# [Chroma](<https://www.trychroma.com/>)

[trychroma.com](<https://www.trychroma.com/>)

Open-source search infrastructure for AI, with vector, full-text, regex, and metadata search.

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## About Chroma

Chroma is open-source search infrastructure for AI. Its site describes fast, serverless, scalable infrastructure for vector, full-text, regex, and metadata search, built on object storage and released under the Apache 2.0 license. Listed capabilities include sparse vector search (BM25 and SPLADE), semantic vector search, trigram and regex full-text search, metadata filtering, collection forking, and a command-line interface, with Python, TypeScript, and Rust clients.

The homepage also describes enterprise options such as bring-your-own-cloud in your VPC. On October 23, 2026, Chroma announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to join Replit. ChromaDB and Foundation, its enterprise context product, will continue there.

The hosted Chroma Cloud service is winding down over the next 60 days, and open-source Chroma stays under Apache 2.0.

Pricing: Open-source Chroma is Apache 2.0. The pricing page lists usage-based Chroma Cloud plans: Starter at $0 per month plus usage, with $5 in free credits; Team at $250 per month plus usage, with $100 in credits; and Enterprise at a custom price. The October 23, 2026 announcement says the hosted Chroma Cloud service is winding down over the next 60 days.

Pricing model: Freemium

## Features

- Vector, full-text, regex, and metadata search

- Sparse vector search with BM25 and SPLADE

- Open source under the Apache 2.0 license

- Python, TypeScript, and Rust clients

- Serverless deployment on object storage

- Open-source vector database for AI apps

- Retrieval for embeddings, full-text, and metadata

- Apache 2.0 license

- Retrieval for embeddings and metadata

- Same product as Chroma at trychroma.com

## FAQs

Common questions about Chroma

What is Chroma?

Chroma is open-source search infrastructure for AI. The product site says it supports vector, full-text, regex, and metadata search and is released under the Apache 2.0 license.

Is Chroma open source?

Yes. The Chroma site and the October 23, 2026 announcement both say open-source Chroma is under the Apache 2.0 license. The Python package shown on the site is installed with pip install chromadb.

What is happening to Chroma Cloud?

On October 23, 2026, Chroma said it has signed a definitive agreement to join Replit and is winding down the hosted Chroma Cloud service over the next 60 days. ChromaDB and Foundation continue at Replit.

What is ChromaDB?

ChromaDB is Chroma’s open-source vector database for retrieval in AI apps. The product site says it is released under the Apache 2.0 license.

Where is the ChromaDB page?

The main Creators Toolbox page for the product is Chroma at /tools/chroma. This resources listing points at the same product, https://www.trychroma.com.

Is there a ChromaDB mobile app?

Chroma publishes ChromaDB as an open-source database at trychroma.com. This apps listing is that product, not a separate App Store app.

Where can I read about Chroma joining Replit?

The announcement is on the Chroma page and in the article Chroma is joining Replit to build a context layer for agents.

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