Chroma is a lightweight, developer-friendly embedding database that runs in-process, ideal for prototyping RAG apps with minimal setup.
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pip install chromadb # python client # for javascript, npm install chromadb! # for client-server mode, chroma run --path /chroma_db_path
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chroma has 29.2k stars on GitHub. It has been forked 2.5k times. chroma is written mainly in Rust. It has been in active development since 2022. chroma is available under the Apache-2.0 license. Its main topics are agents, ai, ai-agents, database.
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Is chroma open source?
chroma is an open-source project. It is released under the Apache-2.0 license.
Is chroma free?
Yes. chroma is free and open source — you can use, modify and self-host it.
What license does chroma use?
chroma is available under the Apache-2.0 license.
What language is chroma written in?
chroma is written mainly in Rust.
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