{"categories":[{"label":"Database","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/database"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Chroma is a vector database and search infrastructure that stores, indexes, and queries document embeddings with optional metadata filtering and full-text search capabilities.","skillfed_tags":["vector-search","rag","embeddings"],"use_cases":["Build retrieval-augmented generation systems that fetch relevant documents to augment prompts.","Implement semantic search over document collections with metadata-based filtering.","Prototype vector search applications locally before scaling to a hosted service.","Store and query embeddings from custom embedding models with optional full-text search.","Add similarity-based recommendation or deduplication logic to data pipelines."],"what_it_does":"Chroma is a vector database designed to store and search document embeddings with built-in support for metadata filtering and full-text search. It provides a simple four-function API for creating collections, adding documents with automatic tokenization and embedding, and querying by semantic similarity. The package handles the infrastructure layer for AI applications that need to retrieve contextually relevant documents.\n\nThe library supports both in-memory prototyping and persistent storage modes, with a client-server architecture available via the command line. It depends on 28 runtime packages including pydantic, onnxruntime, grpcio, and opentelemetry. The project is actively maintained with regular releases and 29058 GitHub stars, though the substantial dependency footprint and two known vulnerabilities warrant attention before production deployment.","worth_installing":"Yes, with conditions. Chroma is worth installing for vector search applications where you need a managed embedding store with a simple API. Active maintenance, permissive license, and top-5000 popularity are strong signals. However, 28 runtime dependencies create medium install friction, and two known vulnerabilities (GHSA-f4j7-r4q5-qw2c, PYSEC-2026-311) require review before production use. For prototyping, install freely; for production, verify vulnerability impact and assess dependency footprint."},"id":"chromadb","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/chromadb","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/chromadb.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/chromadb/"},"maintenance":{"status":"active"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2026-05-05","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"permissive","name":"chromadb","python_support":"supports_current","summary":"Chroma."},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":13265337,"position":1290,"tier":"top_5000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":2},"version":"1.5.9"}