# chroma

**Licence:** Apache-2.0  |  **Language:** Rust  |  **Source:** https://github.com/chroma-core/chroma

## Role in the stack

Embedded vector store

## Why it's here

Runs in-process or as a server. Ideal for prototypes and single-node deployments without a separate database to operate.

## Using it

See the project README in the fetched source:

```bash
./fetch-sources.sh ./sources
tar xzf ./sources/chroma.tar.gz -C ./sources
```

## Running it

Started by `docker compose up -d` on port 8002.