Adaptive-rag
Adaptive-rag is a self-hosted e-commerce customer service agent that answers store policy questions and handles order lookups and returns for online shops.
What it is good for
- Answering customer questions about return and shipping policies
- Checking order status and handling returns with manual approval
- Reducing repeat questions handled by human support staff
At a glance
- Who it is for
- Setup
- Guided command-line setup
Level 4 of 5. You copy and paste commands into a terminal by following the instructions. Comfortable territory for vibe coders.
- Cost
- Free and open source
- Type
- Agent app
- Tasks
- Works with
- DeepSeek, Docker, PostgreSQL, Redis, Qdrant
Momentum
- Rank this week
- Not ranked yet
- Best rank
- None yet
- GitHub stars
- 204
GitHub numbers as of Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
Official links
Setup steps are on the official pages. We do not repeat them here, since they change.
Questions
- Is Adaptive-rag free?
- Yes. It is free and open source (MIT license).
- Do I need to know how to code to use Adaptive-rag?
- You do not need to write code, but setup means copying and pasting commands into a terminal by following its instructions.
- What does Adaptive-rag work with?
- According to its own documentation, it works with DeepSeek, Docker, PostgreSQL, Redis, and Qdrant.
- What is Adaptive-rag good for?
- Answering customer questions about return and shipping policies, checking order status and handling returns with manual approval, and reducing repeat questions handled by human support staff.
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