Chroma
An open source vector database for AI apps, from an in-process Python library to a hosted cloud. See how developers rate it month by month on DTDb.
- Category
- database engine
- Developer
- Chroma
- Created by
- Jeff Huber, Anton Troynikov
- First release
- 2023
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Open source
- Yes
- Pricing
- Free with paid plans
- Website
- https://www.trychroma.com
- Written in
- Rust, Python
- Data model
- Vector
- Storage layout
- Vector index
- Workload
- Search
- Analytics architecture
- Not an analytics platform
- Query language
- Chroma API
- ACID transactions
- No
- Schema
- Flexible
- Deployment
- Embedded, Server, Managed cloud
- Scaling
- Single node
- Create, read, update, delete
- Create: fast (Adds go to a log, then into the index); Read: fast (Nearest neighbour search with metadata filters); Update: moderate (A new embedding is re-indexed); Delete: moderate (Marked deleted, compaction cleans up)