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Haystack

Pipelines for retrieval-heavy agent workloads.

Pricing
open-source
License
Apache 2.0
Stack layer
framework
Agent type
retrieval
Maturity
mature

Haystack remains one of the most production-tested frameworks for retrieval-heavy agents.

Strengths. Battle-tested, broad connector support.

Weaknesses. Heavier than some alternatives.

Use it when retrieval is the dominant component of your agent’s workload.

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