How do I install rtfm?

Its own README gives this command: pip install rtfm-ai && cd your-project && rtfm init. Run it where your MCP client can launch the server, and check the README for any settings it asks for.

Is rtfm official and is it maintained?

We found nothing naming it as a vendor’s official server. Its repository has 26 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is listed. Its last commit we recorded was on 2026-10-22.

What licence does rtfm use?

The repository declares the MIT licence.

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rtfm

rtfm is an MCP server, listed under memory & vectors. Its repository has 26 GitHub stars and is licensed under MIT; we last read it on 2026-10-24.

rtfm indexes code, documentation, legal texts, research papers, and data using 22 parsers, including EPUB, DOCX, and ODT, with full-text and semantic search capabilities. It serves context via a knowledge graph and is available as open-source, local software.

Install

Read from rtfm’s own README, close to verbatim -- not written by us, and not guessed.

pip install rtfm-ai && cd your-project && rtfm init

View in rtfm’s own README ↗

What it reaches, and what it needs

Reaches

○ not recognised

Credential

○ none found

Maintenance

Stars

State

listed

Licence

MIT

From the repository

The open retrieval layer for AI coding agents. Indexes code, docs, legal, research, data — 24 parsers (incl. EPUB, DOCX, ODT, MIDI, audio), FTS5 + semantic search, knowledge graph. Serves surgical context via MCP. Open source, local, free.

View on GitHub ↗2026-10-24

rtfm compared with similar servers

rtfm compared with the closest alternatives, by services reached, credentials, stars, last update and licence
Server	Reaches	Needs	Stars	Last update	Licence
rtfm (this page)	—	None listed	26	2026-10-22	MIT
mcp-server-qdrant	qdrant	QDRANT_API_KEY	1,553	2026-09-04	Apache-2.0
mcp-knowledge-graph	—	None listed	886	2026-05-29	MIT
chroma-mcp	chroma	CHROMA_API_KEY, CHROMA_CUSTOM_AUTH_CREDENTIALS	601	2025-09-17	Apache-2.0
caura	—	None listed	504	2026-10-25	Apache-2.0
MemoryMesh	—	None listed	354	2026-03-01	MIT

Ranked by services in common with rtfm, then by stars. Figures are from each repository when we last read it.

Common questions about rtfm

What does rtfm do?: rtfm indexes code, documentation, legal texts, research papers, and data using 22 parsers, including EPUB, DOCX, and ODT, with full-text and semantic search capabilities. It serves context via a knowledge graph and is available as open-source, local software.
How do I install rtfm?: Its own README gives this command: pip install rtfm-ai && cd your-project && rtfm init. Run it where your MCP client can launch the server, and check the README for any settings it asks for.
Is rtfm official and is it maintained?: We found nothing naming it as a vendor’s official server. Its repository has 26 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is listed. Its last commit we recorded was on 2026-10-22.
What licence does rtfm use?: The repository declares the MIT licence.

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