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chroma vs LocalAI

chroma and LocalAI share 19 technologies: FastAPI, s3, Postgres, SQLite, Tokio, uvicorn, OpenAI, gorm.io/gorm, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials, tokenizers, onnxruntime, tracing, OpenTelemetry, tracing-subscriber, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric, and Hugging Face. chroma is written in Rust and LocalAI in Go.

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What they share and what sets them apart

chroma-core

chroma

Search infrastructure for AI

Rust29.7kRead on November 8, 2026, at commit 1a3ac2cWhat is chroma built with?

Only in chroma

In common

mudler

LocalAI

LocalAI is the open-source AI engine. Run any model - LLMs, vision, voice, image, video - on any hardware. No GPU required.

Go50.2kRead on November 5, 2026, at commit efc6f93What is LocalAI built with?

Only in LocalAI

Side by side

SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
chroma474,465 lines written886 code files
LocalAI1,389,292 lines written2,979 code files
Who writes itA commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
chroma1.5% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, Cursor, and Sweep
LocalAI3.7% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and Cursor
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
chromaLast push November 7, 20264,542 commits29,650 stars
LocalAILast push November 5, 20269,317 commits50,214 stars
TestsThe files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.
chroma345 test files31% of its code files have a test that imports them
LocalAI2,911 test files60.8% of its code files have a test that imports them

Frequently asked questions

Which is bigger, chroma or LocalAI?
LocalAI, with 1,389,292 lines written; chroma has 474,465.

The proof: mudler/LocalAI's code at commit efc6f93

Which has more GitHub stars, chroma or LocalAI?
LocalAI, with 50,214 stars; chroma has 29,650.

The proof: mudler/LocalAI on GitHub

Which has more tests, chroma or LocalAI?
LocalAI, with 2,911 test files; chroma has 345.

The proof: mudler/LocalAI's code at commit efc6f93

Which was updated more recently, chroma or LocalAI?
chroma: its last push was on November 7, 2026, and LocalAI's on November 5, 2026.

The proof: chroma-core/chroma's commits on GitHub

Which has more commits signed by AI, chroma or LocalAI?
LocalAI: an AI signed 3.7% of its commits, with Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and Cursor; in chroma, 1.5%.

The proof: the commits each tool signed in mudler/LocalAI

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