vectorscale

Advanced indexing for vector data with DiskANN

Overview

PackageVersionCategoryLicenseLanguage
pgvectorscale0.9.0RAGPostgreSQLRust
IDExtensionBinLibLoadCreateTrustRelocSchema
1820vectorscaleNoYesNoYesNoNo-
Relatedvector vchord vectorize pg_summarize pg_tiktoken pg4ml pgml vchord_bm25 pg_similarity

Version

TypeRepoVersionPG VerPackageDeps
EXTPIGSTY0.9.01817161514pgvectorscalevector
RPMPIGSTY0.9.01817161514pgvectorscale_$vpgvector_$v
DEBPIGSTY0.9.01817161514postgresql-$v-pgvectorscalepostgresql-$v-pgvector
OS / PGPG18PG17PG16PG15PG14
el8.x86_64
el8.aarch64
el9.x86_64
el9.aarch64
el10.x86_64
el10.aarch64
d12.x86_64
d12.aarch64
PIGSTY 0.9.0
PIGSTY 0.9.0
PIGSTY 0.9.0
PIGSTY 0.9.0
PIGSTY 0.9.0
d13.x86_64
PIGSTY 0.9.0
PIGSTY 0.9.0
PIGSTY 0.9.0
PIGSTY 0.9.0
PIGSTY 0.9.0
d13.aarch64
PIGSTY 0.9.0
PIGSTY 0.9.0
PIGSTY 0.9.0
PIGSTY 0.9.0
PIGSTY 0.9.0
u22.x86_64
PIGSTY 0.9.0
PIGSTY 0.9.0
PIGSTY 0.9.0
PIGSTY 0.9.0
PIGSTY 0.9.0
u22.aarch64
PIGSTY 0.9.0
PIGSTY 0.9.0
PIGSTY 0.9.0
PIGSTY 0.9.0
PIGSTY 0.9.0
u24.x86_64
PIGSTY 0.9.0
PIGSTY 0.9.0
PIGSTY 0.9.0
PIGSTY 0.9.0
PIGSTY 0.9.0
u24.aarch64
PIGSTY 0.9.0
PIGSTY 0.9.0
PIGSTY 0.9.0
PIGSTY 0.9.0
PIGSTY 0.9.0

Build

You can build the RPM / DEB packages for pgvectorscale using pig build:

pig build pkg pgvectorscale         # build RPM / DEB packages

Install

You can install pgvectorscale directly. First, make sure the PGDG and PIGSTY repositories are added and enabled:

pig repo add pgsql -u          # Add repo and update cache

Install the extension using pig or apt/yum/dnf:

pig install pgvectorscale;          # Install for current active PG version
pig ext install -y pgvectorscale -v 18  # PG 18
pig ext install -y pgvectorscale -v 17  # PG 17
pig ext install -y pgvectorscale -v 16  # PG 16
pig ext install -y pgvectorscale -v 15  # PG 15
pig ext install -y pgvectorscale -v 14  # PG 14
dnf install -y pgvectorscale_18       # PG 18
dnf install -y pgvectorscale_17       # PG 17
dnf install -y pgvectorscale_16       # PG 16
dnf install -y pgvectorscale_15       # PG 15
dnf install -y pgvectorscale_14       # PG 14
apt install -y postgresql-18-pgvectorscale   # PG 18
apt install -y postgresql-17-pgvectorscale   # PG 17
apt install -y postgresql-16-pgvectorscale   # PG 16
apt install -y postgresql-15-pgvectorscale   # PG 15
apt install -y postgresql-14-pgvectorscale   # PG 14

Create Extension:

CREATE EXTENSION vectorscale CASCADE;  -- requires: vector

Usage

CREATE EXTENSION vectorscale CASCADE;

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS document_embedding  (
    id BIGINT PRIMARY KEY GENERATED BY DEFAULT AS IDENTITY,
    metadata JSONB,
    contents TEXT,
    embedding VECTOR(1536)
);
  
CREATE INDEX document_embedding_idx ON document_embedding
USING diskann (embedding);

SELECT *
FROM document_embedding
ORDER BY embedding <=> $1
LIMIT 10

Last Modified 2026-03-12: add pg extension catalog (95749bf)