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High-performance cloud-native vector database

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45k stars4.1k forksLast push 3w Go Apache-2.0

Decision brief

Milvus is a high-performance cloud-native vector database, optimized for scalable vector ANN search.

Good fit when

  • Use Milvus when you need to perform efficient vector similarity searches specifically leveraging the Approximate Nearest Neighbor (ANN) algorithm.
  • Opt for Milvus if your application requires integration with diskann or HNSW indexing methods, given its support in this domain.

Avoid when

  • Avoid Milvus when you need immediate native compatibility with FAISS or similar standalone libraries as it has distinct features tailored to its own ecosystem.
  • Do not use Milvus if your application strictly requires real-time indexing updates and low-latency search operations, since optimizing for ANN search may introduce trade-offs in these areas.
Pricing:
freemium - Milvus is open-source under Apache-2.0 license.
Requirements:
Min 4 GB RAM

Observed Jul 11, 2026 · Source: enrich:decision_facts

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Maintenance and security

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Maintenance
Very active (0d since push)
As of 3w
Provenance
Not a fork · Organization account
As of 3w
Security (OSV)
12 low (12 low)
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Company
The Milvus Project·GitHub org profile·1mo
Commercial model
Pure OSS·GitHub org profile (public repos)·1mo

Install

go get github.com/milvus-io/milvus
pkg.go.dev

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Overview

Milvus is designed for scalable vector Approximate Nearest Neighbor (ANN) search, built using Go.

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Deploy
Self-host

Source: dockerfile:docker-compose.yml · Jul 28, 2026

Docker
Dockerfile present

Source: dockerfile:docker-compose.yml · Jul 28, 2026

Languages
go

Source: github.language · Jul 28, 2026

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README

Install third-party dependencies.

$ cd milvus/ $ ./scripts/install_deps.sh

For agents

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

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