

Qdrant license, foundation and stars
Search and vector · Apache 2.0 (open source) · backed by Qdrant · 35,437 stars
Qdrant - High-performance, massive-scale Vector Database and Vector Search Engine for the next generation of AI. Also available in the cloud
Apache 2.0 No license change recorded since the repository was created in 2020.
Latest release
v1.19.1 published Sep 4, 2026
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About and history
- Repository
- qdrant/qdrant · created May 30, 2020
- Website
- qdrant.tech
- Language
- Rust
- Foundation
- None; run by Qdrant
- Company
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- GitHub detects
- Apache-2.0
- Stars per week
- 105 (GitHub weekly snapshots)
Weekly snapshots
| Week of | Bar | Stars |
|---|
| Nov 2, 2026 | | 35,437 |
| Oct 26, 2026 | | 35,258 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | | 35,115 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | | 34,976 |
| Sep 21, 2026 | | 34,809 |
Changes
Stars per weekNov 5, 2026
Gains about 105 stars a week, up from 90.
Stars per weekOct 26, 2026
Gains about 90 stars a week, down from 102.
Stars per weekOct 17, 2026
Gains about 102 stars a week, up from 84.
Stars per weekOct 8, 2026
Gains about 84 stars a week, down from 139.
TrackedSep 24, 2026
Now tracked, from qdrant/qdrant on GitHub.