{"repo":"BirchKwok/lynsedb","free":true,"listed":false,"github":"https://github.com/BirchKwok/lynsedb","clone":"git clone https://github.com/BirchKwok/lynsedb.git","description":"Embedded-first vector database that grows into a self-hosted service and lightweight cluster.","language":"Rust","stars":40,"topics":["vector-database","vector-search","database","llm-chain","rag","vectordb","approximate-nearest-neighbor-search","embedding-similarity","image-search","knn-algorithm"],"license":"Apache-2.0","category":"databases-storage","readme_excerpt":"LynseDB LynseDB is a Python-first vector database with a Rust storage and search engine, built for AI applications that need to move from a local prototype to a service, and then to a lightweight sharded cluster, without changing the client API. It is a good fit for RAG, semantic search, agent memory, multimodal retrieval, document QA, recommendation features, and internal AI tools where you want strong retrieval primitives without operating a heavyweight database stack on day one. LynseDB also searches more than embeddings: native distance paths cover geospatial coordinates, packed binary fingerprints, aligned numeric profiles, and probability distributions through the same collection API. Why LynseDB - Start local, grow in place : use the same Python client for embedded storage, a single HTTP server, or a coordinator-backed cluster. - Rust where it matters : vector storage, search, indexes, filters, WAL, snapshots, and server execution are backed by the Rust core. - AI-native retrieval : dense vectors, metadata filters, BM25, hybrid search, sparse vectors, named vector fields, external reranking, and result views are exposed from one collection API. - Domain-aware similarity : use Haversine for coordinates, packed Tanimoto/Dice/Hamming for fingerprints, correlation for aligned profiles, Hellinger/Jensen–Shannon/Wasserstein-1D for distributions, and Chebyshev/Canberra/Bray–Curtis for feature and abundance data. - Small operational footprint : a single Python process can own ","default_branch":null,"files":null,"tree":[],"storefront":"/r/BirchKwok","claimed":false,"request_supported":{"post":"https://gitbuyer.com/r/BirchKwok/lynsedb/request-supported","requests":0},"note":"indexed from public GitHub; nothing is for sale on this page. Clone it from GitHub. Paid listings live at /search."}