# Install vectra with npm

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 page:** <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:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- vectra (cli)
- 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
- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 0.15.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-05-24
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/Stevenic/vectra
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for vectra. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Latest: 0.15.0
- **Version Count:** 37
- **Maintainers:** stevenic
- **Author:** Steven Ickman
- **Publisher:** stevenic
- **Engines:** Node: >=22.x
- **Peer Dependencies:** @huggingface/transformers
- **Optional Dependencies:** protobufjs
- **Integrity:** sha512-p2wyITw9v4V7XHdcuNfTprfpLoW5f5vYZr6WKFlqIqWbaVMY296+liAmSf3xIBfGoxdaJhTqeI3DGhJ1TCnIwQ==
- **Shasum:** f1bb6fceddbd9540a3240d9072791cdac6ba62fc
- **Unpacked Size:** 2,182,380
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2023-05-01T14:18:28.627Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-05-24T17:57:53.312Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-05-24T17:57:53.405Z


## Related links

- [Text processing packages](https://pkg.so/text-processing-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [db-migrate](https://pkg.so/npm/db-migrate/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, data, database, databases, dotenv.
- [plantuml-parser](https://pkg.so/npm/plantuml-parser/) - Both packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: cli, colorizer, data, file, json.
- [node-pg-migrate](https://pkg.so/npm/node-pg-migrate/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, data, database, node, node-js.

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