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txtai can use Postgres as a data store and combine that with a vector index like Faiss or Hnswlib.

In this case, you get the robustness of Postgres (which has been around a while) and Faiss (which is one of the most mature vector indexes).

https://neuml.hashnode.dev/external-database-integration



txtai looks cool. Did you use it before in scenarios with all 4 components?

I’m curious about which use cases it enables.


In case it wasn't clear, I'm the main author of txtai.

I use txtai in my everyday work. While txtai is open source, I also support a number of consulting projects that are txtai focused. In most cases, I've used SQLite + Faiss for the vector database config paired with an LLM for RAG support.

This setup has worked well and it's what I would start with until it didn't scale.




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