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LLMWare vs GraphRAG
2 of 5RAG & Knowledge Graphs · verified 13 Aug 2026
LLMWareLLMWarecurrent
GraphRAGMicrosoftcurrent| Specification | LLMWare | GraphRAG |
|---|---|---|
| Summary | RAG aimed at CPUs and small models. | Build a knowledge graph first, then query it. |
| Kind | Framework | Library |
| Graph | No | Yes, core |
| Language | Python | Python |
| Licence | Apache 2.0 | MIT |
| GitHub stars | ~13k | ~25k |
| Category | RAG & Knowledge Graphs | RAG & Knowledge Graphs |
| Official | LLMWare ↗ | Microsoft ↗ |
Highlighted rows are where these differ.
LLMWare
- Small specialised models rather than a frontier call
- Built for regulated, air-gapped estates
Best for on-premise with no GPU budget.
GraphRAG
- Extracts entities and relationships, then summarises communities
- Answers “what are the themes here” which vector search cannot
- Expensive to index
Best for questions no single chunk can answer.