Comparison
milvus vs vearch
A neutral, constraint-first comparison - live GitHub stats and typed relationships, not marketing.
| milvus | vearch | |
|---|---|---|
| Tagline | High-performance vector database built for scalable vector ANN search | Distributed vector search for AI-native applications |
| Stars | 45k | 2.3k |
| Forks | 4.1k | 362 |
| Open issues | 972 | 170 |
| Language | Go | Go |
| License | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Last pushed | Jul 8, 2026 | Jul 7, 2026 |
| Categories | Vector Databases | Vector Databases |
| Trust and health | ||
| Maintenance | Very active (96%) | Very active (96%) |
| Days since push | 0d | 1d |
| 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 | milvus alternative vearch | |
Choose milvus if…
- More widely adopted - 45k stars vs 2.3k.
- More recently updated (last pushed Jul 8, 2026).