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milvus-io/milvus

⭐ 46318 Go repository created 2019-09-16

Milvus is an open-source, high-performance vector database specifically engineered for scalable vector similarity search. Its core purpose is to power AI applications by effectively storing, indexing, and querying large volumes of unstructured data, such as text, images, and multi-modal information, through their vector embeddings. Written in Go and C++, Milvus leverages hardware acceleration for CPU/GPU to achieve best-in-class vector search performance. It features a fully-distributed and Kubernetes-native architecture, ensuring horizontal scalability to handle billions of vectors and tens of thousands of search queries, with real-time updates. Milvus also offers a Standalone mode for single-machine deployments and Milvus Lite for quick Python-based local setups. Key features include its distributed architecture separating compute and storage, allowing independent scaling for read-heavy or write-heavy workloads, and ensuring high availability through stateless microservices and replicas. It supports various vector index types like HNSW, IVF, FLAT, SCANN, and DiskANN, with quantization-based variations and mmap, along with hardware acceleration and GPU indexing (e.g., NVIDIA's CAGRA). Milvus provides flexible multi-tenancy options (database, collection, partition, or partition key level) and supports hot/cold storage for cost-effectiveness. It is ideal for building AI applications that require efficient vector search with metadata filtering or hybrid search capabilities.

https://github.com/milvus-io/milvus

vector databasevector searchANNembeddingsRAGAI infrastructurecloud-nativedistributedLLMsimilarity searchMilvus LiteGPU acceleration

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