Linggen - Local RAG
Local, privacy-focused RAG service for code search via MCP. https://linggen.dev
Install
The installation steps are in the documentation below. Documentation
Documentation
From the project's README on GitHub, refreshed weekly. Links open on GitHub.
Linggen Releases
Public download host for the Linggen macOS app.
Linggen is a local AI app engine — the core runtime (engine source) hosts skills as full-featured native apps. The app bundles the engine and its skills into one
.app, served from a local daemon (http://127.0.0.1:9527) with all state under~/.linggen/.
Install
curl -fsSL https://linggen.dev/install-app.sh | bash
Curl rather than a browser download on purpose: macOS attaches a quarantine
attribute to anything a browser fetches, and these builds are ad-hoc signed
rather than notarized, so a downloaded copy would be blocked on first launch.
The installer fetches the tarball, checks its sha256, and puts Linggen.app
in /Applications.
On first launch the app starts the bundled ling engine on 127.0.0.1:9527,
or reuses a healthy daemon already listening there. The daemon shuts itself
down after 5 minutes idle. Updates arrive through the app's own updater.
What's in it
One app, one launcher, several skills as tabs:
- Mac Shifu — macOS health: disk, apps, caches, plus iPhone/Mac photo and video cleanup
- CFO — personal finances: imports bank and credit exports, builds spend reports, learns your categories
- DJ — vibe to tracklist to a tagged library, synced to your phone
- Memory — durable cross-host memory on the
ling-memdaemon
Mac Shifu (formerly Sys Doctor) and CFO were once separate downloads. They are
skills inside the one app now, and linggen.dev/install-sys-doctor.sh and
install-cfo.sh redirect here.
Releases
| Tag pattern | Where | What |
|---|---|---|
linggen-v<version> | this repo | the macOS app tarball + .sha256 |
<version>, no prefix | linggen/linggen | the ling engine binary, macOS and Linux |
v<version> | linggen/linggen-memory | the ling-mem memory daemon |
Only the app is hosted here. It bundles its own copy of the engine, so the app version and the engine version move independently.
Builds are macOS arm64, ad-hoc signed, not notarized. The app source lives in
linggen/linggen-app (private); the engine, the skills, and the memory daemon
are public.
Frequently asked questions
What is Linggen - Local RAG?
Local, privacy-focused RAG service for code search via MCP. https://linggen.dev
How do I install Linggen - Local RAG?
Follow the installation steps in its documentation, shown on this page and in its repository.
Is Linggen - Local RAG open source?
Yes. Its code is on GitHub under the Apache-2.0 license.
Who maintains Linggen - Local RAG?
It is published by linggen. AI.tn lists it but does not maintain or endorse it.
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