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The Stack · Roundup

The best vector databases for AI agents

Embedding stores powering retrieval for RAG and agent recall. Ranked by community traction, with live GitHub stars and what each is best at.

1. Milvus

★ 45k · Go

Cloud-native vector database built for billion-scale similarity search. Best for billion-scale search.

2. Qdrant

★ 32k · Rust

High-performance vector search engine with rich filtering, written in Rust for production-scale retrieval. Best for production RAG.

3. Chroma

★ 29k · Rust

Open-source embedding database designed for simplicity — the default vector store for many RAG prototypes. Best for RAG.

4. pgvector

★ 22k · C

Vector similarity search inside Postgres — keep embeddings next to your relational data. Best for RAG on existing Postgres.

5. Weaviate

★ 16k · Go

Open-source vector database with hybrid search and built-in modules for vectorization and RAG. Best for hybrid search.

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