README.md

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## What is Milvus

Milvus is an open source vector similarity search engine. Built with heterogeneous computing architecture for the best cost efficiency. Searches over billion-scale vectors take only milliseconds with minimum computing resources.

For more detailed introduction of Milvus and its architecture, see [Milvus overview](https://www.milvus.io/docs/about_milvus/overview.md).

Keep up-to-date with newest releases and latest updates by reading Milvus [release notes](https://www.milvus.io/docs/v0.6.0/releases/v0.6.0.md).

## Roadmap

To learn what's coming up soon in Milvus, read our [Roadmap](https://github.com/milvus-io/milvus/milestones).

It is a Work in Progress, and is subject to reasonable adjustments when necessary. And we greatly welcome any comments/requirements/suggestions regarding Milvus roadmap.:clap:

## Application scenarios

Milvus is broadly applicable to a variety of areas. Below screenshot showcases our content-based image retrieval demo system built based on Milvus and VGG.

[![image retrieval demo](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/milvus-io/docs/v0.7.0/assets/image_retrieval.png)](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/milvus-io/docs/v0.7.0/assets/image_retrieval.png)

To explore more Milvus solutions and application scenarios, see our [bootcamp](https://github.com/milvus-io/bootcamp) repository.

## Test reports

See our [test reports](https://github.com/milvus-io/milvus/tree/master/docs) for more information about performance benchmarking of different indexes in Milvus.

## Supported clients

- [Go](https://github.com/milvus-io/milvus-sdk-go)
- [Python](https://github.com/milvus-io/pymilvus)
- [Java](https://github.com/milvus-io/milvus-sdk-java)
- [C++](https://github.com/milvus-io/milvus/tree/master/sdk)
- [RESTful API](https://github.com/milvus-io/milvus/tree/master/core/src/server/web_impl)
- [Node.js](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@arkie-ai/milvus-client) (Provided by [arkie](https://www.arkie.cn/))

## Get started

See the [Milvus install guide](https://www.milvus.io/docs/guides/get_started/install_milvus/install_milvus.md) for using Docker containers. To install Milvus from source code, see [build from source](INSTALL.md).

To edit Milvus settings, read [Milvus configuration](https://www.milvus.io/docs/v0.6.0/reference/milvus_config.md).

### Try your first Milvus program

Try running a program with Milvus using [Python](https://www.milvus.io/docs/guides/get_started/example_code.md), [Java](https://github.com/milvus-io/milvus-sdk-java/tree/master/examples), or [C++ example code](https://github.com/milvus-io/milvus/tree/master/sdk/examples).


## Contribution guidelines

Contributions are welcomed and greatly appreciated. Please read our [contribution guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md) for detailed contribution workflow. This project adheres to the [code of conduct](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md) of Milvus. By participating, you are expected to uphold this code.

We use [GitHub issues](https://github.com/milvus-io/milvus/issues) to track issues and bugs. For general questions and public discussions, please join our community.

## Join our community

:heart:To connect with other users and contributors, welcome to join our [Slack channel](https://join.slack.com/t/milvusio/shared_invite/enQtNzY1OTQ0NDI3NjMzLWNmYmM1NmNjOTQ5MGI5NDhhYmRhMGU5M2NhNzhhMDMzY2MzNDdlYjM5ODQ5MmE3ODFlYzU3YjJkNmVlNDQ2ZTk).

See our [community](https://github.com/milvus-io/community) repository to learn about our governance and access more community resources.

## Mailing lists

- [Milvus TSC](https://lists.lfai.foundation/g/milvus-tsc)
- [Milvus Technical Discuss](https://lists.lfai.foundation/g/milvus-technical-discuss)
- [Milvus Announce](https://lists.lfai.foundation/g/milvus-announce)

## Contributors

Below is a list of Milvus contributors. We greatly appreciate your contributions!
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    <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/akihoni"><img src="https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/36330442?v=4" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Sijie Zhang</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/milvus-io/milvus/commits?author=akihoni" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
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## Resources

- [Milvus.io](https://www.milvus.io)

- [Milvus FAQ](https://www.milvus.io/docs/faq/operational_faq.md)

- [Milvus Medium](https://medium.com/@milvusio)

- [Milvus CSDN](https://zilliz.blog.csdn.net/)

- [Milvus Twitter](https://twitter.com/milvusio)

- [Milvus Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/io.milvus.5)

- [Milvus design docs](design.md)

## License

[Apache License 2.0](LICENSE)