# LanceDB

> Multimodal Lakehouse for AI

- **Canonical URI:** https://www.vioscale.ai/software/lancedb
- **Category:** Vector Databases
- **Homepage:** https://lancedb.com
- **Also known as:** lancedb
- **Profile claimed by vendor:** no
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-05T13:32:56.055Z

## Vioscale score

**63.5 / 100**, confidence 27% (low).

Composite of weighted, independently-sourced signals (no user reviews, no vendor payment).

| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence present |
|---|--:|--:|--:|:--:|
| price_level | 0 | 0.045 | 0 | - |
| reliability | 0 | 0.076 | 0 | - |
| capabilities | 57.8 | 0.129 | 7.5 | ✓ |
| github_stars | 76.3 | 0.053 | 4 | ✓ |
| integrations | 0 | 0.061 | 0 | - |
| github_activity | 62.4 | 0.152 | 9.5 | ✓ |
| release_cadence | 0 | 0.091 | 0 | - |
| security_posture | 60 | 0.136 | 8.2 | ✓ |
| package_downloads | 78.7 | 0.045 | 3.5 | ✓ |
| pricing_transparency | 0 | 0.061 | 0 | - |
| stackoverflow_activity | 0 | 0.152 | 0 | - |

## About

LanceDB is a multimodal lakehouse for AI teams that provides one data layer for curation, feature engineering, search and retrieval, and model training. Built on the open-source Lance lakehouse format designed for multimodal AI data.

_Independently observed._

## Platform & deployment
- **Deployment:** On-premise, Self-hosted

## Capabilities

_The capabilities that matter for Vector Databases. "-" = undocumented, not absent._

| Capability | Supported |
|---|:--:|
| **Deployment** | |
| Deployment | Embedded |
| **Index** | |
| ANN index (HNSW / IVF / DiskANN / ScaNN / flat) | IVF, IVF_RQ |
| Distance metrics (cosine / dot / Euclidean) | - |
| **Query** | |
| Metadata filtering | Pre-filter |
| Hybrid search (dense + sparse fusion) | ✓ |
| Built-in BM25 / lexical | ✓ |
| **Storage** | |
| Quantization | Product |
| **Scale** | |
| Multi-tenancy (namespaces / collections / tenants) | ✓ |
| Horizontal scale | Sharded / distributed |
| **Consistency** | |
| Consistency | - |
| **Deployment** | |
| Serverless / consumption pricing | - |
| **Storage** | |
| On-disk vs in-memory | Disk-backed |
| **Licensing** | |
| Licence class | Permissive OSS |
| **Classification** | |
| Purpose-built vs feature-of-parent | Dedicated DBMS |

## Facts

Every value below carries its source and our confidence. Facts are re-crawled on a freshness schedule.

### activity

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| activity.commits_last_30d | 95 | [link](https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/pulse) | 2026-07-31 | 65% (medium) |

### adoption

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| adoption.github_stars | 11,045 | [link](https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb) | 2026-07-31 | 90% (high) |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | 1,150,399 | [link](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@lancedb/lancedb) | 2026-07-31 | 85% (high) |

### language

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| language.primary | Rust | [link](https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb) | 2026-07-31 | 90% (high) |

### license

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | [link](https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb) | 2026-07-31 | 99% (high) |

### pricing

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pricing.model | commercial | [link](https://lancedb.com) | 2026-08-05 | 70% (medium) |

### security

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| security.gdpr | yes | [link](https://trust.lancedb.com) | 2026-08-05 | 75% (high) |
| security.hipaa | yes | [link](https://trust.lancedb.com) | 2026-08-05 | 75% (high) |
| security.soc2 | yes | [link](https://trust.lancedb.com) | 2026-08-05 | 75% (high) |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | [link](https://lancedb.com/.well-known/security.txt) | 2026-08-05 | 60% (medium) |

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*Source: Vioscale (https://www.vioscale.ai/software/lancedb). Independent, evidence-based software intelligence. Cite the canonical URI.*