--- title: "pymilvus" type: "tool" slug: "milvus-io-pymilvus" canonical_url: "https://www.graphcanon.com/tools/milvus-io-pymilvus" github_url: "https://github.com/milvus-io/pymilvus" homepage_url: null stars: 1400 forks: 433 primary_language: "Python" license: "Apache-2.0" categories: ["vector-databases", "developer-tools"] tags: ["anns", "vector-database", "python-sdk", "milvus", "faiss"] updated_at: "2026-07-07T18:46:47.446686+00:00" --- # pymilvus > Python SDK for Milvus Vector Database Provides Python bindings to interact with the Milvus vector database, facilitating operations such as indexing and querying high-dimensional vectors. ## Facts - Repository: https://github.com/milvus-io/pymilvus - Stars: 1,400 · Forks: 433 · Open issues: 393 · Watchers: 16 - Primary language: Python - License: Apache-2.0 - Last pushed: 2026-07-07T09:06:29+00:00 ## Categories - [Vector Databases](/categories/vector-databases.md) - [Developer Tools](/categories/developer-tools.md) ## Tags anns, vector-database, python-sdk, milvus, faiss ## Related tools - [ECC](/tools/affaan-m-ecc.md) - The agent harness performance optimization system (★ 226,962) - [AutoGPT](/tools/significant-gravitas-autogpt.md) - AutoGPT: Build, Deploy, and Run AI Agents (★ 185,417) - [prompts.chat](/tools/f-prompts-chat.md) - The world's largest open-source prompt library for AI (★ 165,019) - [JavaGuide](/tools/snailclimb-javaguide.md) - Snailclimb/JavaGuide: 面试 & 后端通用面试指南，覆盖计算机基础、数据库、分布式、高并发、系统设计与 AI 应用开发 (★ 156,863) - [browser-use](/tools/browser-use-browser-use.md) - 🌐 Make websites accessible for AI agents. Automate tasks online with ease. (★ 103,315) - [caveman](/tools/juliusbrussee-caveman.md) - Cuts 65% of tokens in AI coding agent responses. (★ 86,150) - [llm-course](/tools/mlabonne-llm-course.md) - Course to get into Large Language Models (LLMs) with roadmaps and Colab notebooks. (★ 80,726) - [OpenHands](/tools/openhands-openhands.md) - The self-hosted developer control center for coding agents and automations. (★ 79,805) ## README (excerpt) ```text # Milvus Python SDK Python SDK for [Milvus](https://github.com/milvus-io/milvus). To contribute code to this project, please read our [contribution guidelines](https://github.com/milvus-io/milvus/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) first. If you have some ideas or encounter a problem, you can find us in the Slack channel [#py-milvus](https://milvusio.slack.com/archives/C024XTWMT4L). ## Compatibility The following collection shows Milvus versions and recommended PyMilvus versions: |Milvus version| Recommended PyMilvus version | |:-----:|:-----:| | 1.0.\* | 1.0.1 | | 1.1.\* | 1.1.2 | | 2.0.\* | 2.0.2 | | 2.1.\* | 2.1.3 | | 2.2.\* | 2.2.15 | | 2.3.\* | 2.3.7 | | 2.4.\* | 2.4.X | | 2.5.\* | 2.5.X | | 2.6.\* | 2.6.X | ## Installation You can install PyMilvus via `pip` or `pip3` for Python 3.8+: ```shell $ pip3 install pymilvus $ pip3 install pymilvus[model] # for milvus-model $ pip3 install pymilvus[bulk_writer] # for bulk_writer ``` You can install a specific version of PyMilvus by: ```shell $ pip3 install pymilvus==2.4.10 ``` You can upgrade PyMilvus to the latest version by: ```shell $ pip3 install --upgrade pymilvus ``` ## FAQ Local development commands use [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/). Install uv before running the `make` targets below. Q1. How to get submodules? A1. The following command will get the protos matching to the generated files, for protos of certain version, see [milvus-proto](https://github.com/milvus-io/milvus-proto#usage) for details. ```shell $ git submodule update --init ``` Q2. How to generate python files from milvus-proto? A2. ```shell $ make gen_proto ``` Q3. How to use the local PyMilvus repository for Milvus server? A3. ```shell $ make install ``` Q4. How to check and auto-fix the coding styles? A4. ```shell make lint make format ``` Q5. How to set up pre-commit hooks to automatically check and fix the coding styles? Once installed, the hooks will automatically run `make format` and `make lint` before each commit. If the checks fail, the commit will be aborted, and you'll need to fix the issues before committing again. A5. Pre-commit hooks help ensure code quality by automatically running linting and formatting checks before each commit. ```shell # Install pre-commit (if not already installed) $ uv tool install pre-commit # Install the git hook scripts $ pre-commit install ``` Q7. How to run the maintained test suites? A7 ```shell $ uv sync --group dev $ make unittest $ make integration-lite ``` Q8. `zsh: no matches found: pymilvus[model]`, how do I solve this? A8 ```shell $ pip install "pymilvus[model]" ``` ## Documentation Documentation is available online: https://milvus.io/api-reference/pymilvus/v2.6.x/About.md ## Developing package releases The commits on the development branch of each version will be packaged and uploaded to [Test PyPI](https://test.pypi.org/). The package name generated by the development branch is x.y.z.rc, where is the number of commits that differ from the most recent release. - For example, after the release of **2.3.4**, two commits were submitted on the 2.3 branch. The version number of the latest commit of 2.3 branch is **2.3.5.rc2**. - For example, after the release of **2.3.4**, 10 commits were submitted on the master branch. The version number of the latest commit of master branch is **2.4.0.rc10**. To install the package on Test PyPi, you need to append `--extra-index-url` after pip, for example: ```shell $ python3 -m pip install --extra-index-url https://test.pypi.org/simple/ pymilvus==2.1.0.dev66 ``` ## License [Apache License 2.0](LICENSE) ``` --- **Machine-readable endpoints** - JSON: [`/api/graphcanon/tools/milvus-io-pymilvus`](/api/graphcanon/tools/milvus-io-pymilvus) - LLM index: [/llms.txt](/llms.txt) - Full corpus: [/llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt) _GraphCanon - The knowledge graph for AI development. https://www.graphcanon.com/_