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 160 rust native vectordbs tools tracked. 2 score above 70 (verified tier). The highest-rated is databendlabs/databend at 86/100 with 9,196 stars and 244 monthly downloads. 6 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....	86	Verified	9,196	Rust
2	oceanbase/oceanbase The Fastest Distributed Database for Transactional, Analytical, and AI Workloads.	75	Verified	10,013	C++
3	matrixorigin/matrixone MySQL-compatible HTAP database with Git for Data, vector search, and...	67	Established	1,871	Go
4	HelixDB/helix-db HelixDB is an open-source graph-vector database built from scratch in Rust.	67	Established	3,916	Rust
5	lightonai/fast-plaid High-Performance Engine for Multi-Vector Search	65	Established	218	Python
6	ArcadeData/arcadedb ArcadeDB Multi-Model Database, one DBMS that supports SQL, Cypher, Gremlin,...	64	Established	735	Java
7	oceanbase/pyseekdb A unified python SDK supports OceanBase or OceanBase seekdb, more efficient...	61	Established	53	Python
8	datalevin/datalevin A simple, fast and versatile Datalog database	60	Established	1,383	Clojure
9	oceanbase/pyobvector A Python SDK for OceanBase Multimodal Store—enabling vector search,...	56	Established	17	Python
10	cyborginc/cyborgdb-py Python Client SDK for CyborgDB: The Confidential Vector Database	55	Established	7	Python
11	vearch/vearch Distributed vector search for AI-native applications	55	Established	2,289	Go
12	StarlightSearch/EmbedAnything Highly Performant, Modular, Memory Safe and Production-ready Inference,...	54	Established	1,174	Rust
13	lightonai/next-plaid NextPlaid, ColGREP: Multi-vector search, from database to coding agents.	53	Established	210	Rust
14	anaslimem/CortexaDB It is a simple, fast, and hard-durable embedded database designed...	52	Established	27	Rust
15	TusKANNy/kannolo Official repository of the kANNolo library.	49	Emerging	49	Rust
16	deven96/ahnlich Suite of tools containing an in-memory vector datastore and AI proxy	46	Emerging	185	Rust
17	TusKANNy/seismic Official repository of the Seismic library.	46	Emerging	115	Rust
18	cyborginc/cyborgdb-js JavaScript & TypeScript Client SDK for CyborgDB: The Confidential Vector Database	46	Emerging	6	TypeScript
19	IronCoreLabs/ironcore-alloy A unified SDK for IronCore encryption operations including vector encryption...	44	Emerging	27	Rust
20	reasonkit/reasonkit-mem High-performance vector database & RAG memory layer - hybrid search,...	44	Emerging	4	Rust
21	kn0sys/valentinus A thread-safe vector database for model inference inside LMDB.	43	Emerging	15	Rust
22	sochdb/sochdb SochDB is a high-performance embedded, ACID-compliant vector database...	43	Emerging	17	Rust
23	rustic-ai/uni-db Uni is a modern, embedded database that combines property graph...	43	Emerging	8	Rust
24	sdslabs/VortexDB VortexDB - A lightweight, vector database built from scratch in Rust 🦀	42	Emerging	12	Rust
25	nubskr/satoriDB High performance embedded vector database	40	Emerging	201	Rust
26	philippgille/chromem-go Embeddable vector database for Go with Chroma-like interface and zero...	40	Emerging	893	Go
27	fndome/xb query builder of golang, build sql for go framework: sqlx, gorp... build...	39	Emerging	23	Go
28	sanonone/kektordb An in-memory Vector Database & AI Gateway written in Go. Supports HNSW,...	39	Emerging	64	Go
29	PhilipJohnBasile/vecstore Embeddable vector database for Rust and Python. HNSW indexing, metadata...	39	Emerging	12	Rust
30	guilherme13c/pythia A distributed, Kubernetes-native search engine and web crawler written in Rust.	38	Emerging	3	Rust
31	justrach/emergentDB 🧬 Self-optimizing vector database using MAP-Elites. 51x faster than...	37	Emerging	20	Rust
32	hivellm/vectorizer A high-performance, in-memory vector database written in Rust, designed for...	36	Emerging	19	Rust
33	cyberlife-coder/VelesDB VelesDB is a local‑first AI data engine written in Rust that unifies...	36	Emerging	28	Rust
34	lizzy-0323/oasisdb OasisDB: A minimal and lightweight vector database	36	Emerging	69	Go
35	topk-io/topk TopK is a search engine for the AI era.	35	Emerging	63	Rust
36	Eigen-DB/eigen-db The blazingly fast in-memory vector database 🚀	35	Emerging	9	Go
37	Semafind/semadb No fuss multi-index hybrid vector database / search engine	35	Emerging	31	Go
38	tuned-org-uk/arrowspace-rs VectorDB library using dispersion models. Provides graph analysis, vector...	35	Emerging	33	Rust
39	meet447/SurgeDB The SIMD-powered, ultra-lightweight vector database for the Edge.	35	Emerging	5	Rust
40	coder/hnsw In-memory vector index for Go	35	Emerging	214	Go
41	ronakgh97/blaze-db A rust native, standalone and self-managed vector database uses HNSW data...	34	Emerging	8	Rust
42	ayoubnabil/AIONBD Edge-first vector database (rust, from scratch) , ultra low memory,...	34	Emerging	3	Rust
43	avocadodb/avocadodb Deterministic context database for AI agents. Same query → same context, every time.	33	Emerging	9	Rust
44	neilthomass/kowari Fast, local, privacy-first vector database in Rust with HNSW, LSH, and...	33	Emerging	9	Rust
45	litegraphdb/litegraph Lightweight graph database with relational, vector, and MCP support,...	33	Emerging	99	C#
46	m1guelpf/tinyvector A tiny embedding database in pure Rust.	33	Emerging	430	Rust
47	cyborginc/cyborgdb-go Go Client for CyborgDB: The Confidential Vector Database	32	Emerging	7	Go
48	ob-labs/seekdb-rs The Rust SDK for OceanBase or OceanBase seekdb.	32	Emerging	5	Rust
49	zepdb/zeppelin Open-source, S3-native vector and full-text search engine. Fast, cheap,...	32	Emerging	39	Rust
50	ldclabs/anda-db 🗄 A Rust library designed as a specialized database for AI Agents, focusing...	32	Emerging	21	Rust
51	joshniemela/KU-courses A better version of KU's course catalogue	30	Emerging	21	Rust
52	edwinkys/oasysdb In-memory vector store with efficient read and write performance for...	29	Experimental	379	Rust
53	liliang-cn/cortexdb A lightweight, embeddable vector database library for Go AI projects.	29	Experimental	26	Go
54	timpratim/cargo-chat A Rust-based cursor like chat with your codebase tool.	29	Experimental	28	Rust
55	elchemista/vettore Elixir in memory VectorDB build with Rust using rustler! It's small, fast,...	29	Experimental	18	Elixir
56	wizenheimer/comet A Vector Store written in Go - Supports hybrid retrieval over BM25, Flat,...	28	Experimental	107	Go
57	asheshvidyut/treds Sorted Data Structure Server - Treds is a Data Structure Server which...	28	Experimental	65	Go
58	aicubetechnology/qilbeeDB QilbeeDB is a cloud-agnostic, high-performance graph database built for...	28	Experimental	77	Rust
59	FaizChishtie/vemcache Vemcache is an in-memory vector database.	28	Experimental	38	Rust
60	tobias-mayer/vector-db A minimalistic vector database that can be used to search for similar...	28	Experimental	28	Go
61	barakmich/bbqvec Scalable Embedded Vector Index for Go and Rust	28	Experimental	36	Rust
62	cognica-io/cognica-grpc A gRPC service definition for Cognica	28	Experimental	1	—
63	acheong08/vectordb A simple vector database: Text encoding, semantic search, document storage	28	Experimental	90	Go
64	lqhl/rabitq-rs Rust implementation of RaBitQ + IVF and MSTG (multi-scale tree graph)	28	Experimental	11	Rust
65	casibase/go-hnsw HNSW approximate nearest-neighbour search algorithm in Golang	27	Experimental	6	Go
66	oceanbase/obvec_jdbc A Java SDK for OceanBase Multimodal Store—enabling vector search, full-text...	26	Experimental	2	Java
67	tuned-org-uk/genegraph-storage A minimal storage layer for storing large matrices and embeddings	26	Experimental	2	Rust
68	KMJ-007/VecPuff vector database built on top of S3, inspired by turbopuffer	26	Experimental	8	Rust
69	geckse/markdown-vdb A filesystem-native vector database built around Markdown files. For AGENTS...	26	Experimental	8	Rust
70	not-pizza/victor Web-optimized vector database (written in Rust).	26	Experimental	261	Rust
71	XiangpengHao/pq-vector Vector search using only Parquet and DataFusion	26	Experimental	54	Rust
72	tradik/mddb A minimal, lightweight structured data store designed for small...	25	Experimental	3	Go
73	23skdu/longbow Apache Arrow Flight clustered vector cache for high throughput Agent memory sharing	25	Experimental	3	Go
74	DotNetAge/govector The "SQLite for Vectors" in pure Go. Embeddable, HNSW indexing, CGO-free,...	24	Experimental	2	Go
75	alash3al/vecdb a vector embedding database with multiple storage engines and AI embedding...	24	Experimental	34	Go
76	zarkone/twellik Vector database for WASM	24	Experimental	3	Rust
77	JtPerez-Acle/chrono-mind ChronoMind: Redefining Vector Intelligence Through Time.	24	Experimental	74	Rust
78	Amrithesh-Kakkoth/VectraDB VectraDB: Fast, Persistent, and Rust-Powered Vector Database with REST,...	24	Experimental	6	Rust
79	DeployQL/LintDB Vector Database with support for late interaction and token level embeddings.	24	Experimental	54	C++
80	codemonger-io/flechasdb A serverless-friendly vector database in your hands	23	Experimental	2	Rust
81	Skelf-Research/memista A lightweight vector search library for Rust	23	Experimental	2	Rust
82	ajkumar-13/Vector-DB-from-scratch A production-grade vector database built from scratch in Rust . Implementing...	23	Experimental	1	Rust
83	mantzaris/WunDeeDB.jl Your just-works / zero-config / embedded / WAL: vector database	23	Experimental	11	Julia
84	sjy-dv/coltt Coltt is a vector database that supports Multi-Vector Search,...	23	Experimental	184	Go
85	mmailhos/vectorlite VectorLite is a Rust-native, in-process vector store that brings...	22	Experimental	4	Rust
86	rodydavis/pocketbase-plugins Set of PocketBase plugins to add features	22	Experimental	48	Go
87	oceanbase/dify-plugin-oceanbase Enables secure SQL query execution on OceanBase databases through Dify applications	22	Experimental	—	Python
88	netdur/munind Local-only Rust vector database for personal RAG memories with JSON...	22	Experimental	—	Rust
89	daryltucker/vecdb The Vector Database for Agents & Humans.	22	Experimental	—	Rust
90	rogelioRuiz/capacitor-lancedb Native LanceDB vector database plugin for Capacitor — persistent on-device...	22	Experimental	—	Rust
91	hankamarvanova/unified-db 🌟 Accelerate SQLite database operations on Apple Silicon with GPU power for...	22	Experimental	—	Swift
92	SKeditz42/Vec 🌀 Create a fast, generic, leak-safe dynamic array in C with ergonomic API...	22	Experimental	—	C
93	shannonxu-2018/PistaDB The embedded vector database for LLM-native applications.	22	Experimental	—	C
94	SarthiAI/SwarnDB The vector database that thinks in graphs.	22	Experimental	—	Rust
95	zoobz-io/vecna Schema-validated filter builder for vector databases	22	Experimental	—	Go
96	Annany2002/VectorSync VectorSync is a real-time vector indexing engine designed for fast...	22	Experimental	—	Go
97	MukundaKatta/yggdrasil Yggdrasil — Vector + Graph Database. High-performance vector + graph database	22	Experimental	—	Python
98	Rhodrix7771/grain-vdb 🌾 Accelerate similarity search with GrainVDB, a native vector engine for...	22	Experimental	—	Python
99	tuned-org-uk/javelin-tui a TUI for handling large vector embeddings datasets (with Lance) and run...	22	Experimental	1	Rust
100	antarys-ai/edge A hackable vector db built on top of uSearch+rocksdb, for you to break it...	21	Experimental	18	C++
101	sochdb/sochdb-go SochDB is a high-performance embedded, ACID-compliant database purpose-built...	21	Experimental	2	Go
102	derinworks/penr-oz-agent-memory-rust Implementation of Agent memory vector store proxy written in Rust	21	Experimental	—	Rust
103	sochdb/sochdb-python-sdk SochDB is a high-performance embedded, ACID-compliant database purpose-built...	21	Experimental	2	Python
104	mhayes853/sqlite-vec-data SQLiteData support for SQLite Vec.	21	Experimental	2	C
105	decisiongraph/leann-rs Rewrite it in Rust version of LEANN - Lightweight vector database for RAG	20	Experimental	1	Rust
106	DaviBonetto/NEXUS-L4-HighPerf-Vector-DB High-performance Vector Database optimized for RAG operations, implementing...	20	Experimental	1	Rust
107	atoncooper/fastcache A high-performance Go cache library with built-in vector database for AI...	20	Experimental	1	Go
108	bridgerust/bridgerust High-performance infrastructure libraries built in Rust, with seamless...	20	Experimental	22	Rust
109	tuned-org-uk/kalman_clustering Clustering any vector space using Kalman Filter	20	Experimental	1	Rust
110	danieleugenewilliams/zvec-go Go bindings for zvec — Alibaba's high-performance embedded vector database...	20	Experimental	1	Go
111	Skelf-Research/liath A programmable database that speaks Lua. Store data, run queries, build AI workflows.	19	Experimental	—	Lua
112	theblobinc/duotronic-bus-protocol Duotronic Bus Protocol: A high-performance, fixed-size binary protocol for...	19	Experimental	—	JavaScript
113	21e8-miner/grain-vdb GrainVDB: High-performance vector search engine written in native C++ and...	19	Experimental	—	Python
114	ExpertVagabond/ruvector RuVector is a High Performance, Real-Time, Self-Learning, Vector Graph...	19	Experimental	—	—
115	Modzer0/SPARK-vectordb A high-performance MCP (Model Context Protocol) vector database implemented...	19	Experimental	—	Ada
116	Modzer0/Erlvectordb A high-performance MCP (Model Context Protocol) vector database implemented...	19	Experimental	—	HTML
117	atulRanaa/vector-db-book Vector DB Internals	19	Experimental	—	Makefile
118	tuned-org-uk/surfface-rs Everything for vector spaces using Physical Networks. Provides graph...	19	Experimental	—	Rust
119	salah55s/winnowDB High-performance vector database for JavaScript. Runs in browser & Node.js....	19	Experimental	—	Rust
120	kahflane/TurDB Embedded database with row storage and HNSW vector search, written in Rust	19	Experimental	—	Rust
121	hungpdn/nanovec An embedded, serverless vector database for Go. Think SQLite, but for vectors.	19	Experimental	—	Go
122	sochdb/sochdb-nodejs-sdk SochDB is a high-performance embedded, ACID-compliant database purpose-built...	19	Experimental	—	TypeScript
123	basegridio/sdk Official SDKs for BaseGrid — memory infrastructure for AI agents (Node.js,...	19	Experimental	—	TypeScript
124	elcruzo/vectorhub Embeddings are heavy, and storing them at scale is painful. VectorHub is my...	18	Experimental	3	Go
125	insanalamin/sekejap A graph-first, embedded multi-model database engine	17	Experimental	1	Rust
126	farouqzaib/mettis Vector Database implemented in Golang with support for full-text and vector...	17	Experimental	62	Go
127	23skdu/gosqueal sqlite in-memory vectordb "HotPocket"	17	Experimental	2	Go
128	miguelamello/golang-faceid-api FaceID API aims to create a backend infrastructure to allow user...	17	Experimental	4	Go
129	XiangpengHao/vector-lite The SQLite of Vector Database in Rust.	16	Experimental	9	Rust
130	wesleyscholl/vectro-plus ⚡🧠 Vectro+ — High-Performance Embedding Engine in Rust 🦀💾 Compress,...	16	Experimental	1	Rust
131	YASSERRMD/barq-graphdb Production-ready hybrid Graph+Vector DB for agentic AI.	16	Experimental	1	Rust
132	thelastpickle/open-htap-stack Simple scalable low-latency HTAP Data Platform. Vendor‑neutral Open Source.	16	Experimental	—	Python
133	Not-Buddy/HackerXAPI High-performance Rust API with AI, multi-format docs, Gemini integration,...	15	Experimental	—	Rust
134	emmyoh/zebra A vector database for querying meaningfully similar data.	15	Experimental	16	Rust
135	aqora-io/vectorctl A simple tool to manage any vector database	15	Experimental	—	Rust
136	CardSorting/BroccoliDB BroccoliDB is a next-generation version control system designed from the...	15	Experimental	1	TypeScript
137	cognica-io/cognica-python A Python client for Cognica database	14	Experimental	4	Python
138	Pilser/helix-edge Graph-vector database for Android & edge devices — a mobile fork of HelixDB	14	Experimental	—	Rust
139	Project-Astronaut/astronaut Superfast vector db just like flash travels during flashpoint	14	Experimental	3	Rust
140	kanusowi/vortex A high-performance, Rust-based 🦀 engine with an integrated React UI for...	14	Experimental	4	Rust
141	0xnu/kikiola Kikiola is a high-performance vector database written in Go.	14	Experimental	10	Go
142	arcmindai/arcmindvector ArcMind Vector DB	14	Experimental	11	Rust
143	KevKibe/memvectordb ⚡️Lightning fast in-memory VectorDB written in rust🦀	14	Experimental	30	Rust
144	jiacai2050/vsag-sqlite An vector search SQLite extension baked by VSAG.	13	Experimental	7	Rust
145	erhant/halo2-vectordb Verifiable vector similarity queries with Halo2.	13	Experimental	6	Rust
146	impel-intelligence/MagnitudeDB A fast and modern Swift Vector Database for use in both iOS and macOS applications.	13	Experimental	7	Swift
147	VectorInstitute/nano-vectordb-rs A simple vector database in rust	13	Experimental	8	Rust
148	michael-0acf4/vecx A simple SQLite extension that allows direct GPU and/or SIMD accelerated...	13	Experimental	2	C++
149	nickgoldbergsb/oxidedb Open Source Vector Database implemented in the Rust Programming Language.	13	Experimental	2	Rust
150	valmat/little-vec Vector storage plugin for RocksServer	12	Experimental	1	C++
151	samkeen/vec-embed-store This is a thin wrapper around LanceDb (VectorDb) meant to provide a means to...	12	Experimental	4	Rust
152	ronakgh97/blazedb-service Service for BlazeDB (Managed hosting)	12	Experimental	1	Rust
153	Bluewraith04/vector_search A high-performance, SIMD-accelerated Vector Database utilizing HNSW graphs...	12	Experimental	1	Rust
154	frozen-lab/stingray Lightweight implementation of ANN (Approximate Nearest‑Neighbor) search	12	Experimental	1	Rust
155	ZanzyTHEbar/virtual-vectorfs Virtual filesystem implementation in Go with spatial indexing and concurrent...	12	Experimental	1	Go
156	Arsaev/MicroVec WIP: Lightweight embeddable vector database for edge AI and offline semantic...	11	Experimental	—	—
157	getmykhan/vxdb The vector database that fits in your pocket. Rust-powered, Python-native,...	11	Experimental	—	Rust
158	apaul02/Vector-Database-in-Rust Vector DB from scratch in Rust	11	Experimental	—	Rust
159	cosmonaut-nz/repository_statistics A library to gather structured statistics on the source code files in a...	11	Experimental	2	Rust
160	ptitjes/sqldelight-vec An SQLDelight wrapper for sqlite-vec (https://github.com/asg017/sqlite-vec)	11	Experimental	—	Kotlin

Comparisons in this category

oceanbase and matrixone (75 vs 67) pyseekdb and pyobvector (61 vs 56) cyborgdb-py and cyborgdb-js (55 vs 46)