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Milvus

Cloud-native vector database built for large-scale ANN search.

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Platforms: Linux, Docker
Operating systems: Linux
Ram floor: 16 GB
Gpu: Optional · 8 GB VRAM helps
Docker: Yes
Setup: Advanced
Deploy as: Self-hosted, Cloud
Commercial use: Allowed

Apache 2.0. Standalone Docker is the lightest start.

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Fetched Sep 12, 2026¹

License: Apache 2.0
Stars: 46.1k¹
Forks: 4.2k¹
Open issues: 1003¹
Language: Go¹
Last commit: Sep 11, 2026¹
Latest release: Aug 30, 2026
Tags: annscalekubernetes

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Milvus is the heavy self-hosted option. Kubernetes and Docker paths. Overkill for a laptop RAG demo. Right when the index will grow.

GPU index options · multi-vector · CDC

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