Alibaba open-sources Zvec, an in-process vector DB that's already at 16.2k GitHub stars
bigaiguy · x · 2026-11-09
Alibaba open-sourced Zvec, an in-process vector database built on Proxima, its battle-tested vector search engine powering Alibaba's production systems. No server, no Docker, no cloud bills — pip install zvec and you're searching in under 60 seconds.
Highlights: millisecond searches over billions of vectors; dense + sparse vectors with hybrid search in a single call; runs in notebooks, servers, CLI tools, and edge devices; Apache 2.0 licensed. The repo has hit 16.2k stars and topped GitHub Trending.
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