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Database Entry

HelixDB


HelixDB is a graph-oriented DBMS designed for nearest-neighbor searches over vectors. It uses LMDB as its underlying storage engine.

Source Code
https://github.com/HelixDB/helix-db[02]
Developer
Country of Origin
US
Start Year
2024 [05]
Coding Agents
Project Types
Commercial, Open Source
Written in
Rust
Supported Languages
Python, Rust, TypeScript
Embeds / Uses
LMDB
Operating System
Linux
License
Apache v2
Twitter
@hlx_db[04]

Database Entry

HelixDB


HelixDB is a graph-oriented DBMS designed for nearest-neighbor searches over vectors. It uses LMDB as its underlying storage engine.

History


HelixDB was publicly announced and launched via Y Combinator in 2024. Development is ongoing as an open-source project hosted on GitHub.

Data Model


Query Interface


HelixDB uses a proprietary query language called 'HelixQL'.

System Architecture


Citations

7 sources
  1. HelixDB | The Database for AI Memory helix-db.com
  2. GitHub - HelixDB/helix-db: HelixDB is an OLTP graph-vector database built in Rust. · GitHub github.com
  3. HelixDB Docs helix-db.com
  4. https://twitter.com/hlx_db twitter.com
  5. Initial commit github.com
  6. https://github.com/HelixDB/helix-db/commit/353f7ca7167dd031631a29b86ece61baf5a30bb8 github.com
  7. https://github.com/HelixDB/helix-db/commit/6f39fbe6e0c342444ff807d263f88c5c34389d23 github.com
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