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rocketride-server

A high-performance AI pipeline engine - build LLM workflows as portable .pipe files

★ 17.8k stars⑂ 7.6k forksMITupdated 2026-10
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// project facts

Project facts

rocketride-server is an open-source dev tools project by rocketride-org (rocketride-org/rocketride-server on GitHub). It has 17,818 GitHub stars and 7,606 forks, is released under the MIT license, and was last updated on GitHub on 8 October 2026.

GitHub stars
17,818
Forks
7,606
License
MIT
Last updated on GitHub
8 October 2026
Category
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// how it works

How it works

  1. Sketch your first pipeline

    Decide the flow - source, an LLM node, a response - for one concrete AI feature.

  2. Get RocketRide

    Install the Python or TypeScript SDK and the VS Code extension for visual building and debugging.

  3. Add a model key

    Drop an llm node into the pipeline and add one provider API key.

  4. Run your first pipe

    Execute the pipeline locally, inspect it with the built-in observability, then deploy the same file anywhere.

// features

Why people love it

C++ pipeline engine

A high-performance core executes pipelines built from 50+ extensible nodes.

Visual building and debugging

Design and debug workflows from your IDE with the included VS Code extension.

Many providers and vector DBs

Connects 13+ model providers and 8+ vector databases as pipeline nodes.

Agent orchestration

Pipelines can include agent nodes with tools alongside RAG and data-processing nodes.

Portable pipelines

The same .pipe file runs on Cloud, on-prem, or as a local process in your IDE with zero lock-in.

Built-in observability

Inspect pipeline runs while developing and in production.

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// run it

Run it yourself

  1. Clone the repository

    Get the source code from GitHub and enter the project directory.

    git clone https://github.com/rocketride-org/rocketride-server.git
    cd rocketride-server
  2. Install the SDK

    Add RocketRide to your Python project (a TypeScript SDK is also published on npm).

    pip install rocketride
  3. Build your first pipe

    Follow the README's first-pipe walkthrough: source, an llm node with one API key, and a response.

    # Follow 'Your first AI feature' in the README, then try examples/rag-pipeline.pipe
// use cases

What you can build

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// faq

Questions, answered

Who maintains this project?

It is maintained by the RocketRide project (rocketride-org) on GitHub.

Is it free to use?

The on-prem engine is free and MIT licensed. RocketRide Cloud is a paid managed hosting option with the same portable pipelines.

Does it need a paid API key?

Pipelines that call hosted models need your own provider API keys; local components such as a local Qdrant instance can run without them.

How does it compare to alternatives?

Compared with code-only frameworks, RocketRide is a visual, engine-based approach with portable pipeline files and IDE debugging; compared with hosted workflow tools, the same pipelines also run fully on-prem.

How do I get started?

Run pip install rocketride, install the VS Code extension, and build the README's first pipe with one LLM node.

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