Chroma is an open-source embedding database.
Run vector search locally or in the cloud.
Installation
pip install chromadb
Quick Start
import chromadb
client = chromadb.Client()
collection = client.create_collection(“my-collection”)
collection.add(documents=[“doc1”, “doc2”], ids=[“id1”, “id2”])
results = collection.query(query_texts=[“search”], n_results=3)
Features
✅ Open source
✅ Easy to use
✅ Persistent storage
✅ Built-in embeddings
Conclusion
Chroma is perfect for local development!