# Announcing VectorsDB: Similarity search as a first-class Appwrite database

DevFeed: [Announcing VectorsDB: Similarity search as a first-class Appwrite database](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/announcing-vectorsdb-similarity-search-as-a-first-class-appwrite-database-16444.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://appwrite.io/blog/post/announcing-vectorsdb>)

Author: Arnab Chatterjee

Published: 2026-09-02T00:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Appwrite Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/appwrite-blog.md>)

Topics: [Appwrite](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/appwrite.md>), [AI search](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-search.md>), [Databases](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/databases.md>), [Embeddings](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/embeddings.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [announcements](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/announcements.md>), [databases](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/databases.md>), [embeddings](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/embeddings.md>), [product](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/product.md>), [search](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/search.md>), [vector](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vector.md>)

## AI overview

Appwrite announces VectorsDB, a first-class database for storing and searching vectors. It supports built-in text embedding generation, externally generated embeddings, similarity ranking, metadata, permissions, queries, pagination, ordering, transactions, bulk operations, and CSV import and export.

## Source excerpt

Store embeddings, generate them from text with built-in models, and rank documents by similarity without adding a separate vector service to your stack.