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LEANN

[MLsys2026 Best Paper]: https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.08276. RAG on Everything with LEANN. Enjoy 97% storage savings while running a fast, accurate, and 100% priva

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Overview

LEANN is an innovative vector database that enables fast, accurate, and 100% private RAG applications on personal devices using graph-based selective recomputation. It serves as a semantic search MCP service compatible with Claude Code and can index personal data like emails, browser history, chat histories, and codebases locally.

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Key Differentiator

Achieves 97% storage savings over traditional vector databases by computing embeddings on-demand instead of storing them, enabling large-scale RAG on personal laptops.

⚡ Capabilities

  • • vector database
  • • semantic search
  • • on-demand embedding computation
  • • graph-based selective recomputation
  • • high-degree preserving pruning

🔗 Integrations

Claude Code (MCP service)file systemsemail clientsbrowserschat applications (WeChat, iMessage)AI chat histories (ChatGPT, Claude)live data platforms (Slack, Twitter)

✓ Best For

  • ✓ building private RAG systems on personal devices
  • ✓ agent memory and knowledge retrieval
  • ✓ tool integration via MCP for coding agents

✗ Not Ideal For

  • ✗ cloud-based AI applications
  • ✗ end-user chatbots or content generation
  • ✗ image or multimedia processing

⚠ Known Limitations

  • ⚠ Runs locally on personal hardware
  • ⚠ Claude Code integration currently supports only basic keyword search
  • ⚠ Requires local computation for embeddings

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