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    microsoft/DiskANN

    A vector indexing library to bring fast, fresh and filtered search to your database

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    Rust
    MIT
    2.0K stars
    470 forks
    2.0K GitHub watchers
    Updated Oct 27, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 1 day ago, with 32 contributors on GitHub.

    Gained 26% fewer stars in the last 90 days than in the 90 days before.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Provides scalable approximate nearest neighbor search algorithms optimized for large-scale vector data with real-time updates and filtering capabilities.
    • Enables fast, accurate, and cost-effective vector search on a single node with support for fresh data and simple filters.
    • Use for implementing efficient similarity search in recommendation systems handling billions of vectors.
    • Use for building real-time search applications that require frequent index updates without downtime.
    • Use for integrating filtered vector search in databases to enhance query precision and performance.

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    License

    MIT

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution.

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    • README: present
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    • Code of conduct: present

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    From the README

    DiskANN is a suite of scalable, accurate and cost-effective approximate nearest neighbor search algorithms for large-scale vector search that support real-time changes and simple filters. This code is based on ideas from Microsoft's DiskANN. The main branch now contains a rearchitected project written in Rust.

    This project has adopted the Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct. For more information see the Code of Conduct FAQ or contact [email protected] with any additional questions or comments.

    See guidelines for contributing to this project.

    Older C++ code is retained on the cpp_main branch, but is not actively developed or maintained. The legacy C++ code was forked off from code for NSG algorithm.

    Excerpt from the microsoft/DiskANN README on GitHub (MIT license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

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    Forks

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    Open issues

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