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LanceDB vs Vald
The same facts for both, read from GitHub every night, and the relation a person reviewed.
| Fact | LanceDB | Vald |
|---|---|---|
| Language | Rust | Go |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Stars | 12k | 1.7k |
| Latest | v0.39.0 | v1.8.0 |
| Last push | 2026-10-06 | 2026-10-06 |
| Release cadence | too few releases | about 123 days between releases |
| Active contributors | 59 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days | 4 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days |
| Flags | none | none |
How they relate
Both replace Pinecone. Alternatives to Pinecone →
PartialLanceDBEmbedded vector and full-text search over Lance files on local disk or object storage, without a server to run.
PartialValdDistributed approximate nearest-neighbour search that runs on Kubernetes.
LanceDB
- v0.40.0-beta.132026-10-06LanceDB v0.40.0-beta.13pre-release
- v0.40.0-beta.122026-09-30LanceDB v0.40.0-beta.12pre-release
- v0.40.0-beta.112026-09-24LanceDB v0.40.0-beta.11pre-release
- v0.40.0-beta.102026-09-24LanceDB v0.40.0-beta.10pre-release
- v0.40.0-beta.92026-09-23LanceDB v0.40.0-beta.9pre-release
LanceDB
unsigned The latest release, v0.39.0, carries no signature GitHub could verify.
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Vald
✓ signed The latest release, v1.8.0, carries a signature GitHub verified.
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