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qmd

GitHub Repo Pretty sure · rare: readme actually short
https://github.com/tobi/qmd

Local search engine that actually works: BM25 + vectors + reranking, CLI-first, MCP integration, no API tax. The README matches the ambition.

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QMD solves a real problem (retrieval for agentic RAG pipelines) with a sensible stack: BM25 for speed, vectors for semantics, LLM reranking to break ties. CLI is clean, MCP integration is there, SDK is usable. No crypto metaphors, no billion-dollar demos. The architecture diagram exists. Weak point: relies on node-llama-cpp GGUF loading, so cold start penalty on first query. Not novel research (hybrid search is table stakes now), but pragmatic engineering that ships. README is honest about wh...

19508 stars TypeScript 2026-04-05 120 days old

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