LanceDB (Python)
Vector database for AI and ML workloads with fast similarity search.
Databases, ORMs and clients PyPI Apache-2.0
How LanceDB (Python) is used
LanceDB (Python) is a dependency in 11 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 2,717, Ethereum and EVM 1,533, 3D and games 2,862, agent frameworks and SDKs 11,237); counting those, it appears in 183 projects, and what it is used with below comes from all of them. The most used alternative in our scan is SQLAlchemy (179 projects). Projects that use it most often also use OpenAI Python Library (88.0%), NumPy (85.2%), Pydantic (84.2%).
LanceDB (Python) popularity over time
Gid Score 59: downloads 69, use in agent projects 60, GitHub stars 53, downloads trend 47 (each 0-100). How it is calculated.
Often used with LanceDB (Python)
| OpenAI Python Library | 88.0% of LanceDB (Python) projects · 22.3× more than average |
|---|---|
| NumPy | 85.2% of LanceDB (Python) projects · 14.6× more than average |
| Pydantic | 84.2% of LanceDB (Python) projects · 9.8× more than average |
| pandas | 82.0% of LanceDB (Python) projects · 19.1× more than average |
| Beautiful Soup | 79.2% of LanceDB (Python) projects · 36.7× more than average |
| aiohttp | 78.1% of LanceDB (Python) projects · 37.9× more than average |
| PyYAML | 78.1% of LanceDB (Python) projects · 13.2× more than average |
| Pillow | 77.6% of LanceDB (Python) projects · 20.2× more than average |
From all 183 projects in our scan that use LanceDB (Python), including the dependency samples.
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 0.3% of projects set up for it |
|---|
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list LanceDB (Python) as a dependency.
Install
| Package | pip install lancedb |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Python (180), React Native / Expo (1), Next.js (1), .NET (1) |
| Example projects | HUST-AI-HYZ/MemoryAgentBench, bingreeky/MaAS, kspviswa/local-packet-whisperer, OpenDataBox/MemoryData, alibaba/app-controller |
Alternatives to LanceDB (Python)
Tools that do the same job, so a project picks one or the other. Add-ons and libraries used alongside LanceDB (Python) are not listed here; they are in "Often used with".
| Tool | Gid Score | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SQLAlchemy pypi Python SQL toolkit and object-relational mapper for database abstraction. |
79 | 179 (11.0%) | 87.6M | 12.2K | MIT |
| Qdrant Client pypi Python client library for Qdrant vector database for semantic search and embeddings. |
57 | 25 (1.5%) | 3.3M | 1,374 | Apache-2.0 |
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