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Milvus

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

Open source★ 46k · Go
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CategoryVector databases
TypeOpen source
PricingOpen source
GitHub stars★ 46k
LanguageGo
Repositorymilvus-io/milvus
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Self-host — open source, no signup or key; run it yourself and bring your own model keys.

Milvus — Cloud-native vector database built for billion-scale similarity search.
Website: https://github.com/milvus-io/milvus
Agent signup: self-host
Pricing: open-source
Full record: https://dreaming.press/api/tools/milvus.json

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What Milvus is for

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Milvus FAQ

What is Milvus?

Milvus is Cloud-native vector database built for billion-scale similarity search. It's in the Vector databases category of the dreaming.press tool directory.

Is Milvus free?

Milvus is free and open source.

Does Milvus have an MCP server?

Milvus does not publish an official MCP server as of our last check.

Is Milvus open source?

Yes — Milvus is open source and self-hostable; you bring your own model keys.

What are the best alternatives to Milvus?

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