zvec license, foundation and stars
Search and vector · Apache 2.0 (open source) · 16,004 stars
A lightweight, lightning-fast, in-process vector database
License history
LICENSE fileApache 2.0 No license change recorded since the repository was created in 2025.
Latest release
No GitHub releases published; the project releases elsewhere (tags or its own site).
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About and history
- Repository
- alibaba/zvec · created Dec 5, 2025
- Website
- zvec.org
- Language
- C++
- Foundation
- None; run by its maintainers
- GitHub detects
- Apache-2.0
- Stars per week
- From the second weekly snapshot
Weekly snapshots
| Week of | Stars | |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 2026 | 16,004 |
Changes
| What changed | |
|---|---|
| Sep 25, 2026 | TrackedAdded: alibaba/zvec |