# Install vectra

A lightweight, file-backed vector database for Node.js and browsers with Pinecone-compatible filtering and hybrid BM25 search. Version 0.15.0 via npm; verified 2026-05-24.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:vectra
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g vectra
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** npm:vectra
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager URL:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/vectra>
- **Version:** 0.15.0
- **Source summary:** A lightweight, file-backed vector database for Node.js and browsers with Pinecone-compatible filtering and hybrid BM25 search.
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/Stevenic/vectra#readme>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/Stevenic/vectra>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/Stevenic/vectra#readme>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/vectra/-/vectra-0.15.0.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/Stevenic/vectra/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-05-24T17:57:53.312Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-24T17:57:53.312Z
- **Generated:** 2026-05-26T17:25:59+00:00

## Executables

- vectra (cli): bin/vectra.js
- vectra (alias)

## Dependencies

- @grpc/grpc-js
- @grpc/proto-loader
- buffer
- cheerio
- dotenv
- gpt-tokenizer
- json-colorizer
- openai
- turndown
- uuid
- wink-bm25-text-search
- wink-nlp
- yargs

## Build Dependencies

- @eslint/js
- @huggingface/transformers
- @types/assert
- @types/mocha
- @types/node
- @types/sinon
- @types/turndown
- @types/uuid
- @types/yargs
- @typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin
- @typescript-eslint/parser
- eslint
- mocha
- nyc
- rimraf
- shx
- sinon
- ts-loader
- ts-mocha
- ts-node
- typescript
- webpack
- webpack-cli
- wink-bm25-text-search

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-05-26
- Package-manager version: 0.15.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-05-24
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/Stevenic/vectra
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local radioisotope manifest was found for vectra. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Related Links

- [@tobilu/qmd](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/tobilu-qmd/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: bm25, embeddings, hybrid, llm, local.
- [@gitlawb/openclaude](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/gitlawb-openclaude/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: grpc, grpc-js, llm, loader, openai.
- [ruvector](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/ruvector/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: ai, database, embeddings, hybrid, node.
- [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/)

## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- package relationship graph
- cross-ecosystem install command graph