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Overview
Developed byMeta AI
Maintained byMeta AI Research
Founded2017
LicenseMIT
Open source✓ Open Source
Primary languageC++
Use caseefficient similarity search and clustering of dense vectors
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Meta AI library for efficient similarity search and clustering of dense vectors

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supports algorithm

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k-nearest neighbors (k-NN)○UnverifiedHighFresh1
approximate nearest neighbor○UnverifiedHighFresh1
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supports hardware

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provides bindings for

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supports language

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primary use case

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efficient similarity search and clustering of dense vectors○UnverifiedHighFresh1
efficient similarity search and clustering of dense vectors at scale○UnverifiedHighFresh1
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pricing model

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programming language

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open source

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license type

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developed by

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has binding for

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supports gpu acceleration

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supports index type

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has bindings for

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supports gpu

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supports acceleration

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supports distance metric

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maintained by

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written in

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supports language binding

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supports platform

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requires

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initial release year

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first released year

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first released

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founded year

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