---
title: "magnitude"
type: "tool"
slug: "plasticityai-magnitude"
canonical_url: "https://www.graphcanon.com/tools/plasticityai-magnitude"
github_url: "https://github.com/plasticityai/magnitude"
homepage_url: null
stars: 1664
forks: 122
primary_language: "Python"
license: "MIT"
archived: false
categories: ["vector-databases", "data-retrieval"]
tags: ["embeddings", "nlp", "machine-learning", "memory-efficient", "glove", "fasttext", "gensim", "word-embeddings"]
updated_at: "2026-07-11T17:50:43.851737+00:00"
---

# magnitude

> A fast, efficient universal vector embedding utility package.

Magnitude is a Python library focused on providing fast and memory-efficient operations for vector embeddings, including integration with popular methods like FastText, Gensim, GloVe, and Word2Vec. It aims to streamline natural language processing tasks by offering optimized handling of word embeddings.

## Facts

- Repository: https://github.com/plasticityai/magnitude
- Stars: 1,664 · Forks: 122 · Open issues: 41 · Watchers: 34
- Primary language: Python
- License: MIT
- Last pushed: 2023-08-03T00:59:57+00:00

## Trust & health

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

- Maintenance: Dormant (computed 2026-07-11T11:30:25.460Z)
- Security scan: No lockfile (0 critical, 0 high, 0 medium, 0 low) · last scan 2026-07-11T11:30:26.011Z
- Full report: [trust report](/tools/plasticityai-magnitude/trust.md) · [JSON](https://www.graphcanon.com/api/graphcanon/tools/plasticityai-magnitude/trust)

## Categories

- [Vector Databases](/categories/vector-databases.md)
- [Data & Retrieval](/categories/data-retrieval.md)

## Tags

embeddings, nlp, machine-learning, memory-efficient, glove, fasttext, gensim, word-embeddings

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## Adoption goal

Magnitude is a Python library for handling vector embeddings efficiently and quickly. It integrates with several popular embedding methods.

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**Machine-readable endpoints**

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

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