OpenViSTAI · Agents · Blockchain · Crypto
Submit a project
Menu
AI Developer Tools & SDKs

Chromadb UI

ChromaDB UI is a browser-based application for connecting to a ChromaDB server and visually managing collections and records, including metadata and embeddings. It supports semantic text search, vector-neighbor search, JSON record import and CSV export, and is limited to the Chroma v2 API.

Explore the practical guide ↓

Independent OpenViST project profile, based on linked sources.

Chromadb UI — OpenViST project profile in AI Developer Tools & SDKs.
OpenViST project illustration. See the linked sources for product details.
Understand the project

Practical overview

When it fits

Use it when you need a visual administration and exploration interface for a ChromaDB instance, particularly for collection maintenance, record inspection, metadata-filtered browsing or search.

Who it is for

  • Developers who administer or inspect ChromaDB collections and records.
  • Teams that want a visual interface for search, metadata filtering, bulk record changes or CSV export.

Documented uses

  • Browse, create, rename, clone or delete Chroma collections.
  • Search records, build metadata filters and apply bulk record actions.
  • Inspect and edit documents, metadata and embeddings.
  • Run semantic text queries or nearest-neighbor search with raw vector JSON.
  • Add or upsert records and export the current table view as CSV.
Before you choose

Requirements & limits

The project documents a deployed GitHub Pages interface, local Vite use and Docker Compose deployment. It is open source under the MIT license.

  • The Chroma server must use the Chroma v2 API.
  • Connection details include a server URL, tenant and database.
  • Semantic query and automatic embedding generation can use OpenAI or Ollama.
  • CORS configuration may be needed on the Chroma backend for the chosen frontend origin.
  • The project is a Vue-based application and can be run locally or with Docker Compose.

Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.

Source-based practical guide

Run the UI locally with Vite

Start the ChromaDB UI development server on the documented local address.

Before you start

  • A cloned ChromaDB UI repository
  • npm

Steps

  1. Clone the repository with git clone https://github.com/BlackyDrum/chromadb-ui.git.

  2. Install dependencies by running npm ci in the repository.

  3. Start the development server with npm run dev.

Expected outcome

The app runs at http://localhost:8090 by default.

Guide limitations

  • The UI works only with the Chroma v2 API.
  • A Chroma backend must allow requests from the frontend origin if CORS errors occur.
Documentation 1 ↗
Source-based practical guide

Start the UI and ChromaDB with Docker Compose

Launch the UI container, ChromaDB, or both through the repository's Docker Compose configuration.

Before you start

  • Docker installed and running
  • The repository's docker-compose.yml

Steps

  1. To start only ChromaDB, run docker compose up -d chromadb.

  2. To start only the UI container, run docker compose up -d --build chromadb-ui.

  3. To start ChromaDB and the UI together, run docker compose up -d --build.

Expected outcome

The UI container serves the production build at http://localhost:8090.

Guide limitations

  • The UI works only with the Chroma v2 API.
  • If CORS errors occur, configure the Chroma backend to allow the frontend origin and restart the containers.
Documentation 1 ↗
Evidence and transparency

Sources & review

Official repository ↗
Source record details
Source availability
Active
Sources checked
16 October 2026
Original website title
BlackyDrum/chromadb-ui · Official homepage title · retained in its source language
How we review sourcesSuggest a correction