# Weaviate

> Weaviate is a BSD-3-Clause vector database written in Go and initiated by Bob van Luijt in 2016; it stores objects and vectors together and supports hybrid (vector plus keyword) retrieval, with a managed Weaviate Cloud offered by the company formerly named SeMI Technologies.

Open-source vector database storing objects and vectors with hybrid search.

- **Category:** Memory & State
- **License:** BSD-3-Clause
- **Language:** Go
- **Self-hosted:** Yes
- **GitHub stars:** 16864 (2026-10-04)
- **Repository:** https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate
- **Last verified:** 2026-10-04

Source: https://agent.c8.fit/tools/weaviate/