# LanceDB — developer ecosystem report

- GitHub org: `lancedb`
- Category: ai
- Overall score: 58.0 / 100
- Overall rank: #100
- Last refreshed: 2026-08-22

## Pillar scores

| Pillar | Score / 100 | Rank | Weight in overall |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Code & Polish | 52.0 | #396 | ~22% |
| Education | 70.0 | #351 | ~18% |
| AI readiness | 61.0 | #79 | part of Reach |
| Builder experience | 0.0 | #1 | ~12% |
| Community | 48.0 | #195 | ~16% |
| Reach | 57.0 | #207 | ~18% |
| Momentum | 59.0 | #140 | ~14% |

## Links

- GitHub: https://github.com/lancedb
- Website: https://lancedb.com
- Docs: https://docs.lancedb.com

## Public GitHub totals

| Metric | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Repos analyzed | 12 |
| Stars | 12,824 |
| Forks | 1,374 |
| Open issues | 704 |
| Contributors | — |

## Top repositories

| Repo | Stars | Language | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [lancedb](https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb) | 11,234 | Rust | Developer-friendly OSS embedded retrieval library for multimodal AI. Search More; Manage Less. |
| [vectordb-recipes](https://github.com/lancedb/vectordb-recipes) | 973 | Jupyter Notebook | Resource, examples & tutorials for multimodal AI, RAG and agents using vector search and LLMs |
| [yoloexplorer](https://github.com/lancedb/yoloexplorer) | 144 | Python | YOLOExplorer : Iterate on your YOLO / CV datasets using SQL, Vector semantic search, and more within seconds |
| [lancedb-vercel-chatbot](https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb-vercel-chatbot) | 101 | TypeScript | Build an AI chatbot with website context retrieved from a vector store like LanceDB. |
| [lancedb-go](https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb-go) | 57 | Go | LanceDB Go SDK |
| [tantivy-object-store](https://github.com/lancedb/tantivy-object-store) | 42 | Rust | Tantivy directory implementation backed by object_store |
| [lancedb-mcp-server](https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb-mcp-server) | 25 | Python | — |
| [lance-deeplearning-recipes](https://github.com/lancedb/lance-deeplearning-recipes) | 25 | Jupyter Notebook | Deep Learning how-to's using Lance file format |
| [lerobot-lancedb](https://github.com/lancedb/lerobot-lancedb) | 23 | Python | — |
| [ragged](https://github.com/lancedb/ragged) | 22 | Python | — |
| [ocra](https://github.com/lancedb/ocra) | 20 | Rust | OCRA: Object-store Cache in Rust for All |
| [flight-sql-js-client](https://github.com/lancedb/flight-sql-js-client) | 17 | JavaScript | A JavaScript client for FlightSQL |

## Methodology

Scores are computed from public signals only (GitHub, package registries, docs sites, community platforms). Pillar definitions: https://www.smoower.com/docs.md

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