v0.2.7: Client-side embeddings & Data Chatbot

DistX v0.1.1

High-performance vector database with Qdrant API compatibility.

Highlights

• 🚀 6x faster search than Qdrant
• ⚡ 10x faster inserts than Redis
• 🎯 0.13ms p50 latency (gRPC)
• 📦 Single binary (~6MB)

Performance

Protocol	vs Qdrant	vs Redis
Insert (gRPC)	4.5x faster	10x faster
Search (gRPC)	6.3x faster	5x faster
Search Latency	6.6x lower	5x lower

Features

• HNSW Indexing with SIMD optimizations (AVX2, SSE, NEON)
• Qdrant-compatible REST API - drop-in replacement
• gRPC API for maximum performance
• BM25 text search with ranking
• Payload filtering by JSON metadata
• Redis-style persistence (WAL + snapshots + LMDB)

Installation

Pre-built Binaries

Download the appropriate binary for your platform from the assets below.

From crates.io

cargo install distx

From Source

git clone https://github.com/antonellof/DistX.git
cd DistX
cargo build --release

Quick Start

# Start the server
distx --http-port 6333 --grpc-port 6334

# Create a collection
curl -X PUT http://localhost:6333/collections/test \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"vectors": {"size": 128, "distance": "Cosine"}}'

# Insert vectors
curl -X PUT http://localhost:6333/collections/test/points \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"points": [{"id": 1, "vector": [0.1, 0.2, ...]}]}'

# Search
curl -X POST http://localhost:6333/collections/test/points/search \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"vector": [0.1, 0.2, ...], "limit": 10}'

Links

• Documentation: https://docs.rs/distx
• Crates.io: https://crates.io/crates/distx
• GitHub: https://github.com/antonellof/DistX