Milvus
Data confidence: HighOpen-source vector database. Scalable similarity search engine.
Founded by: Charles Xie, Xianjing Wang, Frank Liu
Milvus has a Developer Momentum Index of 19, ranking #26 of 262 companies. Key metrics include 20.0M monthly package downloads, 43.2K GitHub stars, $113M in total funding.
Developer Adoption
Developer Adoption
Package downloads and ecosystem metrics, 30-day window
Active Contributors Trend
github contributors remained stable at 32 over the last 90 days.
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| Date | github contributors |
|---|---|
| Mar 5, 2026 | 32 |
| Mar 6, 2026 | 32 |
npm Dependents Trend
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npm Download Trend
npm Downloads remained stable at 11,427 over the last 90 days.
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| Date | npm downloads |
|---|---|
| Mar 5, 2026 | 11,427 |
| Mar 6, 2026 | 11,427 |
PyPI Download Trend
PyPI Downloads declined from 20,167,261 to 19,988,785 over the last 90 days.
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| Date | pypi downloads |
|---|---|
| Mar 5, 2026 | 20,167,261 |
| Mar 6, 2026 | 19,988,785 |
Key Signals
Developer Community Metrics
Metrics computed from HN discussion, GitHub activity, and funding data.
Category Benchmark
75 AI Infrastructure companies30-Day Trends
npm Downloads
npm Downloads remained stable at 11,427 over the last 90 days.
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| Date | npm downloads |
|---|---|
| Mar 5, 2026 | 11,427 |
| Mar 6, 2026 | 11,427 |
PyPI Downloads
PyPI Downloads declined from 20,167,261 to 19,988,785 over the last 90 days.
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| Date | pypi downloads |
|---|---|
| Mar 5, 2026 | 20,167,261 |
| Mar 6, 2026 | 19,988,785 |
GitHub Stars
GitHub Stars grew from 42,745 to 43,179 (+1.0%) over the last 90 days.
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| Date | github stars |
|---|---|
| Feb 7, 2026 | 42,745 |
| Feb 8, 2026 | 42,751 |
| Feb 9, 2026 | 42,768 |
| Feb 10, 2026 | 42,776 |
| Feb 12, 2026 | 42,880 |
| Feb 13, 2026 | 42,891 |
| Feb 14, 2026 | 42,906 |
| Feb 15, 2026 | 42,917 |
| Feb 16, 2026 | 42,931 |
| Feb 17, 2026 | 42,950 |
| Feb 19, 2026 | 42,992 |
| Feb 21, 2026 | 43,046 |
| Feb 22, 2026 | 43,061 |
| Feb 23, 2026 | 43,086 |
| Feb 24, 2026 | 43,068 |
| Feb 25, 2026 | 43,088 |
| Feb 27, 2026 | 43,172 |
| Feb 28, 2026 | 43,179 |
HN Mentions
HN Mentions declined from 13 to 11 (-15.4%) over the last 90 days.
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| Date | hn mentions |
|---|---|
| Jan 6, 2026 | 13 |
| Jan 9, 2026 | 10 |
| Jan 10, 2026 | 8 |
| Jan 15, 2026 | 11 |
| Jan 16, 2026 | 9 |
| Jan 17, 2026 | 10 |
| Jan 18, 2026 | 10 |
| Jan 20, 2026 | 10 |
| Jan 21, 2026 | 10 |
| Jan 22, 2026 | 9 |
| Jan 23, 2026 | 9 |
| Jan 24, 2026 | 9 |
| Jan 25, 2026 | 8 |
| Jan 27, 2026 | 8 |
| Jan 29, 2026 | 8 |
| Jan 30, 2026 | 8 |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 8 |
| Feb 1, 2026 | 8 |
| Feb 2, 2026 | 7 |
| Feb 3, 2026 | 8 |
| Feb 4, 2026 | 8 |
| Feb 5, 2026 | 11 |
Funding Rounds
2022 · Prosperity7 Ventures
2020 · Hillhouse Capital
2020 · Morningside Venture Capital
According to AI-Buzz, Milvus has 11,427 npm downloads in 30 days, with 19,988,785 PyPI downloads in 30 days, with 32 active contributors in 30 days, with 1 npm dependent packages, ranks #28 in AI Infrastructure for HN discussion share (out of 75 tracked with 0.5% of HN discussion), with 64 commits/week (accelerating).
Source: https://www.ai-buzz.com/companies/milvus?utm_source=citation&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=cite_this_data
Metrics derived from public APIs (HN Algolia, GitHub, npm/PyPI). Sentiment classified by AI. See methodology for details →
About
About
Description
Open-source vector database. Scalable similarity search engine.
Estimated Company Size
51 - 100 employees
Website
milvus.ioDetails
Founded
2019
Description
Milvus is an open-source vector database. Handles billions of vectors at scale. Used by enterprises for AI search.
Data Confidence
ExcellentReflects profile completeness, metric freshness, and signal coverage.
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