Haystack

Haystack is an open-source AI framework designed to build production-ready LLM applications. It emphasizes customizability and composability, allowing developers to create solutions tailored to specific use cases.

Key Features:

• Customizable Pipelines: Flexible architecture for building retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) apps and complex agentic pipelines.
• LLM Provider Integration: Supports leading LLM providers like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Mistral.
• Vector Database Compatibility: Integrates with vector databases such as Weaviate and Pinecone.
• Production-Ready: Pipelines are serializable and suitable for K8s workflows, with logging and monitoring integrations.
• deepset Studio: A visual AI builder for constructing Haystack pipelines with drag-and-drop functionality.

Use Cases:

• Multimodal AI: Supports image generation, captioning, and audio transcription.
• Conversational AI: Provides a standardized chat interface for building bots.
• Content Generation: Leverages Jinja-2 templates for customized content creation.
• Agentic Pipelines: Supports function-calling interfaces and complex agent workflows.
• Advanced RAG: Enables high-performance RAG pipelines with various retrieval and generation strategies.