RAG starters · Rank #10
embedchain-fastdash
Grade C: derived only from the two verdicts below. How grades work
Chat with your knowledge base — a conversational RAG agent (LangGraph + OpenRouter) built on Fast Dash's native chat mode. A modern rebuild of the original Embedchain demo.
Why this verdict
How we check →- No commits in 90 days; last commit 105 days ago. receipt ↗
- Not counted in verdict: LangGraph 0 → 1. receipt ↗
Snapshot: commit 2688e9f on main, checked 2026-10-19 06:39 UTC. Receipts link to files at this exact commit.
Dependency freshness
Declared = lowest version the kit's dependency file (package.json, pyproject.toml or requirements.txt) allows. Latest = the npm "latest" tag or the newest PyPI release. TypeScript, the Stripe SDK, FastAPI and other 0.x packages are shown but not counted in the verdict.
What's in the stack
Detected from declared dependencies. A listed package means it's installed, not necessarily fully wired up.
What the README says you get
- AIConversational RAG agent
A conversational RAG agent — LangGraph + OpenRouter
- AIInline citations
answers with inline citations
- AILocal key-free embeddings
local, key-free embeddings
- AISemantic retrieval tool
semantic retrieval; the agent answers only from the retrieved passages
- AIPer-session knowledge base
a per-session knowledge base
- AIMulti-turn memory
gives it multi-turn memory
- AIConfigurable chat model
KNOWLEDGE_CHAT_MODEL (default anthropic/claude-haiku-4.5)
- AIConfigurable embed model
EMBED_MODEL (default BAAI/bge-small-en-v1.5)
- DeployGunicorn single-worker serving
Served by gunicorn (gthread, single worker)
- DeployBaked-in embedding model
The FastEmbed model is baked into the image at build time
- DeployOpenRouter API key secret
Set OPENROUTER_API_KEY as a secret on your host
- UIStreamed tool call cards
show up as cards in the transcript
Extracted from the kit's README by a local AI model (deepseek-flash) on Sep 29, 2026. Every item is checked against an exact README quote; 2 unverifiable items were discarded. A README claim is the maker's description, not something we tested.
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History
Sep 29, 2026 → Oct 19, 2026. One square per check, colored by maintenance status. Hover for details.
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| Date | Maintenance | Dependencies | Commits (90d) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 2026 | Slowing | Deps unknown | 0 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | Slowing | Deps unknown | 0 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | Steady | Deps unknown | 8 |
Sources
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- Commit history ↗ default branch (main) at the checked commit: pulse, contributors, last commit
- Releases ↗ latest release
- pyproject.toml ↗ declared dependency versions and stack (at commit 2688e9f)
- README ↗ quoted features at the checked commit
- PyPI ↗ latest versions of Python packages (each linked in the table above)