Chroma
Free tierOpen-source search infrastructure for AI — vector, full-text, regex, and metadata search at scale
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Developer Documentation & Integration
Chroma exposes a fully featured API for integrating search capabilities into AI applications and pipelines. It is self-hostable under the Apache 2.0 license, giving teams full control over deployment, or available as a serverless managed cloud service.
Supported integrations:
AWS PrivateLink— secure private connectivity for cloud deploymentsS3/GCS— native object storage backends (the foundation of Chroma's cost efficiency)GitHub— source and CI/CD integration
Deployment options:
- Self-hosted — run Chroma on your own infrastructure using the open-source build
- Managed cloud (serverless) — auto-scaling, no ops; SOC 2 Type II compliant
- BYOC / Multi-region — available on Enterprise tier for data residency and compliance requirements
Search capabilities available via API:
- Vector (semantic/embedding-based) search
- Full-text search
- Regex search
- Metadata filtering
Chroma is built on object storage (S3/GCS), which underpins its cost model and horizontal scalability. With 29,533+ GitHub stars and 15M+ monthly downloads, it has broad community support and an active open-source ecosystem. Enterprise customers can access custom pricing, SLAs, and BYOC configurations.