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