instance
RAGFlow(api/default)> list instances from 'openai';
RAGFlow(api/default)> drop instance 'instance_name' from 'openai';
5.5. List models supported by a model instance
RAGFlow(api/default)> list models from 'openai' 'instance_name';
5.7. Chat with LLM
- Chat
RAGFlow(api/default)> chat with 'glm-4.5-flash@test@zhipu-ai' message '20 words introduce LLM';
Answer: A large language model is an AI trained on vast text data to understand, generate, and refine human-like language.
Time: 1.052269
- Chat with Thinking (Reasoning)
RAGFlow(api/default)> think chat with 'glm-4.5-flash@test@zhipu-ai' message '20 words introduce LLM';
Thinking: I need to create a concise 20-word introduction to LLMs...
Answer: Large Language Models are AI systems trained on vast datasets, enabling human-like text generation, comprehension, and problem-solving across diverse applications.
Time: 11.592358
- Streaming Chat
RAGFlow(api/default)> stream chat with 'glm-4.5-flash@test@zhipu-ai' message '20 words introduce LLM';
Answer: Language Models are advanced AI systems. They process text to learn, generate human-like responses, and perform diverse tasks through machine learning.
Time: 2.615930
- Streaming Chat with Thinking
RAGFlow(api/default)> stream think chat with 'glm-4.5-flash@test@zhipu-ai' message '20 words introduce LLM';
Thinking: The user is asking for a very concise introduction to LLMs...
Answer: language models are AI systems trained on vast text datasets to understand and generate human-like text for diverse tasks.
Time: 11.958035
- Image Understanding
RAGFlow(api/default)> chat with 'glm-4.6v-flash@test@zhipu-ai' message 'What are the pics talk about?' image 'https://cdn.bigmodel.cn/static/logo/register.png' 'https://cdn.bigmodel.cn/static/logo/api-key.png'
Answer: The first picture shows a login/register modal... The second picture displays the API keys management page...
Time: 31.600545
- Video Understanding
RAGFlow(api/default)> chat with 'glm-4.6v-flash@test@zhipu-ai' message 'What are the video talk about?' video 'https://cdn.bigmodel.cn/agent-demos/lark/113123.mov'
Answer: Based on the sequence of frames provided, the video is a demonstration of a web search and navigation process...
Time: 75.582520
Note: Both image and video understanding support streaming and thinking modes as well.
5.8. Chat completions
RAGFlow(api/default)> chat completion 'hello'
Answer: Hello! How can I assist you today? 😊
Time: 1.591929
RAGFlow(api/default)> CHAT COMPLETIONS '<question>' chat_id '<chat_id>';
RAGFlow(api/default)> CHAT COMPLETIONS 'Explain the theory' \
chat_id '<chat_id>' \
session '<session_id>' llm 'glm-4.5-flash@test@zhipu-ai' stream true;
RAGFlow(api/default)> CHAT COMPLETIONS 'Continue' \
system 'You are a helpful assistant.' \
history 'user:What is RAG?;assistant:RAG stands for Retrieval-Augmented Generation...' \
history_delimiter ';';
5.9. Chat with OpenAI compatible API
RAGFlow(api/default)> openai_chat '<chat_id>' 'Hello, how are you?';
Answer: Hello! I'm just a virtual assistant, so I don't have feelings, but I'm here and ready to help you with anything you need. How can I assist you today? 😊
Time: 8.487349
RAGFlow(api/default)> openai_chat '<chat_id>' 'Great, now what about x^3?' \
system 'You are a math tutor. Always explain step by step.' \
history 'user:What is the derivative of x^2?;assistant:The derivative of x^2 is 2x.';
RAGFlow(api/default)> openai_chat '<chat_id>' 'Hello, how are you?' temperature 0.7 max_tokens 100;
RAGFlow(api/default)> openai_chat '<chat_id>' "what's in the doc?" stream true \
extra_body '{"reference":true,"reference_metadata":{"include":true,"fields":["author","title"]}}';
RAGFlow(api/default)> openai_chat '7b1d58f263ca11f18121ab54cc8673a7' 'Hello' \
extra_body '{"metadata_condition":{"logic":"and","conditions":[{"key":"doc_type","operator":"is","value":"faq"}]}}';
RAGFlow(api/default)> openai_chat '<chat_id>' 'Hello, how are you?' temp 100;
CLI error: OPENAI_CHAT: unknown option "temp" (valid: model, system, history, delimiter, temperature, max_tokens, stream, top_p, frequency_penalty, presence_penalty, extra_body)
RAGFlow(api/default)> openai_chat '<chat_id>' 'Hello, how are you?' extra_body '{"ref":true}';
CLI error: OPENAI_CHAT extra_body: unknown field "ref" (valid: reference, reference_metadata, metadata_condition)
5.10. Generate Embeddings
RAGFlow(api/default)> embed text 'what is rag' 'who are you' with 'embedding-3@test@zhipu-ai' dimension 16;
5.11. Document Reranking
RAGFlow(api/default)> rerank query 'what is rag' document 'rag is retrieval augment generation' 'rag need llm' 'famous rag project includes ragflow' with 'rerank@test@zhipu-ai' top 2;
5.12. Get supported models from provider API
RAGFlow(api/default)> list supported models from 'gitee' 'test';
+-----------+---------------------------+---------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
| dimension | dimensions | max_dimension | max_tokens | model_types | name | thinking |
+-----------+---------------------------+---------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
| | | | | | bce-embedding-base_v1@maidalun1020 | |
| | | | | | bce-embedding-base_v1@maidalun1020 | |
| | | | 8192 | [rerank] | jina-reranker-m0@jinaai | |
| | | | 8192 | [rerank] | jina-reranker-m0@jinaai | |
| | [64 128 256 512 768] | | 8192 | [embedding vision] | jina-clip-v1@jinaai | |
| | [64 128 256 512 768] | | 8192 | [embedding vision] | jina-clip-v1@jinaai | |
| | | | 32768 | [chat] | Qwen2.5-Coder-14B-Instruct@Qwen | |
| | | | 32768 | [chat] | Qwen2.5-Coder-14B-Instruct@Qwen | |
| | [64 128 256 512 768 1024] | | 8192 | [embedding vision] | jina-clip-v2@jinaai | |
| | | | 262144 | [chat image2text vision video_understanding] | Qwen3.6-27B@Qwen | map[clear_thinking:true default_value:true] |
| | | | 262144 | [chat image2text vision video_understanding] | Qwen3.6-27B@Qwen | map[clear_thinking:true default_value:true] |
| | | | 32768 | [rerank] | Qwen3-Reranker-0.6B@Qwen | |
+-----------+---------------------------+---------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
5.13. Get preset models of a provider
RAGFlow(api/default)> list models from 'minimax';
+------------+-------------+------------------------+
| max_tokens | model_types | name |
+------------+-------------+------------------------+
| 204800 | [chat] | minimax-m2.7 |
| 204800 | [chat] | minimax-m2.7-highspeed |
| 204800 | [chat] | minimax-m2.5 |
| 204800 | [chat] | minimax-m2.5-highspeed |
| 204800 | [chat] | minimax-m2.1 |
| 204800 | [chat] | minimax-m2.1-highspeed |
| 204800 | [chat] | minimax-m2 |
| 65536 | [chat] | minimax-m2-her |
+------------+-------------+------------------------+
5.14. List instances of a provider
RAGFlow(api/default)> list instances from 'zhipu-ai';
+---------+----------------------+----------------------------------+--------------+----------------------------------+--------+
| apiKey | extra | id | instanceName | providerID | status |
+---------+----------------------+----------------------------------+--------------+----------------------------------+--------+
| api-key | {"region":"default"} | 19f620e73c7a11f1a51138a74640adcc | test | d21a3758398f11f1ab4838a74640adcc | enable |
+---------+----------------------+----------------------------------+--------------+----------------------------------+--------+
5.15. Show instance of a provider
RAGFlow(api/default)> show instance 'test' from 'zhipu-ai';
+----------------------------------+--------------+----------------------------------+---------+--------+
| id | instanceName | providerID | region | status |
+----------------------------------+--------------+----------------------------------+---------+--------+
| 19f620e73c7a11f1a51138a74640adcc | test | d21a3758398f11f1ab4838a74640adcc | default | enable |
+----------------------------------+--------------+----------------------------------+---------+--------+
5.15. List models of a specific instance
RAGFlow(api/default)> list models from 'minimax' 'test';
+------------+-------------+------------------------+--------+
| max_tokens | model_types | name | status |
+------------+-------------+------------------------+--------+
| 204800 | [chat] | minimax-m2.7 | active |
| 204800 | [chat] | minimax-m2.7-highspeed | active |
| 204800 | [chat] | minimax-m2.5 | active |
| 204800 | [chat] | minimax-m2.5-highspeed | active |
| 204800 | [chat] | minimax-m2.1 | active |
| 204800 | [chat] | minimax-m2.1-highspeed | active |
| 204800 | [chat] | minimax-m2 | active |
| 65536 | [chat] | minimax-m2-her | active |
+------------+-------------+------------------------+--------+
5.17. List added providers
RAGFlow(api/default)> list providers;
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------+--------------+
| base_url | name | total_models |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------+--------------+
| map[default:https://ark.cn-beijing.volces.com/api/v3] | VolcEngine | 2 |
| map[default:https://api.minimaxi.com/ global:https://api.minimax.io/] | MiniMax | 8 |
| map[default:https://api.moark.com/v1] | Gitee | 5 |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------+--------------+
5.18. Deactivate / activate a model
RAGFlow(api/default)> disable model 'deepseek-v4-pro' from 'deepseek' 'test';
SUCCESS
RAGFlow(api/default)> list models from 'deepseek' 'test';
+------------+-------------+-------------------+----------+
| max_tokens | model_types | name | status |
+------------+-------------+-------------------+----------+
| 1048576 | [chat] | deepseek-v4-flash | active |
| 1048576 | [chat] | deepseek-v4-pro | inactive |
+------------+-------------+-------------------+----------+
RAGFlow(api/default)> enable model 'deepseek-v4-pro' from 'deepseek' 'test';
SUCCESS
5.19. Set current model
RAGFlow(api/default)> use model 'glm-4.5-flash@test@zhipu-ai';
SUCCESS
RAGFlow(api/default)> chat message '20 words introduce LLM';
Answer: Large language models are advanced AI systems. They process text to understand, generate, and refine human-like language for countless tasks.
Time: 1.680416
5.20. Set, reset, and list default models
RAGFlow(api/default)> set default chat model 'glm-4.5-flash@test@zhipu-ai';
SUCCESS
RAGFlow(api/default)> set default vision model 'glm-4.5v@test@zhipu-ai';
SUCCESS
RAGFlow(api/default)> set default embedding model 'embedding-2@test@zhipu-ai';
SUCCESS
RAGFlow(api/default)> set default rerank model 'rerank@test@zhipu-ai';
SUCCESS
RAGFlow(api/default)> set default ocr model 'glm-ocr@test@zhipu-ai';
SUCCESS
RAGFlow(api/default)> set default tts model 'tts@test@zhipu-ai';
SUCCESS
RAGFlow(api/default)> set default asr model 'glm-asr-2512@test@zhipu-ai';
SUCCESS
RAGFlow(api/default)> list default models;
+--------+----------------+---------------+----------------+------------+
| enable | model_instance | model_name | model_provider | model_type |
+--------+----------------+---------------+----------------+------------+
| true | test | glm-4.5-flash | zhipu-ai | chat |
| true | test | embedding-2 | zhipu-ai | embedding |
| true | test | rerank | zhipu-ai | rerank |
| true | test | glm-asr-2512 | zhipu-ai | asr |
| true | test | glm-4.5v | zhipu-ai | vision |
| true | test | glm-ocr | zhipu-ai | ocr |
| true | test | glm-tts | zhipu-ai | tts |
+--------+----------------+---------------+----------------+------------+
RAGFlow(api/default)> reset default embedding model;
SUCCESS
RAGFlow(api/default)> reset default chat model;
SUCCESS
RAGFlow(api/default)> list default models;
+--------+----------------+--------------+----------------+------------+
| enable | model_instance | model_name | model_provider | model_type |
+--------+----------------+--------------+----------------+------------+
| true | test | rerank | zhipu-ai | rerank |
| true | test | glm-asr-2512 | zhipu-ai | asr |
| true | test | glm-4.5v | zhipu-ai | vision |
| true | test | glm-ocr | zhipu-ai | ocr |
| true | test | glm-tts | zhipu-ai | tts |
+--------+----------------+--------------+----------------+------------+
5.21. Show current balance of a provider instance
RAGFlow(api/default)> show balance from 'gitee' 'test';
+-------------+----------+
| balance | currency |
+-------------+----------+
| 82.49835029 | CNY |
+-------------+----------+
5.22. Check provider instance availability
RAGFlow(api/default)> check instance 'test' from 'zhipu-ai';
SUCCESS
5.23. Add local model to RAGFlow, only for local deployed inference server, such as ollama
RAGFlow(api/default)> add model 'Qwen/Qwen2.5-0.5B' to provider 'vllm' instance 'test' with tokens 131072 chat;
SUCCESS
RAGFlow(api/default)> list models from 'vllm' 'test';
+-------------------+--------+
| name | status |
+-------------------+--------+
| Qwen/Qwen2.5-0.5B | active |
+-------------------+--------+
RAGFlow(api/default)> drop model 'Qwen/Qwen2.5-0.5B' from 'vllm' 'test';
SUCCESS
5.24. List datasets
RAGFlow(api/default)> list datasets;
+-------------+--------------+----------------+----------------------+----------------------------------+----------+------+----------+------------+----------------------------------+-----------+---------------+
| chunk_count | chunk_method | document_count | embedding_model | id | language | name | nickname | permission | tenant_id | token_num | update_time |
+-------------+--------------+----------------+----------------------+----------------------------------+----------+------+----------+------------+----------------------------------+-----------+---------------+
| 492 | naive | 1 | embedding-2@ZHIPU-AI | e93ab2c04ad111f1b17438a74640adcc | English | aaa | aaa | me | 2ba4881420fa11f19e9c38a74640adcc | 74278 | 1778245825722 |
| 0 | naive | 1 | embedding-2@ZHIPU-AI | 0abe79f9423311f1ad8d38a74640adcc | English | ccc | aaa | me | 2ba4881420fa11f19e9c38a74640adcc | 0 | 1777375201933 |
+-------------+--------------+----------------+----------------------+----------------------------------+----------+------+----------+------------+----------------------------------+-----------+---------------+
5.25. Text to Speech
RAGFlow(api/default)> tts with 'speech-2.8-hd@test@minimax' text 'He who desires but acts not, breeds pestilence.' play format 'wav' save './internal' param '{"voice_setting": {"voice_id": "English_radiant_girl", "speed": 1, "vol": 1, "pitch": 0}, "audio_setting": {"sample_rate": 32000, "bitrate": 128000, "format": "wav", "channel": 1}, "output_format": "hex"}'
Saved to directory: /home/infiniflow/Documents/development/ragflow/internal/speech-2.8-hd_output.wav
SUCCESS
5.25. Audio to Speech
RAGFlow(api/default)> asr with 'FunAudioLLM/SenseVoiceSmall@test@siliconflow' audio './internal/test.wav' param ''
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| text |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| The examination and testimony of the experts enabled the commission to conclude that five shots may have been fired. |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
5.27. Optical Character Recognition
RAGFlow(api/default)> ocr with 'paddleocr-vl-0.9b@test@baidu' file './internal/text.jpg'
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| text |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Parallel to these organizational innovations there were significant complementary technical innovations (e.g., improved methods of manufacturing cast-iron pipe and of coating interiors for pressure maintenance, and newer paving and construction material... |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
5.28. Chunk Management Commands
- Create a chunk store with vector size
RAGFlow(api/default)> CREATE CHUNK STORE FOR DATASET 'test' VECTOR SIZE 384
- Update a chunk's content
RAGFlow(api/default)> UPDATE CHUNK 'deb165dc6a732a64' OF DOCUMENT 'bbe55942535e11f1bc5184ba59049aa3' IN DATASET 'test' SET '{"content": "Updated chunk content here", "important_keywords": ["keyword1", "keyword2"], "questions": ["What is this about?", "Why is it important?"], "available": true, "tag_kwd": ["tag5", "tag2"]}'
- Remove specific chunks from a document
RAGFlow(api/default)> REMOVE CHUNKS '29cc4f6d7a5c6e7c' '0360e3d8519eab12' FROM DOCUMENT 'bbe55942535e11f1bc5184ba59049aa3' IN DATASET 'test'
- Remove all chunks from a document
RAGFlow(api/default)> REMOVE ALL CHUNKS FROM DOCUMENT 'bbe55942535e11f1bc5184ba59049aa3' IN DATASET 'test'
- Drop chunk store
RAGFlow(api/default)> DROP CHUNK STORE FOR DATASET 'test'
- Search chunks
RAGFlow(api/default)> RETRIEVE 'AI' ON DATASETS 'test'
- Get chunks
RAGFlow(api/default)> GET CHUNK '29cc4f6d7a5c6e7c' OF DATASET 'test' DOCUMENT 'bbe55942535e11f1bc5184ba59049aa3' IN DATASET 'test'
5.29. Metadata Management Commands
- Create metadata store
RAGFlow(api/default)> CREATE METADATA STORE
- Set metadata for a document
RAGFlow(api/default)> SET METADATA OF DOCUMENT 'bbe55942535e11f1bc5184ba59049aa3' TO '{"author": ["John", "Tom"], "category": "tech"}';
- Delete metadata of a document
RAGFlow(api/default)> DELETE METADATA OF DOCUMENT 'bbe55942535e11f1bc5184ba59049aa3'
- Delete metadata keys of a document
RAGFlow(api/default)> DELETE METADATA OF DOCUMENT 'bbe55942535e11f1bc5184ba59049aa3' KEYS '["key1", "key2"]'
- Drop metadata store
RAGFlow(api/default)> DROP METADATA STORE
- Get metadata
RAGFlow(api/default)> GET METADATA OF DATASET 'test' 'test2'
5.30. Search datasets
- Search datasets using SQL-like dataset search syntax:
RAGFlow(api/default)> RETRIEVE 'AI' ON DATASETS 'test';
RAGFlow(api/default)> RETRIEVE 'AI' ON DATASETS 'test1, test2';
RAGFlow(api/default)> RETRIEVE 'AI' ON DATASETS 'test' WITH top_k 1;
RAGFlow(api/default)> RETRIEVE 'AI' ON DATASETS 'test' WITH page 2 page_size 20;
RAGFlow(api/default)> RETRIEVE 'AI' ON DATASETS 'test' WITH similarity_threshold 0.5;
RAGFlow(api/default)> RETRIEVE 'AI' ON DATASETS 'test' WITH vector_similarity_weight 0.0;
RAGFlow(api/default)> RETRIEVE 'AI' ON DATASETS 'test' WITH keyword true;
RAGFlow(api/default)> RETRIEVE 'AI' ON DATASETS 'test' WITH use_kg true;
RAGFlow(api/default)> RETRIEVE 'AI' ON DATASETS 'test' WITH rerank_id 'BAAI/bge-reranker-v2-m3@CI@SILICONFLOW';
RAGFlow(api/default)> RETRIEVE 'AI' ON DATASETS 'test' WITH search_id 'abc123';
RAGFlow(api/default)> RETRIEVE 'AI' ON DATASETS 'test' WITH cross_languages ['Chinese'];
RAGFlow(api/default)> RETRIEVE 'AI' ON DATASETS 'test' WITH doc_ids ['doc_a', 'doc_b'];
RAGFlow(api/default)> RETRIEVE 'AI' ON DATASETS 'test' WITH meta_data_filter '{"method":"auto"}';
RAGFlow(api/default)> RETRIEVE 'AI' ON DATASETS 'test' WITH meta_data_filter '{"method":"manual","conditions":[{"key":"author","op":"eq","value":"Luo"}]}';
RAGFlow(api/default)> RETRIEVE 'AI' ON DATASETS 'test' WITH top_k 50 similarity_threshold 0.5 vector_similarity_weight 0.5 use_kg true;
- Search datasets using filesystem-style search syntax:
RAGFlow(api/default)> search "AI" # search all datasets
RAGFlow(api/default)> search "AI" datasets/test # search only dataset 'test'
RAGFlow(api/default)> search "AI" datasets/test -n 20 # return top 20 results
RAGFlow(api/default)> search "AI" datasets 'test1' 'test2' # search in datasets
Note
searchis the simple filesystem search command and only acceptsquery [path] [-n number].RETRIEVE/SEARCH ... ON DATASETS ...is the SQL-like search command and supports fullWITHoption expansion.WITHoptions include:top_k,page_size,page,similarity_threshold,vector_similarity_weight,keyword,use_kg,rerank_id,search_id,cross_languages,doc_ids, andmeta_data_filter.
- Example with multiple options:
RAGFlow(api/default)> RETRIEVE 'AI' ON DATASETS 'test' WITH top_k 50 similarity_threshold 0.5 vector_similarity_weight 0.5 use_kg true;