BGE (FlagEmbedding) by BAAI
Open-source BGE embedding and reranker models to self-host for retrieval and RAG.
Embeddings and rerank Open source
Price
Free (open source)
you pay only for the compute it runs on
Free tier
Open source
SDK downloads
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PyPI FlagEmbedding
Status
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no public status page
Pricing
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| Good to know | MIT-licensed models and library; self-hosted only, no official paid API from BAAI. |
Open source: free to run on your own hardware; you pay only for the compute. Checked
Use it from an agent
| MCP server | None found |
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| PyPI | pip install FlagEmbedding |
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