# citrus

> A distributed vector database designed for scalable and efficient vector similarity search. It is purpose-built for handling large-scale vector data and search workloads.

- **URL:** https://github.com/0xDebabrata/citrus
- **Category:** vector-database-engines
- **Tags:** Open Source, Distributed, Vector Search, Scalable
- **Updated:** 2025-05-13 22:30
- **Canonical page:** https://vectordb.ever.works/items/citrus

## Details

# citrus

A distributed vector database designed for scalable and efficient vector similarity search. It is purpose-built for handling large-scale vector data and search workloads.

- **Source:** [GitHub Repository](https://github.com/0xDebabrata/citrus)
- **Category:** Vector Database Engines
- **Tags:** open-source, distributed, vector-search, scalable

## Features
- Open-source vector database.
- Distributed architecture (note: not fully distributed yet, ongoing development).
- Handles large-scale vector data and search workloads.
- Supports creation of indexes for vector data.
- Allows insertion of elements, including direct passing of vector embeddings.
- Supports automatic embedding generation using OpenAI (requires OPENAI_API_KEY in environment).
- Option to use other embedding providers (future support planned).
- Search functionality returns IDs of top-k similar vectors by default, with options to return associated text and metadata.
- Example integrations and demos provided (e.g., chat, pokedex search).

## Pricing
No pricing information provided; citrus is open-source.

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