Chroma

aid: chroma
name: Chroma
kind: company
description: Chroma (Chroma DB) is an open-source AI-native embedding database designed to make it easy to build LLM applications
  by providing storage, retrieval, and management for vector embeddings, full-text search, regex search, and multi-modal retrieval
  (text, image, audio). Distributed under the Apache 2.0 license, Chroma can be self-hosted (single-node Python or distributed
  Rust-based deployment) or consumed via Chroma Cloud, a managed serverless vector database service offering usage-based pricing.
  Chroma is the open-source data infrastructure for AI agents and RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) applications, with
  first-party SDKs for Python and JavaScript/TypeScript and integrations with leading embedding providers (OpenAI, Cohere,
  Hugging Face, sentence-transformers).
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/chroma/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  license: Apache License 2.0
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - license
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: paid
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Paid
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-09-03'
  method: derived
position: Consuming
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/chroma.png
tags:
- Artificial Intelligence
- AI-Native
- Apache 2.0
- Cloud
- Embeddings
- Hybrid Search
- JavaScript
- LLM
- Machine-Learning
- Multi-Modal
- Open-Source
- Python
- RAG
- Retrieval
- SDK
- Search
- Serverless
- TypeScript
- Vector Database
tags_raw:
- AI
- AI Native
- Apache 2.0
- Cloud
- Embeddings
- Hybrid Search
- JavaScript
- LLM
- Machine Learning
- Multi-Modal
- Open Source
- Python
- RAG
- Retrieval
- SDK
- Search
- Serverless
- TypeScript
- Vector Database
created: '2025-03-07'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: chroma:python-client
  name: Chroma Python Client
  description: The Chroma Python Client is a first-party SDK for interacting with both self-hosted Chroma servers and Chroma
    Cloud. It provides a simple, developer-friendly interface with a core API of just four functions for managing collections,
    adding documents, and querying embeddings. The client handles automatic tokenization, embedding, and indexing of documents,
    making it straightforward to build AI applications that require vector similarity search.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://docs.trychroma.com/reference/python/client
  tags:
  - Embeddings
  - Python
  - SDK
  - Vector Database
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.trychroma.com/reference/python/client
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/chroma-core/chroma
- aid: chroma:javascript-client
  name: Chroma JavaScript Client
  description: The Chroma JavaScript and TypeScript Client is a first-party SDK for interacting with Chroma from JavaScript
    or TypeScript applications. The v3 rewrite focused on reducing bundle size and improving developer experience, making
    it well-suited for deployment on serverless platforms like Vercel. It supports both self-hosted Chroma instances and Chroma
    Cloud via the CloudClient class, providing collection management, document ingestion, and vector similarity search capabilities.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://docs.trychroma.com/reference/js/client
  tags:
  - Embeddings
  - JavaScript
  - SDK
  - TypeScript
  - Vector Database
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.trychroma.com/reference/js/client
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/chroma-core/chroma-js
- aid: chroma:chroma-collections-api
  name: Chroma Collections API
  description: Collection management endpoints for creating, listing, retrieving, updating, and deleting collections within
    a database.
  humanURL: https://docs.trychroma.com/reference/chroma-reference
  baseURL: https://api.trychroma.com
  tags:
  - Collection
  tags_raw:
  - Collections
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/chroma-collections-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.trychroma.com/reference/chroma-reference
  - type: GraphQL
    url: graphql/chroma-graphql.md
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.trychroma.com/cloud/sync/overview
- aid: chroma:chroma-databases-api
  name: Chroma Databases API
  description: Database management endpoints for creating, listing, retrieving, and deleting databases within a tenant.
  humanURL: https://docs.trychroma.com/reference/chroma-reference
  baseURL: https://api.trychroma.com
  tags:
  - Databases
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/chroma-databases-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.trychroma.com/reference/chroma-reference
  - type: GraphQL
    url: graphql/chroma-graphql.md
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.trychroma.com/cloud/sync/overview
- aid: chroma:chroma-records-api
  name: Chroma Records API
  description: Record management endpoints for adding, getting, updating, upserting, deleting, and querying records within
    a collection.
  humanURL: https://docs.trychroma.com/reference/chroma-reference
  baseURL: https://api.trychroma.com
  tags:
  - Records
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/chroma-records-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.trychroma.com/reference/chroma-reference
  - type: GraphQL
    url: graphql/chroma-graphql.md
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.trychroma.com/cloud/sync/overview
- aid: chroma:chroma-search-api
  name: Chroma Search API
  description: Advanced search endpoints available exclusively in Chroma Cloud. Provides a unified interface for hybrid search
    operations combining vector similarity search with metadata filtering and custom ranking expressions.
  humanURL: https://docs.trychroma.com/reference/chroma-reference
  baseURL: https://api.trychroma.com
  tags:
  - Search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/chroma-search-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.trychroma.com/reference/chroma-reference
  - type: GraphQL
    url: graphql/chroma-graphql.md
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.trychroma.com/cloud/sync/overview
- aid: chroma:chroma-system-api
  name: Chroma System API
  description: System-level endpoints for health checks, version information, and server diagnostics.
  humanURL: https://docs.trychroma.com/reference/chroma-reference
  baseURL: https://api.trychroma.com
  tags:
  - System
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/chroma-system-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.trychroma.com/reference/chroma-reference
  - type: GraphQL
    url: graphql/chroma-graphql.md
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.trychroma.com/cloud/sync/overview
- aid: chroma:chroma-tenants-api
  name: Chroma Tenants API
  description: Tenant management endpoints for creating and retrieving tenants.
  humanURL: https://docs.trychroma.com/reference/chroma-reference
  baseURL: https://api.trychroma.com
  tags:
  - Tenants
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/chroma-tenants-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.trychroma.com/reference/chroma-reference
  - type: GraphQL
    url: graphql/chroma-graphql.md
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.trychroma.com/cloud/sync/overview
- aid: chroma:chroma-db-query-api
  name: Chroma Query API
  description: Nearest-neighbor vector similarity search over a collection.
  humanURL: https://docs.trychroma.com/reference/chroma-reference
  baseURL: https://api.trychroma.com
  tags:
  - Query
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/chroma-db-query-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.trychroma.com/docs/collections/manage-collections
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.trychroma.com/reference/chroma-reference
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/chroma-db.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/chroma-db.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.trychroma.com/docs/collections/add-data
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.trychroma.com/reference/chroma-api/record/add-records
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.trychroma.com/docs/querying-collections/query-and-get
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.trychroma.com/reference/chroma-api/record/query-collection
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.trychroma.com/docs/overview/architecture
common:
- type: IssueTracker
  url: https://github.com/chroma-core/chroma/issues
- type: Releases
  url: https://github.com/chroma-core/chroma/releases
- type: PostmanWorkspace
  url: https://www.postman.com/kinlaneapi/chroma/overview
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/chroma-agentic-access.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/chroma-trust-center.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/chroma-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/chroma-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/chroma-authentication.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/trychroma
- type: Website
  url: https://www.trychroma.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.trychroma.com/docs/overview/introduction
- type: Portal
  url: https://docs.trychroma.com/
- type: Login
  url: https://cloud.trychroma.com/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://docs.trychroma.com/cloud/pricing
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.trychroma.com/blog
- type: GitHubOrg
  url: https://github.com/chroma-core
- type: SourceCode
  url: https://github.com/chroma-core/chroma
- type: Discord
  url: https://discord.gg/MMeYNTmh3x
- type: Twitter
  url: https://twitter.com/trychroma
- type: License
  name: Apache License 2.0
  url: https://github.com/chroma-core/chroma/blob/main/LICENSE
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.trychroma.com/tos
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.trychroma.com/privacy
- type: JSONLDContext
  url: json-ld/chroma-context.jsonld
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/chroma-collection-schema.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/chroma-record-schema.json
- type: Spectral
  url: spectral/chroma-spectral.yml
- name: Features
  type: Features
  data:
  - name: Document and Metadata Storage
  - name: Vector Similarity Search (Dense, Sparse, Hybrid)
  - name: Full-Text and Regex Search
  - name: Metadata Filtering
  - name: Multi-Modal Retrieval (Text, Image, Audio)
  - name: Automatic Tokenization and Embedding
  - name: Collection Management
  - name: Embedding Function Plugins
  - name: Self-Hosted and Cloud Deployments
  - name: Apache 2.0 Open Source License
- name: EmbeddingProviders
  type: EmbeddingProviders
  data:
  - name: OpenAI
  - name: Cohere
  - name: Hugging Face
  - name: sentence-transformers
  - name: Google Vertex AI
  - name: Ollama
- name: UseCases
  type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation)
  - name: Semantic Search
  - name: AI Agent Memory
  - name: Code Search (AST-Aware Chunking)
  - name: Recommendation Systems
  - name: Multi-Modal Search (Text + Images)
  - name: Question Answering Systems
  - name: Knowledge Base Querying
- name: Standards
  type: Standards
  data:
  - name: OpenAPI Specification
  - name: REST/HTTP
  - name: Apache License 2.0
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://docs.trychroma.com/llms.txt
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com