Chroma (Python)
Vector database for storing and querying embeddings in AI/ML applications.
ML and data science PyPI Apache-2.0
How Chroma (Python) is used
Chroma (Python) is a dependency in 62 of the 6,208 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (3.8% of the 1,622 Python ones), #9 of 262 in ml and data science. Counting the projects our scan samples by dependency (Solana 2,661, Ethereum and EVM 1,496, 3D and games 2,818, agent frameworks and SDKs 10,983), it appears in 695; those are left out of every share on this page. The most used alternative in our scan is FAISS (42 projects). Projects that use it most often also use python-dotenv (75.8%), Pydantic (59.7%), LangChain (50.0%).
Chroma (Python) popularity over time
Gid Score 70: downloads 70, use in agent projects 79, GitHub stars 68, downloads trend 55 (each 0-100). How it is calculated.
Often used with Chroma (Python)
| python-dotenv | 75.8% of Chroma (Python) projects · 8.3× more than average |
|---|---|
| Pydantic | 59.7% of Chroma (Python) projects · 6.9× more than average |
| LangChain | 50.0% of Chroma (Python) projects · 24.6× more than average |
| Uvicorn | 46.8% of Chroma (Python) projects · 6.1× more than average |
| FastAPI | 43.5% of Chroma (Python) projects · 5.8× more than average |
| OpenAI Python Library | 40.3% of Chroma (Python) projects · 10.2× more than average |
| NumPy | 38.7% of Chroma (Python) projects · 6.6× more than average |
| PyYAML | 38.7% of Chroma (Python) projects · 6.5× more than average |
By coding agent
| GitHub Copilot | 1.0% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Claude Code | 0.9% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 0.8% of projects set up for it |
| Gemini CLI | 2.1% of projects set up for it |
| OpenClaw | 2.3% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list Chroma (Python) as a dependency.
Install
| Package | pip install chromadb |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Python (61), .NET (1) |
| Example projects | prompt-security/ps-fuzz, mindroom-ai/mindroom, sidetrip-ai/ici-core, towardsai/agentic-ai-engineering-course, asukaneko/nekobot |
Alternatives to Chroma (Python)
Tools that do the same job, so a project picks one or the other. Add-ons and libraries used alongside Chroma (Python) are not listed here; they are in "Often used with".
| Tool | Gid Score | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FAISS pypi Library for efficient similarity search and clustering of dense vectors at scale. |
71 | 42 (2.6%) | 2.8M | 41.2K | MIT |
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