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tinyvector

m1guelpf/tinyvector

A tiny embedding database in pure Rust.

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Decision brief

Lightweight Rust-based embedding storage for efficiency.

Good fit when

When developing applications requiring efficient similarity searches over embeddings that are written in Rust or integrate well with Rust systems.

Avoid when

For heavy-scale distributed vector operations as tinyvector is designed to be lightweight and might not scale as expected compared to larger solutions like Faiss or PQ.

Observed Jul 12, 2026 · Source: enrich:decision_facts

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Maintenance: Dormant (969d since push); As of today
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Install

cargo add tinyvector

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Overview

tinyvector is a lightweight and efficient vector database implemented in the Rust programming language. It focuses on embedding storage and similarity search operations critical for machine learning applications.

Capability facts

Deploy: Self-host
Source: dockerfile:Dockerfile · Aug 23, 2026
Docker: Dockerfile present
Source: dockerfile:Dockerfile · Aug 23, 2026
Languages: rust
Source: github.language · Aug 23, 2026

README

🐳 Docker

We provide a lightweight Docker container that you can run anywhere. It only takes one command to get up and running with the latest changes:

docker run \
  -p 8000:8000 \
  ghcr.io/m1guelpf/tinyvector:edge

Note When running via Docker Compose or Kubernetes, make sure to bind a volume to /tinyvector/storage for persistence. This is handled automatically in the command above.

📄 License

This project is open-sourced under the MIT license. See the License file for more information.

For agents

This page has a .md twin and JSON over the API.

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