# Milvus

Vector database for storing and searching embeddings, run as a Docker or Kubernetes server or as Milvus Lite, a Python library.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/milvus/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-28
Listed since: 2026-10-28

## Record

### Links

- home: https://milvus.io
- repository: https://github.com/milvus-io/milvus
- docs: https://milvus.io/docs
- x: https://x.com/milvusio
- discord: https://discord.gg/33mfvwep3J

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: LF AI & Data Foundation
- maintainerType: foundation
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2019
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: database
- hosting: binary
- language: go
- runtime: binary
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: not applicable
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: docker

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: Apache-2.0

### Releases

- currentMajor: 3
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-26

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 46510
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 339
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://milvus.io (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/milvus-io/milvus (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/milvus-io/milvus/master/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/milvus-io/milvus/master/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
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- category: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/milvus-io/milvus/master/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- runtime: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/milvus-io/milvus/master/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/milvus-io/milvus-docs/v3.0.x/site/en/getstarted/run-milvus-docker/install_standalone-docker.md (read 2026-10-28)
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- installMethod: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/milvus-io/milvus-docs/v3.0.x/site/en/getstarted/install-overview.md (read 2026-10-28)
- runsAs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/milvus-io/milvus-docs/v3.0.x/site/en/getstarted/run-milvus-docker/install_standalone-docker.md (read 2026-10-28)
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- licenseModel: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/milvus-io/milvus/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-28)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/milvus-io/milvus/releases (read 2026-10-28)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/milvus-io/milvus/releases/latest (read 2026-10-28)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/milvus-io/milvus (read 2026-10-28)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/milvus-io/milvus/contributors (read 2026-10-28)

## Notes

Milvus is a vector database written in Go and C++ that stores and searches embeddings, with full-text and hybrid search alongside vector search. The open-source project sits under the LF AI & Data Foundation, and Zilliz is its major contributor. The [docs](https://milvus.io/docs) describe the deployment options: Milvus Lite, a Python library installed with pip for local use, a standalone server in a Docker container, and a distributed deployment on Kubernetes. Access control is role-based.

## Worth knowing

The standalone server runs as a long-lived Docker container, and the overview names a message queue, object storage and a metadata store as dependencies of every instance, by default Woodpecker, MinIO and etcd. A fully managed version runs on Zilliz Cloud, which is operated by a company other than the project's foundation.

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