Chromachroma-core/chroma
Open-source embedding database for AI appsPersonalEnterpriseDatabases & backendsRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-hostLibrary / SDK★ 29kApache-2.0commit yesterday77worth
Open-source alternatives to Zvec
24 projects in the catalog share a category with Zvec (RAG & vector DBs or Databases & backends). They are ranked by how closely their categories, platforms and GitHub topics match, then by worth score. Of these, 8 run with Docker, 21 have a permissive license and 24 had a commit in the last 90 days.
Compare at a glance
| Project | Runs on | Self-host with Docker | License | Stars | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zvec (this project) | Library / SDK | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 16k | |
| Chroma | Docker / self-host, Library / SDK | Yes | Apache-2.0 | 29k | |
| Milvus | Docker / self-host | Yes | Apache-2.0 | 46k | |
| Qdrant | Docker / self-host | Yes | Apache-2.0 | 35k | |
| Weaviate | Docker / self-host | Yes | Custom (read before use) | 17k | |
| InsForge | Docker / self-host | Yes | Apache-2.0 | 13k | |
| qmd | CLI | Not listed | MIT | 30k | |
| Crawl4AI | Docker / self-host, Library / SDK | Yes | Apache-2.0 | 85k | |
| TypeORM | Library / SDK | Not listed | MIT | 37k | |
| MarkItDown | CLI, Library / SDK | Not listed | MIT | 188k | |
| Docling | CLI, Library / SDK | Not listed | MIT | 68k | |
| LightRAG | Docker / self-host, Library / SDK | Yes | MIT | 40k | |
| OpenViking | Library / SDK | Not listed | AGPL-3.0 | 39k | |
| LlamaIndex | Library / SDK | Not listed | MIT | 52k | |
| gpt-researcher | Web, Docker / self-host, Library / SDK | Yes | Apache-2.0 | 30k | |
| Cognee | Library / SDK | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 31k | |
| Payload | Library / SDK | Not listed | MIT | 45k | |
| DuckDB | CLI, Library / SDK | Not listed | MIT | 42k | |
| GraphRAG | Library / SDK | Not listed | MIT | 36k | |
| Prisma ORM | Library / SDK | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 48k | |
| Mongoose | Library / SDK | Not listed | MIT | 27k | |
| Drizzle ORM | Library / SDK | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 36k | |
| Haystack | Library / SDK | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 27k | |
| RocksDB | Library / SDK | Not listed | GPL-2.0 | 32k | |
| LangChain4j | Library / SDK | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 13k |
Libraries & SDKs (19)
Crawl4AIunclecode/crawl4ai
Web crawler that turns sites into LLM-ready MarkdownPersonalEnterpriseRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-hostLibrary / SDK★ 85kApache-2.0commit last week88worth
TypeORMtypeorm/typeorm
ORM for TypeScript and JavaScriptPersonalEnterpriseDatabases & backendsLibrary / SDK★ 37kMITcommit 3 days ago88worth
MarkItDownmicrosoft/markitdown
Convert Office files and PDFs to Markdown for LLMsPersonalEnterpriseRAG & vector DBsCLILibrary / SDK★ 188kMITcommit 17 hours ago87worth
Doclingdocling-project/docling
Get your documents ready for generative AIPersonalEnterpriseRAG & vector DBsCLILibrary / SDK★ 68kMITcommit yesterday87worth
LightRAGHKUDS/LightRAG
Simple and fast graph-based RAGPersonalEnterpriseRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-hostLibrary / SDK★ 40kMITcommit last week86worth
OpenVikingvolcengine/OpenViking
Context database for AI agentsPersonalEnterpriseRAG & vector DBsLibrary / SDK★ 39kAGPL-3.0commit yesterday86worth
LlamaIndexrun-llama/llama_index
Data framework for LLM applications and agentsEnterpriseAgents & frameworksRAG & vector DBsLibrary / SDK★ 52kMITcommit 2 days ago85worth
gpt-researcherassafelovic/gpt-researcher
Autonomous deep research agent for web and local documentsPersonalAgent skillsAgents & frameworksMCP serversRAG & vector DBsWeb★ 30kApache-2.0commit last week85worth
Cogneetopoteretes/cognee
Open-source memory platform for agentsPersonalEnterpriseRAG & vector DBsLibrary / SDK★ 31kApache-2.0commit 2 days ago85worth
Payloadpayloadcms/payload
Full-stack Next.js framework with a CMSPersonalEnterpriseWeb frameworksDatabases & backendsLibrary / SDK★ 45kMITcommit yesterday83worth
DuckDBduckdb/duckdb
In-process analytical SQL databasePersonalEnterpriseDatabases & backendsData & analyticsCLILibrary / SDK★ 42kMITcommit yesterday83worth
GraphRAGmicrosoft/graphrag
Graph-based RAG from MicrosoftEnterpriseRAG & vector DBsLibrary / SDK★ 36kMITcommit last week83worth
Prisma ORMprisma/orm
Type-safe ORM for Node.js and TypeScriptPersonalEnterpriseDatabases & backendsLibrary / SDK★ 48kApache-2.0commit yesterday82worth
MongooseAutomattic/mongoose
MongoDB object modeling for Node.jsPersonalEnterpriseDatabases & backendsLibrary / SDK★ 27kMITcommit 18 hours ago82worth
Drizzle ORMdrizzle-team/drizzle-orm
Headless TypeScript ORMPersonalEnterpriseDatabases & backendsLibrary / SDK★ 36kApache-2.0commit 2 weeks ago81worth
Haystackdeepset-ai/haystack
AI orchestration for production LLM appsEnterpriseAgents & frameworksRAG & vector DBsLibrary / SDK★ 27kApache-2.0commit yesterday81worth
RocksDBfacebook/rocksdb
Embeddable persistent key-value storeEnterpriseDatabases & backendsLibrary / SDK★ 32kGPL-2.0commit 21 hours ago80worth
LangChain4jlangchain4j/langchain4j
LLM apps on the JVMEnterpriseAgents & frameworksRAG & vector DBsLibrary / SDK★ 13kApache-2.0commit yesterday80worth
Self-hosted Docker apps (4)
Milvusmilvus-io/milvus
Cloud-native vector databaseEnterpriseDatabases & backendsRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-host★ 46kApache-2.0commit 2 days ago83worth
Qdrantqdrant/qdrant
High-performance vector database and search engineEnterpriseDatabases & backendsRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-host★ 35kApache-2.0commit last month82worth
Weaviateweaviate/weaviate
Open-source vector databaseEnterpriseDatabases & backendsRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-host★ 17kcommit 2 days ago75worth
InsForgeInsForge/InsForge
Backend platform for agentic codingPersonalEnterpriseDatabases & backendsCoding assistantsDocker / self-host★ 13kApache-2.0commit 2 days ago82worth
Command-line tools (1)
qmdtobi/qmd
Local search engine for your docsPersonalDeveloper toolsRAG & vector DBsCLI★ 30kMITcommit 2 days ago73worth