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Decision brief
trieve is an all-in-one platform for search and recommendations, equipped with RAG analytics capabilities, accessible via API.
Good fit when
- Use trieve when you need to integrate Rust-based search functionalities that connect directly to PostgreSQL databases, benefiting from its low-level system optimization offered by Rust.
- Select trieve if your stack already includes actix-web for web services and diesel as ORM for database access, ensuring a smoother integration process.
Avoid when
- Consider alternatives to trieve if you are unable or unwilling to leverage the Rust programming language or existing packages like Qdrant vector databases that it depends on.
- If your application requires extensive front-end customization using libraries other than SolidJS, trieve might not be ideal due to its tight integration with specific web technologies.
- Requirements:
- Min 2 GB RAM
Observed Jul 15, 2026 · Source: enrich:decision_facts
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Maintenance and security
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- Slowing (209d since push)
- As of today
- Provenance
- Not a fork · Organization account
- As of today
- Security (OSV)
- No lockfile
- As of 1mo
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Install
cargo add trieveSimilar tools
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Evidence and technical details
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Overview
An all-in-one platform designed to facilitate operations related to search engine functionality recommendations retrieval augmented generation and analytics accessible through an API.
Capability facts
- Deploy
- Self-host
Source: dockerfile:docker-compose.yml · Aug 23, 2026
- Docker
- Dockerfile present
Source: dockerfile:docker-compose.yml · Aug 23, 2026
- MCP server
- No MCP server detected
Source: repo_scan · Aug 23, 2026
- Languages
- rust, javascript
Source: github.language+package.json · Aug 23, 2026
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Compatibility
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Source: README excerpt (regex_v1, Aug 23, 2026)
### Install NodeJS and YarnSource link
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README
Install Xcode command line tools
xcode-select --install
Install Homebrew if not already installed
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
Install required packages
brew install pkg-config openssl
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### Install NodeJS and Yarn
You can install [NVM](https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm) using its install script.
curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.5/install.sh | bash
You should restart the terminal to update bash profile with NVM. Then, you can install NodeJS LTS release and Yarn.
nvm install --lts npm install -g yarn
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### Install rust
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
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### Install cargo-watch
cargo install cargo-watch
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### Start docker container services needed for local dev
cat .env.chat .env.search .env.server .env.docker-compose > .env
./convenience.sh -l
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### Install front-end packages for local dev
cd frontends yarn
`cd ..`
cd clients/ts-sdk yarn build
`cd ../..`
For agents
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