Chroma
Open-source search infrastructure for AI
Chroma is an open-source vector database and search infrastructure platform that supports vector, full-text, regex, sparse vector, and metadata search. It is built on object storage for cost efficiency and scalability, offering serverless, zero-ops deployment trusted by millions of developers. The project is licensed under Apache 2.0 and also offers a managed cloud product.
Chroma provides a managed or self-hosted database built on object storage with automatic scaling and query-aware caching, supporting multiple search modalities via a simple SDK.
AI developers and engineering teams building search and retrieval systems
Background.
- Status
- launched
- Business model
- freemium
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