Practical overview
When it fits
Use Autoflow when a project needs a self-hosted Graph RAG foundation that connects website content, vector storage, conversational search and an embeddable interface.
Who it is for
- Teams building documentation chatbots
- Product teams needing embedded conversational support search
- Organizations creating self-hosted internal research portals
- Developers exploring knowledge graphs with vector retrieval
Documented uses
- Crawl official and documentation websites through sitemap URL scraping.
- Store chat history, vectors, JSON data and analytics in TiDB Vector.
- Provide a conversational search interface for knowledge-base questions.
- Embed a conversational search window into a product website.
- Deploy a website-crawling RAG application through Docker Compose.
Requirements & limits
The repository is public, active and open source under the Apache-2.0 license. Docker Compose deployment is documented with a requirement of 4 CPU cores and 8GB RAM.
- TiDB Vector is the documented storage layer for chat history, vectors, JSON and analytics.
- The crawler uses sitemap URL scraping for official and documentation sites.
- The JavaScript embedding feature is explicitly documented.
- The project is described as being in the early stages of development.
- The application uses TypeScript with LlamaIndex and DSPy in its retrieval and foundation-model workflow.
Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.
Compare options for Retrieval-augmented applications
These projects document a common task and share a project role. This is a source-based comparison, not an execution benchmark or a guarantee of interchangeability.
| Project | Documented purpose | Platform | Access and requirements |
|---|---|---|---|
| Autoflow | Crawl official and documentation websites through sitemap URL scraping. | Docker, Self-hosted, Server, Web | The repository is public, active and open source under the Apache-2.0 license. Docker Compose deployment is documented with a requirement of 4 CPU cores and 8GB RAM. |
| Rag Powered AI Assistant Transforming Data Retrieval And Analysis Across The Web And Pdfs | Retrieve relevant passages from web and PDF content to answer a question. | Web | |
| LangChain in Supabase Edge Functions | Initialize and start a Supabase project locally. | Cloud, Server |
Sources & review
Source record details
- Source availability
- Active
- Sources checked
- 1 October 2026
- Original website title
- pingcap/autoflow · Official homepage title · retained in its source language

