
Ragas
Ragas is a free, self-hosted library for systematically evaluating large language model applications.
What Ragas is
Ragas is a free, self-hosted library for systematically evaluating large language model applications. It provides metrics for retrieval-augmented generation, agent and tool use, factual correctness, SQL, natural language comparisons, and other tasks. Users can define custom metrics and tailor test-set generation, prompts, and model configuration. Its experiments workflow lets teams run evaluations, inspect results, and iterate on application changes. Ragas can generate synthetic evaluation data, including test sets for RAG and agents, and describes online monitoring for quality in production. Documented integrations include LangChain, LlamaIndex, Haystack, Griptape, Arize Phoenix, and LangSmith, plus other frameworks and tracing services. Evaluation providers include OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini, Ollama, and OpenAI-compatible providers. Installation uses Python packages through pip or the GitHub main branch, with uvx also shown. Results appear in the console and are saved as CSV files in an experiments directory. Support questions go to Discord.
Good
- Free plan
- Custom metrics and evaluation settings
- Synthetic test data generation
- Production quality monitoring
- Integrations with major frameworks and providers
Watch out
- Self-hosted deployment
- Python package rather than desktop or mobile apps
- Support directed to Discord
Who it suits
Ragas suits developers and teams evaluating AI applications, especially RAG, agents, SQL, and similar workflows. It fits users comfortable installing and running a self-hosted Python package.
Verdict
Ragas offers broad evaluation coverage with customizable metrics, synthetic data, and integrations for common AI frameworks and model providers. Its self-hosted Python format is most appropriate for technical teams building repeatable evaluation workflows.
The facts
Each one read from Ragas's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Customization
- Ragas documents options to customize metrics, test set generation, prompts, and model configuration.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Custom metrics
- Users can create custom metrics tailored to their use case.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Enterprise
- The product site invites inquiries about enterprise features and collaborations by email or a founder meeting.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Evaluation coverage
- Documented metrics cover RAG, agent and tool use, factual correctness, SQL, and other tasks.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Evaluation workflow
- Ragas supports experiments to evaluate application changes, observe results, and iterate.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Experiments
- Its experiments-first approach lets users run evaluations, observe results, and iterate on application changes.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Framework integrations
- Documented framework integrations include LangChain, LlamaIndex, Haystack, Griptape, and others.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Install
- The quickstart shows installation with uvx or pip and project dependencies with uv or pip.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Installation
- Ragas can be installed with pip or from its GitHub main branch.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The documentation lists integrations with Arize, LangSmith, Amazon Bedrock, Google Gemini, OCI Gen AI, LangChain, LangGraph, LlamaIndex, and other frameworks.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Metrics
- Users can use available evaluation metrics or create custom metrics.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Model providers
- The quick start documents use with OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, Ollama, and OpenAI-compatible providers.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Product
- Ragas is a library for systematically evaluating large language model applications.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Production monitoring
- The product site describes online monitoring to evaluate LLM application quality in production.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Provider choice
- The quickstart documents OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini, local Ollama models, and custom providers for evaluation.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Ragas is a library for systematically evaluating AI and large language model applications.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Results
- The quickstart says evaluations display results in the console and save them as CSV in the experiments directory.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Security
- The opened product and documentation pages did not state security certifications or compliance details.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Support
- The Ragas site directs users with questions to its Discord questions chatroom and gives an email for enterprise features and collaborations.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Synthetic data
- The product site says Ragas can synthetically generate diverse evaluation data customized for user requirements.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Test data
- Ragas provides tools for generating synthetic test data, including test sets for RAG and agents.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Tracing integrations
- Ragas documents integrations with Arize Phoenix and LangSmith for tracing evaluator LLM calls.checked 5 Oct 2026
The company
- Maker
- The product site identifies founders Shahul and Jithin James and gives Vibrant Labs email addresses; it does not state headquarters or founding year.checked 4 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Platform format
- The installation instructions describe installing the Python package and do not list desktop or mobile apps.checked 5 Oct 2026
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