Qdrant
qdrant/qdrant
An open-source alternative to Algolia and Google Vertex AI.
Qdrant - High-performance, massive-scale Vector Database and Vector Search Engine for the next generation of AI. Also available in the cloud https://cloud.qdrant.io/ (from the repository)
- Stars
- 35,134
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Last push
- 2026-10-19
- Written in
- Rust
Is it alive?
Four readings from the repository, each with the rule behind it. No blended score.
Activity
Active
Last push 8 days ago
Active: pushed within 90 days. Slowing: within a year. Quiet: longer.
Releases
Recent
v1.19.2, 22 days ago
Recent: a tagged release within six months. Some projects ship from the main branch and never tag.
Issues
77% closed
485 open · 1,602 closed
Share of all issues ever filed that are now closed. Under 20 issues is too few to read.
Momentum
+145 in 9 days
35,134 stars
Change in stars across our daily readings, over up to 30 days. Needs a week of readings.
What a business may do with it
PermissiveApache-2.0
Use, change and sell it, including inside a closed product. Keep the copyright notice.
This describes the licence family GitHub identified, not legal advice about this project. The repository’s own LICENSE file is what binds you.
Run it yourself
Docker, quoted from Qdrant’s own README as written. We have not run it, and most projects expect you to set secrets or a database before production use.
docker run -p 6333:6333 qdrant/qdrant
Qdrant against the other open-source options
Every project offered against Algolia and Google Vertex AI, most-starred first.
| Project | Stars | Activity | Licence | Self-host | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 MeiliSearch | 59,605 | Active | Not identified | ○ | Rust |
 Qdrant (this page) | 35,134 | Active | Permissive | Docker | Rust |
 Typesense | 27,004 | Active | Copyleft | Docker | C++ |
 Jina.ai | 21,854 | Quiet | Permissive | Compose | Python |
 Zinc | 17,918 | Active | Not identified | ○ | Go |
 OpenSearch | 13,890 | Active | Permissive | ○ | Java |
 AppBase | 4,918 | Active | Permissive | ○ | JavaScript |
Where this page comes from
- Stars, licence, activity, issues, releases and the self-host command are read from the repository. 2026-10-19
- The pairing with Algolia and Google Vertex AI and the category come from opensourcealternative.to, a community directory of open-source alternatives. We re-read it weekly.
- Star momentum comes from our own daily readings of the repository. How we collect data