Alibaba Open-Sources Zvec: An Embedded Vector Database Bringing SQLite-like Simplicity and High-Performance On-Device RAG to Edge Applications

Alibaba's Tongyi Lab released Zvec, an open-source embedded vector database for edge computing. Operating as an in-process library without external services, it enables efficient retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) on-device, offering SQLite-like simplicity for lightweight AI applications.