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Chroma

Open-source vector database. Embeddings database for AI applications.

AI InfrastructureFounded January 2021#7 of 54 in AI Infrastructure

chroma.devGitHubnpmPyPI
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Package downloads (30d)

13.1M/30d

Dependent projects

2.6K

dependents · latest

GitHub stars

28.8K

Hacker News

13/30d

Note: Public metrics are incomplete, and current data alone does not prove a trend; they do not show private usage, paid use, customer count, or product quality.

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What is Chroma?

Chroma is an open-source vector database. Simple API for storing and querying embeddings. Popular for RAG applications.

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PyPI downloads
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Key metric

Package downloads (30d)

13.1M/30d

npm
825.3K
PyPI
12.3M

Tracked packages: npm chromadb; PyPI chromadb

▼ -14%

Additional metrics

3 metrics

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Dependent projects

2.6K

npm
322
PyPI
2.2K

Projects depending on tracked packages: npm chromadb; PyPI chromadb

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GitHub stars

28.8K

Main repository stars

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Hacker News

13/30d

Position #17 in category discussion

Repository health

Maintenance data from the main open-source repository.

OpenSSF Scorecard
5.1
Key-person risk
2
External contributors
10
% of recent contributors outside the core team
Releases (30d)
0

Repository usage

Public repositories and source files importing packages tied to Chroma.

Repos importing
6.5K0%

Hiring mentions

Mentions of Chroma in recent Hacker News "Who's Hiring" threads.

Hiring mentions (monthly)
3

About Chroma

Chroma is an open-source vector database. Simple API for storing and querying embeddings. Popular for RAG applications.

FoundersJeff Huber, Anton Troynikov, Nate Murray
chroma.devgithub.com/chroma-core/chromanpm: chromadbPyPI: chromadb

Disclosed funding

Disclosed $18M · 1 round

Disclosed funding records total $18M. Category position #7 of 54 in AI Infrastructure.

Seed2023

Quiet Capital

$18M

Investors

Quiet Capital

Tracked packages (2)

1 npm, 1 PyPI

chromadb

npmMain npm package

chromadb

Open-source vector database. Embeddings database for AI applications.

chromadb

PyPIMain PyPI package

chromadb

Open-source vector database. Embeddings database for AI applications.