FastEmbed (Python)
Fast, lightweight library for generating vector embeddings for retrieval.
Model SDKs PyPI Apache-2.0
How FastEmbed (Python) is used
FastEmbed (Python) is a dependency in 13 of the 6,211 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned, too few to describe it from them alone. Our scan also samples projects by dependency (Solana 2,661, Ethereum and EVM 1,496, 3D and games 2,818, agent frameworks and SDKs 10,980); counting those, it appears in 67 projects, and what it is used with below comes from all of them. Projects that use it most often also use FastAPI (65.7%), Pydantic (65.7%), python-dotenv (64.2%).
FastEmbed (Python) popularity over time
Gid Score 52: downloads 67, use in agent projects 45, GitHub stars 31, downloads trend 64 (each 0-100). How it is calculated.
Often used with FastEmbed (Python)
| FastAPI | 65.7% of FastEmbed (Python) projects · 8.8× more than average |
|---|---|
| Pydantic | 65.7% of FastEmbed (Python) projects · 7.6× more than average |
| python-dotenv | 64.2% of FastEmbed (Python) projects · 7.0× more than average |
| Uvicorn | 59.7% of FastEmbed (Python) projects · 7.8× more than average |
| LangChain | 50.7% of FastEmbed (Python) projects · 25.0× more than average |
| NumPy | 50.7% of FastEmbed (Python) projects · 8.7× more than average |
| Requests | 47.8% of FastEmbed (Python) projects · 7.0× more than average |
| Qdrant Client | 43.3% of FastEmbed (Python) projects · 107.5× more than average |
From all 67 projects in our scan that use FastEmbed (Python), including the dependency samples.
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 0.3% of projects set up for it |
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Share of public repos configured for each agent that list FastEmbed (Python) as a dependency.
Install
| Package | pip install fastembed |
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| Main stacks | Python (67) |
| Example projects | Decade-qiu/CookHero, XargonWan/Synthetic_Heart, gilad-rubin/modular-rag, SlanchaAI/ingot, mac999/BIM_LLM_code_agent |
Alternatives to FastEmbed (Python)
In our scan, none of the most used tools in Model SDKs does the same job as FastEmbed (Python): they are add-ons, companions or tools for a different task.
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