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Cinnamon / kotaemon

kotaemon

An open-source RAG-based tool for chatting with your documents.

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What it is

An open-source RAG-based tool for chatting with your documents.

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Where it is used

No documented product use has been verified yet.

What people are saying

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 3:56:07 PM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by week7 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2024-08-27 10:51:59 UTC to 2025-01-06 07:24:33 UTC. Weeks start Monday, UTC.

0122024-08-26 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-09-02 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 commentsAug 262024-09-02 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-09-09 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-09-09 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-09-16 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-09-16 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-09-23 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-09-23 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-09-30 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-09-30 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-10-07 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2024-10-07 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-10-14 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-10-14 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-10-21 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-10-21 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-10-28 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-10-28 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-11-04 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsOct 282024-11-04 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-11-11 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-11-11 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-11-18 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-11-18 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-11-25 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-11-25 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-12-02 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-12-02 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-12-09 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-12-09 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-12-16 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-12-16 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-12-23 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-12-23 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-12-30 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-12-30 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-06 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 1 submissions, 1 comments2025-01-06 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-13 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsJan 6

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
Aug 262024-08-26 00:00:00 UTC2024-09-02 00:00:00 UTC110
Sep 22024-09-02 00:00:00 UTC2024-09-09 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 92024-09-09 00:00:00 UTC2024-09-16 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 162024-09-16 00:00:00 UTC2024-09-23 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 232024-09-23 00:00:00 UTC2024-09-30 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 302024-09-30 00:00:00 UTC2024-10-07 00:00:00 UTC202
Oct 72024-10-07 00:00:00 UTC2024-10-14 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 142024-10-14 00:00:00 UTC2024-10-21 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 212024-10-21 00:00:00 UTC2024-10-28 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 282024-10-28 00:00:00 UTC2024-11-04 00:00:00 UTC101
Nov 42024-11-04 00:00:00 UTC2024-11-11 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 112024-11-11 00:00:00 UTC2024-11-18 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 182024-11-18 00:00:00 UTC2024-11-25 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 252024-11-25 00:00:00 UTC2024-12-02 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 22024-12-02 00:00:00 UTC2024-12-09 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 92024-12-09 00:00:00 UTC2024-12-16 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 162024-12-16 00:00:00 UTC2024-12-23 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 232024-12-23 00:00:00 UTC2024-12-30 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 302024-12-30 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-06 00:00:00 UTC211
Jan 62025-01-06 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-13 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

7 sources
taprosoft·Jan 6, 2025
Hi HN, recently our team at https://github.com/Cinnamon/kotaemon/ has been working on a public demo to showcase the new advanced citation features in our open-source RAG application: https://cin-model-kotaemon.hf.space/ We’re excited to share a free web app that lets users explore top daily machine learning (ML) papers on Arxiv (via the HuggingFace API) and upload their own Arxiv papers to get LLM-assisted summaries, mind maps, and answers to questions based on the content. Some notable features: - Instant Summaries & Mind Maps: Generate concise summaries and visual mind maps for any Arxiv paper. - Transparent Citations: Verify LLM-generated answers with clear, evidence-backed citations. Citations can be highlighted directly in the in-browser PDF viewer. - Flexible Citation Options: Choose between highlights and inline citations. Plus, se
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lect any sentence in the AI-generated response to see its supporting source from the original paper. - Multi-Paper Analysis: Compare, contrast, and compose summaries from multiple papers simultaneously. - Complex Question Solving: Use Chain-of-Thought (CoT) reasoning mode to break down and solve complex questions step-by-step. - (And most important of all) Customizable & Self-hosted: Easily self-host your private app via the free HuggingFace Space hosting feature. You can securely configure your own LLM and upload your private document collections. We’d love to hear your thoughts, feedback, and recommendations as we continue improving this tool. Check out the demo and happy hacking!
In Show HN: Kotaemon - open-source/self-hosted web-app to chat with academic papers
taprosoft·Jan 5, 2025
Hi HN, Our team at https://github.com/Cinnamon/kotaemon/ has been working on a public demo to showcase the new advanced citation features in our RAG (retrieval-augmented generation) application. We’re excited to share a web app that lets users explore top daily machine learning (ML) papers on Arxiv (via the HuggingFace API) and upload their own Arxiv papers to get LLM-assisted summaries, mind maps, and answers to questions based on the content. Some notable features: - Instant Summaries & Mind Maps: Generate concise summaries and visual mind maps for any Arxiv paper. - Transparent Citations: Verify AI-generated answers with clear, evidence-backed citations. Citations are highlighted directly in the in-browser PDF viewer. - Flexible Citation Options: Choose between highlights and inline citations. Plus, click on any sentence in the AI-gene
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rated response to see its supporting source from the original paper. - Multi-Paper Analysis: Compare, contrast, and compose summaries from multiple papers simultaneously. - Complex Question Solving: Use Chain-of-Thought (CoT) reasoning mode to break down and solve complex questions step-by-step. - Customizable & Private Hosting: Easily self-host or customize your private app via HuggingFace Spaces. You can securely connect your LLM and upload your own document collections. We’d love to hear your thoughts, feedback, and recommendations as we continue improving this tool. Check out the demo here and happy hacking!
In Kotaemon-papers: an open-source web app to chat with your academic papers

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