What is Haystack?

Haystack is an open-source intelligent framework designed for building production-ready applications and multi-agent systems. It provides a modular architecture for creating advanced retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines, conversational AI, and content generation systems with full customization and transparency.

Main Features

- Modular pipeline architecture for complete workflow customization

- Integration with multiple LLM providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, Mistral) and vector databases

- Built-in support for advanced RAG with hybrid retrieval and self-correction

- Standardized chat interfaces and function-calling for agent tools

- Production-ready deployment with monitoring, logging, and Kubernetes support

Use Cases

- Building advanced RAG systems for enterprise knowledge bases

- Creating conversational AI and intelligent chatbots

- Developing content generation engines with customizable workflows

- Architecting multi-modal AI applications with image and audio processing

- Implementing agentic pipelines with complex reasoning and tool usage

Common Questions

- What is Haystack? - An open-source framework for building production-ready intelligent applications.

- Is Haystack free to use? - The open-source version is free, with enterprise options available.

- What can I build with Haystack? - RAG systems, chatbots, content generators, and multi-agent applications.

- Does Haystack support multiple LLMs? - Yes, it integrates with various providers without vendor lock-in.

Pricing Plan

- Haystack Open Source: Free framework for building intelligent applications with community support

- Haystack Enterprise: Paid enterprise support with private engineering assistance, best practices templates, deployment guides, and flexible services based on company size

- AI Development Platform: Sovereign AI engineering toolset with visual pipeline editor, multi-pipeline experimentation, and elastic infrastructure available as SaaS or on-prem deployment