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SwarnDB is a Rust vector database that merges vector search with graph traversal and 15+ built-in vector math ops in one engine for GraphRAG.

What is SwarnDB?

SwarnDB is an AI developer tool and vector database that unifies vector similarity search with typed graph traversal in a single Rust-native engine, built for teams building GraphRAG, agent-memory, and recommendation systems. Its defining design is that a vector and a graph node are the same object — the vector ID equals the node ID — so there is no separate graph store to sync. The hybrid query engine runs vector search and directed graph traversal in one query plan, and edges carry confidence scores and provenance (manual or LLM-extracted, via a bring-your-own-key OpenAI-compatible model). Beyond retrieval, SwarnDB exposes 15+ server-side vector math operations including k-means, PCA, MMR, and analogy completion, so clustering and analytics run inside the engine instead of a separate pipeline. Performance comes from SIMD (AVX2/NEON), SQ8 quantization that cuts memory by roughly 75%, and HNSW indexing, with a published sub-7ms p95 latency at 99% recall on 1M vectors. It ships gRPC and REST APIs and deploys via Docker, a Python SDK, Kubernetes, and Helm. For anyone comparing vector databases for AI retrieval, SwarnDB targets the case where relationships between vectors matter as much as similarity.

What is SwarnDB used for?

Developers building GraphRAG, agent memory, and recommendation systems that need vector search and graph relationships in one engine.

How much does SwarnDB cost?

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Source-available under the Elastic License 2.0 — no pricing published, self-hosted

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Pros and cons

Pros

  • Vector and graph node share one ID, so no separate graph store to synchronize
  • Hybrid query engine runs vector similarity and typed graph traversal in a single query plan
  • 15+ server-side vector operations including k-means, PCA, MMR, and analogy completion
  • SQ8 quantization reduces memory by ~75%; SIMD (AVX2/NEON) and HNSW indexing
  • gRPC and REST APIs with Docker, Python SDK, Kubernetes, and Helm deployment

Cons

  • Source-available under the Elastic License 2.0, which restricts some commercial hosting uses
  • LLM edge extraction requires bringing your own OpenAI-compatible API key
  • Rust-native engine and graph-plus-vector model add a learning curve versus a plain vector store
  • No managed cloud pricing or hosted service published — self-deploy only

Questions about SwarnDB

What is SwarnDB used for?

SwarnDB is a Rust vector database used to build GraphRAG, agent-memory, recommendation, and fraud-detection systems that need both semantic vector search and structured relationships in the same engine.

What makes SwarnDB different from a standard vector database?

In SwarnDB a vector and a graph node are the same object, so vector similarity search and typed graph traversal run in one query plan without a separate graph store to keep in sync.

Is SwarnDB free?

SwarnDB is source-available under the Elastic License 2.0 with no published subscription price; it is self-hosted via Docker, Kubernetes, or its Python SDK.

How fast is SwarnDB?

SwarnDB reports sub-7ms p95 latency at 99% recall on 1 million vectors in vector-only mode on a 32-core host, using HNSW indexing, SIMD, and SQ8 quantization.

What are the best alternatives to SwarnDB?

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