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Product Positioning: A pure .NET embedded vector database — zero native dependencies, runs in-process, no standalone database server deployment required. Framework Version: .NET 10 Namespace:
Vorcyc.QuiverDesign Philosophy: Similar to EF Core'sDbContextpattern — automatic discovery, index construction, and persistence via declarative attribute annotations.
This wiki is a chapter-by-chapter split of README.md, intended for easier topic-oriented navigation.
- 06. Distance Metrics (9 built-in + custom
ISimilarity) - 07. Index Types (Flat / HNSW / IVF / KDTree)
- 08. CRUD Operations
- 09. Vector Search (Top-K / Threshold / Filtered / Async)
- 10. Persistent Storage (
QDB\x04segment format) - 11. Migration System (format vs schema migration)
- 11a. Schema Migration (schema evolution details)
- 12. Multi-Vector Field Support
- 16. Internal Implementation Details
- 17. Complete Examples
- 18. API Reference Cheat Sheet-
- 19. Usage Recommendations (lazy loading / mmap / Blob / HNSW Snapshot)
Embedded Vector Database · Pure .NET · ANN · HNSW · IVF · KDTree · Code-First · Embedding · Semantic Search · Face Recognition · RAG · SIMD · Schema Migration · ISimilarity · Mmap · SQ8 Quantization · Matryoshka Truncation
Name Origin: Quiver — a container for arrows; a vector is mathematically an arrow.