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Dabarqus

Dabarqus is a standalone retrieval-augmented generation application with built-in vector search, semantic memory banks, a REST API, command-line interface and administrative dashboard.

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Practical overview

When it fits

Use Dabarqus when you want a standalone RAG service with local operational interfaces as well as an API for application integration, rather than assembling the vector-search and service components separately.

Who it is for

  • Developers integrating retrieval and language-model functions into existing applications.
  • Teams deploying searchable knowledge stores for company or end-user environments.

Documented uses

  • Ingest supported source material into separate semantic indexes.
  • Retrieve relevant content from a memory bank using a natural-language prompt.
  • Integrate model downloads, semantic-index prompts or LLM inference through the REST API.
  • Use the dashboard to test memory banks, make changes and monitor performance.
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Requirements & limits

The README documents installation paths for Linux, macOS and Windows. CPU operation is supported; CUDA requires an NVIDIA GPU with CUDA support and the CUDA build. Email, messaging and API data-source support is marked as requiring Dabarqus Professional Edition.

  • Built-in vector search is intended to remove the need for a separate vector database deployment.
  • Embedding-model choice is described as flexible.
  • The CLI, REST API and dashboard serve different needs: command-line storage and retrieval, application integration, and administration.
  • The README says email, messaging and API source support requires Professional Edition.

Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.

Source-based practical guide

Install Dabarqus on Ubuntu and open its dashboard

Install the application as a service and reach its local admin dashboard.

Before you start

  • A Dabarqus Linux ZIP download.
  • For the CUDA build, an NVIDIA GPU with CUDA support, the CUDA version of Dabarqus and an NVIDIA driver. The CPU version requires no additional software.

Steps

  1. If using the CUDA build on Ubuntu with an NVIDIA GPU, install the NVIDIA driver with sudo ubuntu-drivers install.

  2. Unzip the downloaded archive, enter its folder and make the binaries executable with chmod +x ./bin/*.

  3. Run ./bin/barq service install.

  4. Open http://localhost:6568/admin in a browser.

Expected outcome

The service is installed and the local admin dashboard is available at the documented address.

Guide limitations

  • CUDA use requires an NVIDIA GPU with CUDA support and the CUDA build; CPU operation is also documented.
  • The instructions use a placeholder download version in the archive name.
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Source-based practical guide

Store a folder and retrieve from its memory bank with the CLI

Add a folder to a named memory bank and query that bank from the command line.

Before you start

  • Dabarqus installed and its CLI available.
  • A folder of material to store and a memory-bank name.

Steps

  1. Store the folder with barq store --input-path --memory-bank "".

  2. Retrieve from that bank with barq retrieve --memory-bank "".

  3. To ask a specific question and limit the number of returned answers, use barq retrieve --memory-bank documents --query "Tell me about the documents" --query-limit 3, substituting the bank name and query as needed.

Expected outcome

The CLI displays retrieved answers from the selected memory bank; the documented example limits the response to three answers.

Guide limitations

  • The example uses a memory bank named documents; use the name supplied when storing content.
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ProjectDocumented purposePlatformAccess and requirements
DabarqusIngest supported source material into separate semantic indexes.CLI, ServerThe README documents installation paths for Linux, macOS and Windows. CPU operation is supported; CUDA requires an NVIDIA GPU with CUDA support and the CUDA build. Email, messaging and API data-source support is marked as requiring Dabarqus Professional Edition.
Chatbot with PDF for Semantic SearchPrepare document content as embeddings and save it to a supported vector database.WebThe repository is identified as open source and publicly visible on GitHub.
AI LLM PlaygroundAsk questions about PDF documents through an assistant interface.Web
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