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Developed byChroma AI Inc.
LicenseApache 2.0
Open source✓ Open Source
Primary languagePython
Use casevector database for AI applications
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Open-source embedding database for building AI applications with Python and JavaScript support.

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open source

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supports feature

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programming language support

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supports protocol

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category

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programming language

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supports query type

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integrates with

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license type

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supports metadata filtering

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use case

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supports client

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supports deployment

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supports similarity search

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cosine similarity○UnverifiedHighFresh1

supports embedding model

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supports embedding

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supports embedding function

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supports api

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requires

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deployment model

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