SoftwareRuntime
Chroma (open-source database)
Project record
Chroma is an open-source database for AI applications that stores documents, embeddings, and metadata and supports vector, full-text, regex, and metadata search. It can run in memory inside a program, persist to local disk, or run as a server, with client libraries for Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, and Rust.157
- Repository: Repository (external site: github.com)
- Documentation: Documentation (external site: docs.trychroma.com)
- License: LICENSE (external site: github.com)
- Release notes: Releases (external site: github.com)
Last reviewedEntry updated Documented release
Availability and license
Public materials checklist
Items for a runtime under USASI rubric v0.1. Unknown means unassessed or insufficient evidence.
| Item | Status | Notes and evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Source codeIs the source code publicly readable? | Public | 1 |
| DocumentationIs user documentation published? | Public | 56 |
| InstallationAre installation instructions or packages publicly available? | Public | Documented installs with pip (chromadb), npm (chromadb), and cargo (chroma), plus the chromadb/chroma Docker image and a chroma run command for a local server.5 |
| Supported platformsAre supported operating systems or hardware documented? | Unknown | Not assessed. |
| Release statusAre versioned releases published? | Public | Versioned releases are published on GitHub and PyPI; the latest chromadb release on PyPI at review was 1.5.9, uploaded on May 5, 2026.34 |
What it is useful for
Run and use notes
Documented facts only. No hardware or performance claims are made without a cited source and stated assumptions.
- Chroma's documentation says the single-node (local) version may temporarily lack features available in distributed Chroma and Chroma Cloud, and that Chroma stopped collecting product telemetry as of version 1.5.4.6
Organization context
U.S. eligibility
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Sources
This listing is not an endorsement, a safety assessment, or a federal approval.