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Qdrant

qdrant/qdrant

A vector similarity search engine and vector database written in Rust.

  • Active
  • Apache-2.0
  • Rust
Qdrant card: Vector search engine for AI applications.
35.5kGitHub stars
2.8kForks
209Contributors
v1.20.0latest release

In short

Qdrant is a GitHub project in the Databases category, written mainly in Rust. It is released under the Apache-2.0 licence (permissive). Maintenance status: active, last commit 11 Nov 2026. It has 35,513 GitHub stars.

What it does

Standout capabilityStores, searches, and manages points—vectors with an additional payload
Best forNeural-network or semantic-based matching and faceted search

Maintenance

0 dsince last commit
20 dsince last release
792open issues
6 yrproject age
commitrelease
12 months agotoday

Active Commits in the last 30 days. Last commit: 11 Nov 2026 · Latest release: v1.20.0 · 22 Oct 2026. How we score this

Licence in plain words

Permissive · Apache-2.0

Use, modify and sell it, including in closed-source products. Keep notices, state your changes, and you get an explicit patent grant.

A summary, not legal advice. Read the project's LICENSE file before relying on it. SPDX ↗

Qdrant compared with alternatives

ProjectStarsLicenceStatusLast commit
Supabase114.8kApache-2.0Active11 Nov 2026
DuckDB43kMITActive11 Nov 2026
Qdrant (this page)35.5kApache-2.0Active11 Nov 2026
Valkey27.7kBSD-3-ClauseActive11 Nov 2026

Same category, sorted by GitHub stars. Numbers checked 11 Nov 2026.

Questions

Is Qdrant free and open source?

Yes. Qdrant is published on GitHub under the Apache-2.0 licence (permissive). Use, modify and sell it, including in closed-source products. Keep notices, state your changes, and you get an explicit patent grant.

Is Qdrant still maintained?

Active: the last commit was on 11 Nov 2026 and the latest release, v1.20.0, came out on 22 Oct 2026. Repoworthy rechecks this daily.

What is Qdrant written in?

Qdrant is mainly written in Rust.

How popular is Qdrant?

As of 11 Nov 2026, Qdrant has 35,513 GitHub stars, 2,808 forks and 209 contributors.

What are some alternatives to Qdrant?

Other Databases projects on Repoworthy include Supabase, DuckDB and Valkey.

Alternatives in Databases

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Supabase

supabase/supabase

Active

A Postgres development platform for web, mobile, and AI applications.

★ 114.8kApache-2.0TypeScript

DuckDB

duckdb/duckdb

Active

A high-performance analytical database system.

★ 43kMITC++

Valkey

valkey-io/valkey

Active

A flexible distributed key-value database optimized for caching and realtime workloads.

★ 27.7kBSD-3-ClauseC

Numbers from the GitHub API, checked 11 Nov 2026. Text summarised from the project's README. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.