Practical overview
When it fits
Use the comprehensive interface when you need both corpus management and GraphRAG chat or visualizations. Choose the clean interface for indexing, prompt tuning, and file management when querying is not required.
Who it is for
- People building or updating a text-based GraphRAG knowledge base.
- Users who want to ask natural-language questions over indexed content.
- Users who prefer a web interface for index management, task monitoring, and graph exploration.
Documented uses
- Create, update, and manage text-data indexes.
- Monitor indexing and querying progress through logs and status updates.
- Submit natural-language questions and receive LLM responses based on relevant indexed content.
- Visualize graph data and adjust GraphRAG configuration.
Requirements & limits
The README documents installation through pip or from source and describes starting the API server and UI locally. Ollama is optional. The repository lists an MIT license.
- The comprehensive UI includes chat and visualizations; the clean UI does not include query functionality.
- Ollama is described as an optional local LLM configuration.
- The README references GraphRAG 0.3.3.
- The project separates its API server and UI startup steps.
Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.
Install GraphRAG-UI from pip and start the comprehensive interface
Install the package, launch its API server and comprehensive UI, and open the local interface.
Before you start
- Python and pip
- Ollama is optional; the README describes it as a local LLM option.
Steps
Install the package with the command below.
pip install graphrag-uiStart the API server with
graphrag-ui-server.Start the comprehensive UI with
graphrag-ui.Open the local interface at
http://localhost:7862.
Expected outcome
The comprehensive GraphRAG-UI interface is started locally for index management, configuration, visualizations, and GraphRAG chat.
Guide limitations
- The README labels Ollama optional; it does not specify exact model or configuration requirements.
- The clean UI is a separate option and does not include query functionality.
Sources & review
Source record details
- Source availability
- Active
- Sources checked
- 15 October 2026
- Original website title
- wade1010/graphrag-ui · Official homepage title · retained in its source language

