Top Vector Database repositories

Repositories with the GitHub topic “vector-database”: 30 repositories with 685k stars between them, mostly written in Python, Rust and C++. The highest-rated is volcengine/OpenViking, #307 on the bestofgithub Elo ladder.

Biggest movers this week

neuml/txtai

Open on GitHubPython

💡 All-in-one AI framework for semantic search, LLM orchestration and language model workflows

  • 1,752−1 Elo, change today
  • 13.4k stars
  • 1k forks
  • 115 watchers
git
git clone https://github.com/neuml/txtai.git
  • agents
  • ai
  • ai-agents
  • embeddings

lancedb/lancedb

Open on GitHubRust

Developer-friendly OSS embedded retrieval library for multimodal AI. Search More; Manage Less.

  • 1,652+1 Elo, change today
  • 11.9k stars
  • 1.1k forks
git
git clone https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb.git
  • approximate-nearest-neighbor-search
  • image-search
  • nearest-neighbor-search
  • recommender-system

genkit-ai/genkit

Open on GitHubTypeScript

Open-source framework for building agentic apps in JavaScript, Go, Dart, and Python, built and used in production by Google

  • 1,457+12 Elo, change today
  • 6.5k stars
  • 882 forks
git
git clone https://github.com/genkit-ai/genkit.git
  • agents
  • ai
  • embedders
  • genkit

paradedb/paradedb

Open on GitHubRust

One Postgres for your application data, full-text search, vector retrieval, and aggregations. Home of the pg_search extension.

  • 1,516−1 Elo, change today
  • 9.5k stars
  • 513 forks
git
git clone https://github.com/paradedb/paradedb.git
  • aggregations
  • analytics
  • bm25
  • columnar-storage

vespa-engine/vespa

Open on GitHubJava

The AI search platform

  • 1,430−6 Elo, change today
  • 7.1k stars
  • 752 forks
git
git clone https://github.com/vespa-engine/vespa.git
  • ai
  • big-data
  • java
  • machine-learning

HelixDB/helix-db

Open on GitHubRust

HelixDB is an OLTP graph database with native vector and full-text search built in Rust on Object Storage.

  • 1,377+16 Elo, change today
  • 6.2k stars
  • 400 forks
git
git clone https://github.com/HelixDB/helix-db.git
  • ai
  • cli
  • database
  • databases

Top 30 on the Elo ladder

  1. #307
    volcengine/OpenViking

    Self-evolving Context Database for AI Agents. Unify Agent Memory, Knowledge RAG and Skills.

    2,061 Elo +942.2kPython
  2. #348
    Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm

    Stop renting your intelligence. Own it with AnythingLLM. Everything you need for a powerful local-first agent…

    2,040 Elo −2968.3kJavaScript
  3. #632
    VectifyAI/PageIndex

    📑 PageIndex: Document Index for Vectorless, Reasoning-based RAG

    1,932 Elo −2340.4kPython
  4. #640
    topoteretes/cognee

    Cognee is the open-source AI memory platform for agents. Give your AI agents persistent long-term memory with small…

    1,930 Elo +1033.3kPython
  5. #691
    run-llama/llama_index

    LlamaIndex is the document processing platform for AI

    1,919 Elo −3352.9kPython
  6. #897
    qdrant/qdrant

    Vector database and similarity search engine for embeddings, written in Rust.

    1,875 Elo −2335.5kRust
  7. #1,023
    meilisearch/meilisearch

    Lightning-fast, typo-tolerant search engine behind a RESTful API.

    1,852 Elo −2859.8kRust
  8. #1,127
    NirDiamant/RAG_Techniques

    This repository showcases various advanced techniques for Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems. Each technique…

    1,837 Elo −4730.3kJupyter Notebook
  9. #1,161
    milvus-io/milvus

    Milvus is a high-performance, cloud-native vector database built for scalable vector ANN search

    1,832 Elo −1546.6kGo
  10. #1,779
    neuml/txtai

    💡 All-in-one AI framework for semantic search, LLM orchestration and language model workflows

    1,752 Elo +17013.4kPython
  11. #2,402
    langchain4j/langchain4j

    LangChain4j is an idiomatic, open-source Java library for building LLM-powered applications on the JVM. It offers a…

    1,685 Elo +1213.4kJava
  12. #2,798
    lancedb/lancedb

    Developer-friendly OSS embedded retrieval library for multimodal AI. Search More; Manage Less.

    1,652 Elo +5111.9kRust
  13. #2,800
    alibaba/zvec

    A lightweight, lightning-fast, in-process vector database

    1,652 Elo +716.2kC++
  14. #2,817
    memvid/memvid

    Memory layer for AI Agents. Replace complex RAG pipelines with a serverless, single-file memory layer. Give your agents…

    1,651 Elo 17.4kRust
  15. #2,915
    MariaDB/server

    MariaDB server is a community developed fork of MySQL server. Started by core members of the original MySQL team…

    1,643 Elo +298.5kC++
  16. #3,041
    pathwaycom/serviette

    A no-code RAG server that keeps answers in sync with your documents. Works with 8 vector databases. Built on Pathway.

    1,633 Elo −3658.7kPython
  17. #3,655
    StarTrail-org/LEANN

    [MLsys2026 Best Paper]: https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.08276. RAG on Everything with LEANN. Enjoy 97% storage savings while…

    1,595 Elo −2813.7kPython
  18. #4,001
    weaviate/weaviate

    Weaviate is an open-source vector database that stores both objects and vectors, allowing for the combination of vector…

    1,573 Elo −2916.9kGo
  19. #4,650
    zilliztech/claude-context

    Code search MCP for Claude Code. Make entire codebase the context for any coding agent.

    1,537 Elo +712.6kTypeScript
  20. #4,860
    oceanbase/oceanbase

    OceanBase is the unified distributed database for the AI era — open-source, multi-model, one engine for your most…

    1,526 Elo +1810.4kC++
  21. #5,068
    paradedb/paradedb

    One Postgres for your application data, full-text search, vector retrieval, and aggregations. Home of the pg_search…

    1,516 Elo +349.5kRust
  22. #6,345
    zilliztech/deep-searcher

    Open Source Deep Research Alternative to Reason and Search on Private Data. Written in Python.

    1,458 Elo −58.3kPython
  23. #6,393
    genkit-ai/genkit

    Open-source framework for building agentic apps in JavaScript, Go, Dart, and Python, built and used in production by…

    1,457 Elo +516.5kTypeScript
  24. #7,084
    vespa-engine/vespa

    The AI search platform

    1,430 Elo +337.1kJava
  25. #7,327
    databendlabs/databend

    Data Agent Ready Warehouse : One for Analytics, Search, AI, Python Sandbox. — rebuilt from scratch. Unified…

    1,420 Elo −99.4kRust
  26. #7,384
    oramasearch/orama

    🌌 A complete search engine and RAG pipeline in your browser, server or edge network with support for full-text…

    1,418 Elo −2310.6kTypeScript
  27. #7,842
    activeloopai/deeplake

    Deeplake is AI Data Runtime for Agents. It provides serverless postgres with a multimodal datalake, enabling scalable…

    1,402 Elo +149.2kC++
  28. #8,454
    HelixDB/helix-db

    HelixDB is an OLTP graph database with native vector and full-text search built in Rust on Object Storage.

    1,377 Elo +316.2kRust
  29. #9,007
    reorproject/reor

    Private & local AI personal knowledge management app for high entropy people.

    1,350 Elo −128.5kJavaScript
  30. #9,637
    postgresml/postgresml

    Postgres with GPUs for ML/AI apps.

    1,303 Elo −196.8kRust