/tags/chromadb/Recent content in Chromadb on JM's SiteHugoen-usThu, 23 Apr 2026 23:43:10 +0000/software/chromadb/Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000/software/chromadb/<p>ChromaDB is an embedding database for building search and retrieval systems.</p> <h2 id="how-i-use-it">How I use it</h2> <p>I chunk documentation (VyOS, Hugo) into paragraphs, embed them with <code>nomic-embed-text</code> via Ollama, and store the vectors in ChromaDB for semantic search.</p> <h2 id="stack">Stack</h2> <pre tabindex="0"><code>Documents → Chunker → Ollama embeddings → ChromaDB → Query API </code></pre><h2 id="key-concepts">Key concepts</h2> <ul> <li><strong>Collection</strong>: a named group of embeddings (like a table).</li> <li><strong>Document</strong>: the raw text stored alongside the vector.</li> <li><strong>Metadata</strong>: key-value pairs for filtering results.</li> </ul>