Chroma Support

You can access Chroma via the included implementation of the vectorstores.VectorStore interface by creating and using a Chroma client Store instance with the New function API.

Client/Server

Until an "in-memory" version is released, only client/server mode is available.

Note: Additional ways to run Chroma locally can be found in Chroma Cookbook

Use the WithChromaURL API or the CHROMA_URL environment variable to specify the URL of the Chroma server when creating the client instance.

Using OpenAI LLM

To use the OpenAI LLM with Chroma, use either the WithOpenAIAPIKey API or the OPENAI_API_KEY environment variable when creating the client.

Running With Docker

Running a Chroma server in a local docker instance can be especially useful for testing and development workflows. An example invocation scenario is presented below:

Starting the Chroma Server

As of this writing, the newest release of the Chroma docker image is chroma:0.5.0. Running it directly while exposing its port to your local machine can be accomplished with:

$ docker run -p 8000:8000 ghcr.io/chroma-core/chroma:0.5.0

Running an Example langchaingo Application

With the "Simple Docker Server" running (see above), running the included example langchaingo app should produce the following result:

$ export CHROMA_URL=http://localhost:8000
$ export OPENAI_API_KEY=YourOpenApiKeyGoesHere
$ go run ./examples/chroma-vectorstore-example/chroma_vectorstore_example.go
Results:
1. case: Up to 5 Cities in Japan
    result: Tokyo, Nagoya, Kyoto, Fukuoka, Hiroshima
2. case: A City in South America
    result: Buenos Aires
3. case: Large Cities in South America
    result: Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro

Tests

The test suite chroma_test.go started as a clone of the adjacent pinecone_test.go, and is initially quite sparse. Consider contributing new test cases, or adding coverage to accompany any changes made to the code.