Introduction
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BGE builds one-stop retrieval toolkit for search and RAG. We provide inference, evaluation, and fine-tuning for embedding models and reranker.

.. figure:: ../_static/img/RAG_pipeline.png
   :width: 700
   :align: center

   BGE embedder and reranker in an RAG pipeline. `Source <https://safjan.com/images/retrieval_augmented_generation/RAG.png>`_

Quickly get started with:

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 1
   :caption: Start

   overview
   installation
   quick_start
   

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 1
   :caption: Concept

   IR
   embedder
   reranker
   similarity
   retrieval_demo