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Overview
Developed byChroma
Founded byJeff Huber, Anton Troynikov
Founded2022
LicenseApache 2.0
Open source✓ Open Source
Primary languagePython
Use caseembedded vector database for rapid AI application prototyping
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Protocols
REST API
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Avg confidence91%
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Last updatedUpdated 19 days ago
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ChromaDB

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Open-source embedded vector database for AI application prototyping

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programming language

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primary use case

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target use case

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supports protocol

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supports embedding

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provides api

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supports language

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founded by

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api type

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founded year

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