Rust Native VectorDBs Vector Databases

Lightweight, from-scratch vector databases written in Rust with focus on performance primitives (SIMD, in-memory, edge deployment). Does NOT include wrapper libraries, managed cloud services, or databases primarily designed for other languages/ecosystems.

There are 169 rust native vectordbs tools tracked. 3 score above 70 (verified tier). The highest-rated is databendlabs/databend at 77/100 with 9,196 stars. 7 of the top 10 are actively maintained.

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#	Tool	Score	Tier	Stars	Language
1	databendlabs/databend Data Agent Ready Warehouse : One for Analytics, Search, AI, Python Sandbox....	77	Verified	9,196	Rust
2	oceanbase/oceanbase The Fastest Distributed Database for Transactional, Analytical, and AI Workloads.	72	Verified	10,013	C++
3	matrixorigin/matrixone MySQL-compatible HTAP database with Git for Data, vector search, and...	71	Verified	1,871	Go
4	ArcadeData/arcadedb ArcadeDB Multi-Model Database, one DBMS that supports SQL, Cypher, Gremlin,...	68	Established	735	Java
5	datalevin/datalevin A simple, fast and versatile Datalog database	64	Established	1,383	Clojure
6	oceanbase/pyseekdb A unified python SDK supports OceanBase or OceanBase seekdb, more efficient...	62	Established	53	Python
7	vearch/vearch Distributed vector search for AI-native applications	62	Established	2,289	Go
8	HelixDB/helix-db HelixDB is an open-source graph-vector database built from scratch in Rust.	61	Established	3,916	Rust
9	oceanbase/pyobvector A Python SDK for OceanBase Multimodal Store—enabling vector search,...	60	Established	17	Python
10	cyborginc/cyborgdb-py Python Client SDK for CyborgDB: The Confidential Vector Database	59	Established	7	Python
11	lightonai/fast-plaid High-Performance Engine for Multi-Vector Search	58	Established	218	Python
12	TusKANNy/kannolo Official repository of the kANNolo library.	56	Established	49	Rust
13	StarlightSearch/EmbedAnything Highly Performant, Modular, Memory Safe and Production-ready Inference,...	55	Established	1,174	Rust
14	lightonai/next-plaid NextPlaid, ColGREP: Multi-vector search, from database to coding agents.	54	Established	210	Rust
15	TusKANNy/seismic Official repository of the Seismic library.	53	Established	115	Rust
16	deven96/ahnlich Suite of tools containing an in-memory vector datastore and AI proxy	50	Established	185	Rust
17	kn0sys/valentinus A thread-safe vector database for model inference inside LMDB.	50	Established	15	Rust
18	cyborginc/cyborgdb-js JavaScript & TypeScript Client SDK for CyborgDB: The Confidential Vector Database	49	Emerging	6	TypeScript
19	IronCoreLabs/ironcore-alloy A unified SDK for IronCore encryption operations including vector encryption...	48	Emerging	27	Rust
20	sochdb/sochdb SochDB is a high-performance embedded, ACID-compliant vector database...	47	Emerging	17	Rust
21	sdslabs/VortexDB VortexDB - A lightweight, vector database built from scratch in Rust 🦀	46	Emerging	12	Rust
22	fndome/xb query builder of golang, build sql for go framework: sqlx, gorp... build...	46	Emerging	23	Go
23	reasonkit/reasonkit-mem High-performance vector database & RAG memory layer - hybrid search,...	45	Emerging	4	Rust
24	nubskr/satoriDB High performance embedded vector database	44	Emerging	201	Rust
25	anaslimem/CortexaDB It is a simple, fast, and hard-durable embedded database designed...	44	Emerging	27	Rust
26	philippgille/chromem-go Embeddable vector database for Go with Chroma-like interface and zero...	43	Emerging	893	Go
27	PhilipJohnBasile/vecstore Embeddable vector database for Rust and Python. HNSW indexing, metadata...	43	Emerging	12	Rust
28	rustic-ai/uni-db Uni is a modern, embedded database that combines property graph...	42	Emerging	8	Rust
29	coder/hnsw In-memory vector index for Go	42	Emerging	214	Go
30	lizzy-0323/oasisdb OasisDB: A minimal and lightweight vector database	42	Emerging	69	Go
31	sanonone/kektordb An in-memory Vector Database & AI Gateway written in Go. Supports HNSW,...	42	Emerging	64	Go
32	Semafind/semadb No fuss multi-index hybrid vector database / search engine	42	Emerging	31	Go
33	tuned-org-uk/arrowspace-rs VectorDB library using dispersion models. Provides graph analysis, vector...	41	Emerging	33	Rust
34	justrach/emergentDB 🧬 Self-optimizing vector database using MAP-Elites. 51x faster than...	41	Emerging	20	Rust
35	m1guelpf/tinyvector A tiny embedding database in pure Rust.	40	Emerging	430	Rust
36	topk-io/topk TopK is a search engine for the AI era.	39	Emerging	63	Rust
37	Eigen-DB/eigen-db The blazingly fast in-memory vector database 🚀	39	Emerging	9	Go
38	hivellm/vectorizer A high-performance, in-memory vector database written in Rust, designed for...	39	Emerging	19	Rust
39	cyborginc/cyborgdb-go Go Client for CyborgDB: The Confidential Vector Database	38	Emerging	7	Go
40	cyberlife-coder/VelesDB VelesDB is a local‑first AI data engine written in Rust that unifies...	37	Emerging	28	Rust
41	guilherme13c/pythia A distributed, Kubernetes-native search engine and web crawler written in Rust.	37	Emerging	3	Rust
42	joshniemela/KU-courses A better version of KU's course catalogue	37	Emerging	21	Rust
43	avocadodb/avocadodb Deterministic context database for AI agents. Same query → same context, every time.	37	Emerging	9	Rust
44	litegraphdb/litegraph Lightweight graph database with relational, vector, and MCP support,...	37	Emerging	99	C#
45	meet447/SurgeDB The SIMD-powered, ultra-lightweight vector database for the Edge.	37	Emerging	5	Rust
46	edwinkys/oasysdb In-memory vector store with efficient read and write performance for...	36	Emerging	379	Rust
47	ayoubnabil/AIONBD Edge-first vector database (rust, from scratch) , ultra low memory,...	36	Emerging	3	Rust
48	ob-labs/seekdb-rs The Rust SDK for OceanBase or OceanBase seekdb.	36	Emerging	5	Rust
49	elchemista/vettore Elixir in memory VectorDB build with Rust using rustler! It's small, fast,...	36	Emerging	18	Elixir
50	ldclabs/anda-db 🗄 A Rust library designed as a specialized database for AI Agents, focusing...	36	Emerging	21	Rust
51	FaizChishtie/vemcache Vemcache is an in-memory vector database.	35	Emerging	38	Rust
52	timpratim/cargo-chat A Rust-based cursor like chat with your codebase tool.	35	Emerging	28	Rust
53	tobias-mayer/vector-db A minimalistic vector database that can be used to search for similar...	35	Emerging	28	Go
54	barakmich/bbqvec Scalable Embedded Vector Index for Go and Rust	35	Emerging	36	Rust
55	neilthomass/kowari Fast, local, privacy-first vector database in Rust with HNSW, LSH, and...	35	Emerging	9	Rust
56	ronakgh97/blaze-db A rust native, standalone and self-managed vector database uses HNSW data...	35	Emerging	8	Rust
57	asheshvidyut/treds Sorted Data Structure Server - Treds is a Data Structure Server which...	35	Emerging	65	Go
58	acheong08/vectordb A simple vector database: Text encoding, semantic search, document storage	35	Emerging	90	Go
59	casibase/go-hnsw HNSW approximate nearest-neighbour search algorithm in Golang	34	Emerging	6	Go
60	zepdb/zeppelin Open-source, S3-native vector and full-text search engine. Fast, cheap,...	34	Emerging	39	Rust
61	wizenheimer/comet A Vector Store written in Go - Supports hybrid retrieval over BM25, Flat,...	34	Emerging	107	Go
62	lqhl/rabitq-rs Rust implementation of RaBitQ + IVF and MSTG (multi-scale tree graph)	34	Emerging	11	Rust
63	not-pizza/victor Web-optimized vector database (written in Rust).	33	Emerging	261	Rust
64	aicubetechnology/qilbeeDB QilbeeDB is a cloud-agnostic, high-performance graph database built for...	32	Emerging	77	Rust
65	liliang-cn/cortexdb A lightweight, embeddable vector database library for Go AI projects.	32	Emerging	26	Go
66	alash3al/vecdb a vector embedding database with multiple storage engines and AI embedding...	31	Emerging	34	Go
67	zarkone/twellik Vector database for WASM	31	Emerging	3	Rust
68	DeployQL/LintDB Vector Database with support for late interaction and token level embeddings.	31	Emerging	54	C++
69	JtPerez-Acle/chrono-mind ChronoMind: Redefining Vector Intelligence Through Time.	31	Emerging	74	Rust
70	cognica-io/cognica-grpc A gRPC service definition for Cognica	30	Emerging	1	—
71	Skelf-Research/memista A lightweight vector search library for Rust	30	Emerging	2	Rust
72	codemonger-io/flechasdb A serverless-friendly vector database in your hands	30	Emerging	2	Rust
73	mantzaris/WunDeeDB.jl Your just-works / zero-config / embedded / WAL: vector database	30	Emerging	11	Julia
74	Amrithesh-Kakkoth/VectraDB VectraDB: Fast, Persistent, and Rust-Powered Vector Database with REST,...	30	Emerging	6	Rust
75	tuned-org-uk/genegraph-storage A minimal storage layer for storing large matrices and embeddings	30	Emerging	2	Rust
76	sjy-dv/coltt Coltt is a vector database that supports Multi-Vector Search,...	30	Emerging	184	Go
77	rodydavis/pocketbase-plugins Set of PocketBase plugins to add features	29	Experimental	48	Go
78	oceanbase/obvec_jdbc A Java SDK for OceanBase Multimodal Store—enabling vector search, full-text...	29	Experimental	2	Java
79	XiangpengHao/pq-vector Vector search using only Parquet and DataFusion	28	Experimental	54	Rust
80	mmailhos/vectorlite VectorLite is a Rust-native, in-process vector store that brings...	28	Experimental	4	Rust
81	XiangpengHao/vector-lite The SQLite of Vector Database in Rust.	27	Experimental	9	Rust
82	antarys-ai/edge A hackable vector db built on top of uSearch+rocksdb, for you to break it...	27	Experimental	18	C++
83	KMJ-007/VecPuff vector database built on top of S3, inspired by turbopuffer	27	Experimental	8	Rust
84	tuned-org-uk/javelin-tui a TUI for handling large vector embeddings datasets (with Lance) and run...	26	Experimental	1	Rust
85	23skdu/longbow Apache Arrow Flight clustered vector cache for high throughput Agent memory sharing	26	Experimental	3	Go
86	atoncooper/fastcache A high-performance Go cache library with built-in vector database for AI...	26	Experimental	1	Go
87	tradik/mddb A minimal, lightweight structured data store designed for small...	26	Experimental	3	Go
88	mhayes853/sqlite-vec-data SQLiteData support for SQLite Vec.	25	Experimental	2	C
89	sochdb/sochdb-python-sdk SochDB is a high-performance embedded, ACID-compliant database purpose-built...	25	Experimental	2	Python
90	sochdb/sochdb-go SochDB is a high-performance embedded, ACID-compliant database purpose-built...	25	Experimental	2	Go
91	geckse/markdown-vdb A filesystem-native vector database built around Markdown files. For AGENTS...	25	Experimental	8	Rust
92	23skdu/gosqueal sqlite in-memory vectordb "HotPocket"	24	Experimental	2	Go
93	bridgerust/bridgerust High-performance infrastructure libraries built in Rust, with seamless...	24	Experimental	22	Rust
94	miguelamello/golang-faceid-api FaceID API aims to create a backend infrastructure to allow user...	24	Experimental	4	Go
95	farouqzaib/mettis Vector Database implemented in Golang with support for full-text and vector...	24	Experimental	62	Go
96	ajkumar-13/Vector-DB-from-scratch A production-grade vector database built from scratch in Rust . Implementing...	24	Experimental	1	Rust
97	elcruzo/vectorhub Embeddings are heavy, and storing them at scale is painful. VectorHub is my...	24	Experimental	3	Go
98	oceanbase/dify-plugin-oceanbase Enables secure SQL query execution on OceanBase databases through Dify applications	24	Experimental	—	Python
99	derinworks/penr-oz-agent-memory-rust Implementation of Agent memory vector store proxy written in Rust	23	Experimental	—	Rust
100	DotNetAge/govector The "SQLite for Vectors" in pure Go. Embeddable, HNSW indexing, CGO-free,...	23	Experimental	2	Go
101	MukundaKatta/yggdrasil Yggdrasil — Vector + Graph Database. High-performance vector + graph database	22	Experimental	—	Python
102	decisiongraph/leann-rs Rewrite it in Rust version of LEANN - Lightweight vector database for RAG	22	Experimental	1	Rust
103	DaviBonetto/NEXUS-L4-HighPerf-Vector-DB High-performance Vector Database optimized for RAG operations, implementing...	22	Experimental	1	Rust
104	tuned-org-uk/kalman_clustering Clustering any vector space using Kalman Filter	22	Experimental	1	Rust
105	danieleugenewilliams/zvec-go Go bindings for zvec — Alibaba's high-performance embedded vector database...	22	Experimental	1	Go
106	shannonxu-2018/PistaDB The embedded vector database for LLM-native applications.	22	Experimental	—	C
107	SarthiAI/SwarnDB The vector database that thinks in graphs.	22	Experimental	—	Rust
108	zoobz-io/vecna Schema-validated filter builder for vector databases	22	Experimental	—	Go
109	emmyoh/zebra A vector database for querying meaningfully similar data.	22	Experimental	16	Rust
110	KevKibe/memvectordb ⚡️Lightning fast in-memory VectorDB written in rust🦀	21	Experimental	30	Rust
111	sochdb/sochdb-nodejs-sdk SochDB is a high-performance embedded, ACID-compliant database purpose-built...	21	Experimental	—	TypeScript
112	arcmindai/arcmindvector ArcMind Vector DB	21	Experimental	11	Rust
113	0xnu/kikiola Kikiola is a high-performance vector database written in Go.	21	Experimental	10	Go
114	tuned-org-uk/surfface-rs Everything for vector spaces using Physical Networks. Provides graph...	21	Experimental	—	Rust
115	hungpdn/nanovec An embedded, serverless vector database for Go. Think SQLite, but for vectors.	21	Experimental	—	Go
116	hankamarvanova/unified-db 🌟 Accelerate SQLite database operations on Apple Silicon with GPU power for...	21	Experimental	—	Swift
117	Skelf-Research/liath A programmable database that speaks Lua. Store data, run queries, build AI workflows.	21	Experimental	—	Lua
118	ExpertVagabond/ruvector RuVector is a High Performance, Real-Time, Self-Learning, Vector Graph...	21	Experimental	—	—
119	Annany2002/VectorSync VectorSync is a real-time vector indexing engine designed for fast...	21	Experimental	—	Go
120	21e8-miner/grain-vdb GrainVDB: High-performance vector search engine written in native C++ and...	21	Experimental	—	Python
121	rogelioRuiz/capacitor-lancedb Native LanceDB vector database plugin for Capacitor — persistent on-device...	21	Experimental	—	Rust
122	netdur/munind Local-only Rust vector database for personal RAG memories with JSON...	21	Experimental	—	Rust
123	salah55s/winnowDB High-performance vector database for JavaScript. Runs in browser & Node.js....	21	Experimental	—	Rust
124	theblobinc/duotronic-bus-protocol Duotronic Bus Protocol: A high-performance, fixed-size binary protocol for...	21	Experimental	—	JavaScript
125	kahflane/TurDB Embedded database with row storage and HNSW vector search, written in Rust	21	Experimental	—	Rust
126	Modzer0/Erlvectordb A high-performance MCP (Model Context Protocol) vector database implemented...	21	Experimental	—	HTML
127	basegridio/sdk Official SDKs for BaseGrid — memory infrastructure for AI agents (Node.js,...	21	Experimental	—	TypeScript
128	SKeditz42/Vec 🌀 Create a fast, generic, leak-safe dynamic array in C with ergonomic API...	21	Experimental	—	C
129	atulRanaa/vector-db-book Vector DB Internals	21	Experimental	—	Makefile
130	daryltucker/vecdb The Vector Database for Agents & Humans.	21	Experimental	—	Rust
131	Rhodrix7771/grain-vdb 🌾 Accelerate similarity search with GrainVDB, a native vector engine for...	21	Experimental	—	Python
132	Project-Astronaut/astronaut Superfast vector db just like flash travels during flashpoint	20	Experimental	3	Rust
133	wesleyscholl/vectro-plus ⚡🧠 Vectro+ — High-Performance Embedding Engine in Rust 🦀💾 Compress,...	20	Experimental	1	Rust
134	erhant/halo2-vectordb Verifiable vector similarity queries with Halo2.	20	Experimental	6	Rust
135	jiacai2050/vsag-sqlite An vector search SQLite extension baked by VSAG.	20	Experimental	7	Rust
136	impel-intelligence/MagnitudeDB A fast and modern Swift Vector Database for use in both iOS and macOS applications.	20	Experimental	7	Swift
137	YASSERRMD/barq-graphdb Production-ready hybrid Graph+Vector DB for agentic AI.	20	Experimental	1	Rust
138	VectorInstitute/nano-vectordb-rs A simple vector database in rust	20	Experimental	8	Rust
139	insanalamin/sekejap A graph-first, embedded multi-model database engine	19	Experimental	1	Rust
140	michael-0acf4/vecx A simple SQLite extension that allows direct GPU and/or SIMD accelerated...	19	Experimental	2	C++
141	samkeen/vec-embed-store This is a thin wrapper around LanceDb (VectorDb) meant to provide a means to...	19	Experimental	4	Rust
142	nickgoldbergsb/oxidedb Open Source Vector Database implemented in the Rust Programming Language.	19	Experimental	2	Rust
143	valmat/little-vec Vector storage plugin for RocksServer	18	Experimental	1	C++
144	ZanzyTHEbar/virtual-vectorfs Virtual filesystem implementation in Go with spatial indexing and concurrent...	18	Experimental	1	Go
145	cosmonaut-nz/repository_statistics A library to gather structured statistics on the source code files in a...	18	Experimental	2	Rust
146	frozen-lab/stingray Lightweight implementation of ANN (Approximate Nearest‑Neighbor) search	18	Experimental	1	Rust
147	CardSorting/BroccoliDB BroccoliDB is a next-generation version control system designed from the...	17	Experimental	1	TypeScript
148	Not-Buddy/HackerXAPI High-performance Rust API with AI, multi-format docs, Gemini integration,...	17	Experimental	—	Rust
149	Modzer0/SPARK-vectordb A high-performance MCP (Model Context Protocol) vector database implemented...	17	Experimental	—	Ada
150	aqora-io/vectorctl A simple tool to manage any vector database	17	Experimental	—	Rust
151	kanusowi/vortex A high-performance, Rust-based 🦀 engine with an integrated React UI for...	16	Experimental	4	Rust
152	cognica-io/cognica-python A Python client for Cognica database	16	Experimental	4	Python
153	thelastpickle/open-htap-stack Simple scalable low-latency HTAP Data Platform. Vendor‑neutral Open Source.	15	Experimental	—	Python
154	Pilser/helix-edge Graph-vector database for Android & edge devices — a mobile fork of HelixDB	14	Experimental	—	Rust
155	Bluewraith04/vector_search A high-performance, SIMD-accelerated Vector Database utilizing HNSW graphs...	14	Experimental	1	Rust
156	ronakgh97/blazedb-service Service for BlazeDB (Managed hosting)	14	Experimental	1	Rust
157	vector-cache/vector-cache In memory db for vector embeddings	14	Experimental	1	Python
158	getmykhan/vxdb The vector database that fits in your pocket. Rust-powered, Python-native,...	13	Experimental	—	Rust
159	Arsaev/MicroVec WIP: Lightweight embeddable vector database for edge AI and offline semantic...	13	Experimental	—	—
160	ptitjes/sqldelight-vec An SQLDelight wrapper for sqlite-vec (https://github.com/asg017/sqlite-vec)	13	Experimental	—	Kotlin
161	apaul02/Vector-Database-in-Rust Vector DB from scratch in Rust	13	Experimental	—	Rust
162	uttom-akash/vector-xlite VectorXLite — A fast, lightweight vector search with payload support and...	12	Experimental	—	Rust
163	amrit110/nano-vectordb-rs A simple vector database in rust	12	Experimental	1	Rust
164	exprays/orion An insanely-fast, in-memory KV database supporting persistence built form scratch	11	Experimental	1	Go
165	meinside/local-vector-store-go Local vector store implementation in Go, using SQLite3	11	Experimental	1	Go
166	colesmcintosh/vector-vault A high-performance vector similarity search engine with LSH...	11	Experimental	1	Go
167	ndx-technologies/go-redis-vector-db Simple Redis vector DB based on FT.SEARCH	11	Experimental	—	Go
168	lizzy-0323/Vamana An implementation of Vamana ANN algorithm, with easy-to use go-binding	10	Experimental	1	C++
169	DivyamSamarwal/Vector-Search-Engine-Demo High-performance distributed vector database in Rust with HNSW indexing, WAL...	10	Experimental	1	Makefile

Comparisons in this category

oceanbase and matrixone (72 vs 71) pyseekdb and pyobvector (62 vs 60) cyborgdb-py and cyborgdb-js (59 vs 49)