---
title: "lance"
type: "tool"
slug: "lance-format-lance"
canonical_url: "https://www.graphcanon.com/tools/lance-format-lance"
github_url: "https://github.com/lance-format/lance"
homepage_url: "https://lance.org"
stars: 6778
forks: 750
primary_language: "Rust"
license: "Apache-2.0"
archived: false
categories: ["model-training", "llm-frameworks", "vector-databases"]
tags: ["data-science", "apache-arrow", "data-analysis", "data-analytics", "data-format", "dataops", "data-centric", "computer-vision"]
updated_at: "2026-07-11T11:28:32.365002+00:00"
---

# lance

> Open Lakehouse Format for Multimodal AI. Convert from Parquet in 2 lines of code for 100x faster random access, vector index, and data versioning. Compatible with Pandas, DuckDB, Polars, Pyarrow, and 

Open Lakehouse Format for Multimodal AI. Convert from Parquet in 2 lines of code for 100x faster random access, vector index, and data versioning. Compatible with Pandas, DuckDB, Polars, Pyarrow, and PyTorch with more integrations coming..

## Facts

- Repository: https://github.com/lance-format/lance
- Homepage: https://lance.org
- Stars: 6,778 · Forks: 750 · Open issues: 1,203 · Watchers: 52
- Primary language: Rust
- License: Apache-2.0
- Last pushed: 2026-07-11T03:29:13+00:00

## Trust & health

_Signals computed from public GitHub metadata. Not a security guarantee._

- Maintenance: Very active (computed 2026-07-11T11:28:30.850Z)
- Security scan: No lockfile (0 critical, 0 high, 0 medium, 0 low) · last scan 2026-07-11T11:28:31.375Z
- Full report: [trust report](/tools/lance-format-lance/trust.md) · [JSON](https://www.graphcanon.com/api/graphcanon/tools/lance-format-lance/trust)

## Categories

- [Model Training](/categories/model-training.md)
- [LLM Frameworks](/categories/llm-frameworks.md)
- [Vector Databases](/categories/vector-databases.md)

## Tags

data-science, apache-arrow, data-analysis, data-analytics, data-format, dataops, data-centric, computer-vision

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**Machine-readable endpoints**

- JSON: [`/api/graphcanon/tools/lance-format-lance`](/api/graphcanon/tools/lance-format-lance)
- LLM index: [/llms.txt](/llms.txt)
- Full corpus: [/llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt)

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