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Chroma

by Chroma

Open-source embedding database designed for AI-native applications with simple Python/JS APIs

Open SourceOpen source (Apache 2.0), Chroma Cloud pricing TBD APIOpen Source api
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About Chroma

Chroma is the open-source embedding database built for LLM applications. It provides a simple, developer-friendly API for storing and querying embeddings with metadata. Chroma runs in-memory for development, as a client-server for production, and offers Chroma Cloud for fully managed hosting. Its simplicity makes it the go-to choice for prototyping RAG applications.

Key Features

  • Simple API (4 functions)
  • In-memory and persistent modes
  • Automatic embedding
  • Metadata filtering
  • Multi-modal support
  • Python and JavaScript SDKs
  • LangChain/LlamaIndex integration

Pros

  • Extremely simple to use
  • Perfect for prototyping
  • Lightweight and fast
  • Great LangChain integration

Cons

  • Less mature than competitors
  • Limited enterprise features
  • Cloud offering still new

Tags

vector-databaseembeddingsopen-sourcepythonjavascriptrag