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Chroma

Fast, serverless, and scalable infrastructure supporting vector, full-text, regex, and metadata search.

trychroma.com DiscordSoftware Development / Backend, Databases & Storage

AI Benchmark
Desktop
Mobile
Monthly visits
107.7K
Down18.5%MoMSep 2026
Public revenue
Undisclosed
No public revenue evidence yet
Entry price
$250/mo
Higher than 96% of peersNiche median $19/mo
Creators
HammadB
No social account linkedCo-created with rasengan
Launched
3y ago
2023-04-01 · Est.

Traffic

Monthly visitsData through Sep 2026 · Oct 2026 pending
Events5 changes

Marketing moves

Launches, search & content, referrals, promotions
  • Launched on Show HN (12 pts · 1 comments)Launch

    Package Search MCP – enable agents to search dependency source code — Hi all - Hammad here, CTO of Chroma. We’ve been working closely with teams building AI systems for the software engineering stack - autoco…

    Sep 10, 2025 · 14mo agoLaunch page

  • Launched on Show HN (93 pts · 40 comments)Launch

    Chroma Cloud – serverless search database for AI — Hey HN - I’m Jeff, co-founder of Chroma. In December of 2022, I was scrolling Twitter in the wee-hours of the morning holding my then-newb…

    Aug 18, 2025 · 15mo agoLaunch page

  • Launched on Show HN (4 pts · 1 comments)Launch

    Generative Benchmarking for RAG

    Apr 7, 2025 · 20mo agoLaunch page

  • Launched on Show HN (2 pts)Launch

    How to use ChatGPT and embeddings in Node.js — This is just an example [0] if you want to use embeddings with ChatGPT using langchainJS [1] and chromadb [2]. There weren't many examples…

    Apr 1, 2023 · 3y agoLaunch page

Third-party reviews & case dossiers

Acquisition breakdowns, engineer reviews & open-source metrics
Show HN
2023-04-01Source
Post excerpt:
This is just an example [0] if you want to use embeddings with ChatGPT using langchainJS [1] and chromadb [2]. There weren't many examples so figured I would share this incase it helps someone out. You can also switch from chromadb to whatever (hnswlib for example is dead simple and you can save embeddings to disk). I put a telegram bot as an example. Be "re
Show HN
2025-08-18Source
Post excerpt:
Hey HN - I’m Jeff, co-founder of Chroma. In December of 2022, I was scrolling Twitter in the wee-hours of the morning holding my then-newborn daughter. ChatGPT had launched, and we were all figuring out what this technology was and how to make it useful. Developers were using retrieval to bring their data to the models - and so I DM’d every person who had tw
Show HN
2025-09-10Source
Post excerpt:
Hi all - Hammad here, CTO of Chroma. We’ve been working closely with teams building AI systems for the software engineering stack - autocomplete bots, PR review agents, and code assistants. One common pain point we see: these systems hallucinate about dependencies. While most companies index the primary codebase with grep, semantic search, and AST-based tool

Open Source & Self-Hosting

GitHub · MCP / Skill
GitHub Stars
Public repo
Forks
—
License
See repository
Primary language
—

Traffic sources

Sep 2026

Traffic breakdown

Channels

  • Organic Search50%
  • Direct32%
  • Referrals8%
  • Social6%
  • Other4%

Countries

  • India29%
  • United States19%
  • Italy4%
  • Spain3%
  • Brazil3%

Search

Domain authority —Domain registered 2022-03-23

KeywordMonthly volume
chroma107K
chromadb14.6K
chroma db7,640
context rot4,710
cromadb60

Traffic data: Vaneform

Pricing

Starter
Free
10 databases · 10 team members
Team
$250/mo
100 databases · 30 team members
Enterprise
Contact sales
Unlimited databases · Unlimited team members

Trial: None · Free tier included · 1 paid tier ($250) · Enterprise custom tier · Observed 2026-11-03 · Pricing page

Entry price $250/mo, Higher than 96% of peers; “Backend, Databases & Storage” median is $19/mo.View pricing benchmark

Pages & changes

Tracked since 2026-07-31

Key pages

Weekly snapshots

Changes

  1. Nov 1 · 13d ago

    Homepage headline (H1) changed to “Open-source search infrastructure for AI”Positioning

    Hidden→Open-source search infrastructure for AI

  2. Nov 1 · 13d ago

    Adopted technology: Base UIFeatures

    —→Base UI

  3. Nov 1 · 13d ago

    Adopted technology: TurbopackFeatures

    —→Turbopack

  4. Nov 1 · 13d ago

    Removed technology: shadcn/uiFeatures

    shadcn/ui→—

  5. Nov 1 · 13d ago

    Homepage title changed to “Chroma - open-source search infrastructure for AI”Positioning

    Chroma→Chroma - open-source search infrastructure for AI

Design

First-screen visual analysis & :root CSS

Minimal Monochrome (Light canvas, airy density) featuring split copy & visual layout and pure typography & geometry visuals.

First-screen preview · click to zoom

First-screen pitch & conversion flow

“Open-source search infrastructure for AI”

Split Copy & Visual hero structure paired with start free / sign up CTA and customer / press logo strip.

Conversion path: Split Copy & Visual + Pure Typography & Geometry → Start Free / Sign Up · Trust bar: Customer / Press Logo Strip

Palette · click to copy

5-D design score7.3 / 10
Typography
8.0
Color & Contrast
7.0
Layout & Spacing
8.0
Craft & Polish
7.0
Distinctiveness
6.0

Structure

Fonts
Inter
Primary visual
Pure Typography & Geometry
Conversion CTA
Start Free / Sign Up
Social proof
Customer / Press Logo Strip
Navigation
Full-Width Top Bar
Theme & density
Light · Airy
Corners & depth
Small Radius · Hairline borders
Preview full AI design brief (includes :root CSS variables & layout rules)Style tokens only; never copy brand names, logos, copy, or images
# Design Brief: Minimal Monochrome (with Enterprise Clean)

Monochrome palette with a single accent color, hairline dividers, and generous whitespace.

## Design Tokens

```css
:root {
  --background: #f6f6f4;
  --surface: #ffffff;
  --foreground: #1c1c1c;
  --muted-foreground: #6e6e6e;
  --accent: #171717;
  --radius: 4px;
  --font-heading: "Inter", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, sans-serif;
  --font-body: "Inter", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, sans-serif;
}
```

Color area ratio: Background #F6F6F4 (~62%) · Surface #FFFFFF (~16%) · Text #1C1C1C (~10%) · Muted Text #6E6E6E (~7%) · Accent #171717 (~5%). Background and surface dominate the canvas; reserve the accent color for primary buttons and active states.

## Layout & Conversion Structure

- Hero layout: Split Copy & Visual
- Navigation: Full-Width Top Bar
- Theme & density: Light · Airy
- Border radius & elevation: Small Radius; no drop shadows—separate layers with hairline borders and whitespace
- Primary visual medium: Pure Typography & Geometry
- Conversion CTA: Start Free / Sign Up · Trust bar uses Customer / Press Logo Strip
- Headline hook: Category Positioning Anchor
- Hero components: Customer Logo Wall
- Spatial layout notes: Split Copy & Visual hero structure paired with start free / sign up CTA and customer / press logo strip.
- Visual summary: Minimal Monochrome (Light canvas, airy density) featuring split copy & visual layout and pure typography & geometry visuals.

## Avoid

- Multi-stop neon gradients
- Heavy drop shadows
- More than one competing accent color

Implement the UI following the design tokens and layout specifications above: use only these color variables, and reserve the accent color strictly for primary actions and active states. Adopt only this visual style—never copy any reference product’s brand name, logo, copy, or imagery.

Questions & evidence

How much does Chroma cost?
Starter: Free; Team: $250/mo; Enterprise: Contact sales. Observed 2026-11-03. Check the source for current billing terms, usage limits and taxes.Source
How much website traffic does Chroma get?
Vaneform estimates 107.7K website visits in 2026-09. Visits can include repeat visits; this estimate measures web traffic separately from paying customers or revenue.Source
What is Chroma and what platforms does it support?
Chroma is catalogued under Backend, Databases & Storage: Fast, serverless, and scalable infrastructure supporting vector, full-text, regex, and metadata search.. Supported platforms: Web.

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