Framework
Milvus
Milvus is an open-source AI framework, launched in 2019, made for developers and businesses.
A cloud-native vector database for similarity search over billions of vectors.
Main jobs: Vector search. It is open source and free to use. You can use it on your own server, in the terminal, through an API and offline on your own machine.
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At a glance
- Type
- Framework
- Launched
- 2019
- Galaxy
- Models & APIs
- Open source
- Yes · Apache-2.0
- Source code
- github.com/milvus-io/milvus
- GitHub stars
- 46,247
- How you run it
- Self-host · Terminal · API · Runs offline
- Made for
- Developers · Businesses
- Website
- milvus.io
- Also known as
- Zilliz
What it can do
Vector searchmain jobunconfirmed
“Milvus is a high-performance vector database built for scale. It powers AI applications by efficiently organizing and searching vast amounts of unstructured data”— github.com, 2026-09-24
Knowledge base (RAG)supportedunconfirmed
“making it an ideal vector store for GenAI applications such as Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)”— github.com, 2026-09-24
unconfirmedproposed by a machine, awaiting calibration
Alternatives
- QdrantOpen source, freeAlso does: Vector search, Knowledge base (RAG)
- WeaviateOpen source, freeAlso does: Vector search, Knowledge base (RAG)
- LanceDBOpen source, freeAlso does: Vector search, Knowledge base (RAG)
- Chroma MCP ServerOpen source, freeAlso does: Vector search, Knowledge base (RAG)
- LlamaIndexOpen source, freeAlso does: Knowledge base (RAG), Vector search
- RAGFlowOpen source, freeAlso does: Knowledge base (RAG), Vector search
- ChromaOpen source, freeAlso does: Vector search
- FaissOpen source, freeAlso does: Vector search
- HaystackOpen source, freeAlso does: Knowledge base (RAG), Vector search
- LightRAGOpen source, freeAlso does: Knowledge base (RAG), Vector search
- pgvectorOpen source, freeAlso does: Vector search
- QAnythingOpen source, freeAlso does: Knowledge base (RAG), Vector search
Connections
- Applies
- Vector Database
Questions
What is Milvus?
Milvus is an open-source AI framework, launched in 2019, made for developers and businesses. A cloud-native vector database for similarity search over billions of vectors.
Is Milvus free?
Yes. Milvus is open source (Apache-2.0) and free to use.
Is Milvus open source?
Yes, under the Apache-2.0 license. The source code is at https://github.com/milvus-io/milvus.
Can Milvus run locally?
Yes. Milvus can run offline on your own machine. It can also be self-hosted on your own server.
What can Milvus do?
Main jobs: Vector search. It can also do: Knowledge base (RAG).
What are open-source alternatives to Milvus?
Open-source ones: Qdrant, Weaviate, LanceDB, Chroma MCP Server, LlamaIndex, RAGFlow, Chroma and Faiss.
Sources
- github.com/milvus-io/milvuschecked 2026-09-24
- milvus.io