Comparison
chroma vs lancedb
A neutral, constraint-first comparison - live GitHub stats and typed relationships, not marketing.
| chroma | lancedb | |
|---|---|---|
| Tagline | Data infrastructure for AI | Developer-friendly embedded retrieval library for multimodal AI |
| Stars | 29k | 11k |
| Forks | 2.4k | 939 |
| Open issues | 732 | 640 |
| Language | Rust | HTML |
| License | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Last pushed | Jul 8, 2026 | Jul 7, 2026 |
| Categories | Inference & Serving, Vector Databases | Data & Retrieval, Vector Databases |
| Trust and health | ||
| Maintenance | Very active (96%) | Very active (96%) |
| Days since push | 0d | 0d |
| Archived on GitHub | No | No |
| Stars delta | - | - |
| Open issues delta | - | - |
| Fork status | Not a fork | Not a fork |
| Owner type | Organization | Organization |
| Security scan | Not scanned | Not scanned |
| Full report | Trust report | Trust report |
| Typed relationship | chroma alternative lancedb | |
Choose chroma if…
- More widely adopted - 29k stars vs 11k.
- More recently updated (last pushed Jul 8, 2026).
- Also covers Inference & Serving.