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How do you choose among competing open-source products? Example comparison of open-source vector databases.

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Following are the questions that should be running in your mind when you are to choose from competing open-source products:

  1. Are there any other users out there?

  2. Is it the most popular in this category?

  3. Is this technology in decline?

The popularity and traction of GitHub can be inferred from their star histories. You can use star-history.com to make a comparison based on these two metrics. Refer to the tutorial for details.

Following is the comparison of vector databases: qdrant, chroma, weaviate, marqo, milvus, and vespa.

Star History
Star History


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