Project comparison
Compare adoption, momentum, maintenance health, and project basics before choosing which tool to evaluate deeper.
Milvus is a high-performance, cloud-native vector database built for scalable vector ANN search
Best matched with other inference tools.
[EMNLP2025] "LightRAG: Simple and Fast Retrieval-Augmented Generation"
Best matched with other inference tools.
Milvus has the larger GitHub footprint with 45.3K stars.
Lightrag is currently growing faster at +3.0K stars this week.
Lightrag has the stronger automated maintenance signal at 98/100. This is not a security or fit verdict.
Use these signals to narrow your choice, then confirm setup, license, and fit upstream.
| Signal | Milvus | Lightrag |
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| Evidence status | Basic listing· 1d ago | Basic listing· 1d ago |
| GitHub stars | 45.3K | 38.0K |
| Weekly growth | +1.1K | +3.0K |
| Health score | Strong95/100 |
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| Contributors | 364 | 299 |
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| Commits per week | 50.0 | 135.8 |
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| Open issues | 1.1K | 217 |
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| Language | Go | Python |
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| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
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| Last commit | 1d ago | 2d ago |
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| Last release | v2.6.20 | v1.5.5rc1 |
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