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vald

vdaas/vald

A Highly Scalable Distributed Vector Search Engine

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GraphCanon updated 3w · GitHub synced 3w

1.7k stars95 forksLast push 3w Go Apache-2.0

Decision brief

Vald is written in Go, licensed under Apache-2.0, for highly scalable vector search tasks on Kubernetes.

Good fit when

Requires high-performance searches in a distributed system
Works with AVX2 instructions for Vald Agent NGT

Avoid when

Need lower scalability vector search solutions
Cannot use Kubernetes 1.19 or above

Observed Jul 16, 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): No lockfile; As of 1mo

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Install

go get github.com/vdaas/vald

pkg.go.dev

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Overview

Vald is a scalable vector search engine written in Go, designed for high-performance approximate nearest neighbor searches.

Capability facts

Languages: go
Source: github.language · Aug 2, 2026

README

Requirements

Kubernetes 1.19~
AVX2 instructions (required by Vald Agent NGT)

LICENSE

Vald released under Apache 2.0 license, refer LICENSE file.

For agents

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

/tools/vdaas-vald.md GET /api/graphcanon/tools/vdaas-vald GET /api/graphcanon/graph?tool=vdaas-vald