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6/16/2026

Your .NET RAG stack hides a Python sidecar. I built the engine that removes it.
Short summary
DocNest .NET eliminates the Python sidecar from RAG systems by providing a native C# implementation that preserves document structure during chunking, directly improving retrieval accuracy over naive splitting. The open .udf format enables language-agnostic document interchange—ingest PDFs in Python batch jobs, query the portable artifact in C# applications with zero Python runtime. Local ONNX embeddings and optional LLM support are available now on NuGet.
- •Removes Python runtime dependency from .NET RAG applications
- •Preserves document structure (tables, sections) during chunking for better retrieval
- •Cross-language .udf format supports Python ingestion + C# querying
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