R Observatory: Metrics for VectrixDB version 1.1.2

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

VectrixDB

1.1.2

Lightweight Vector Database with Embedded Machine Learning Models

1packages depend

1.3Kdownloads / year

–test coverage

13/13checks pass

Overview

About

Maintained by Kwadwo Daddy Nyame Owusu BoakyeFirst published 2026-02-201 releasesCRAN page ↗GitHub ↗

A lightweight vector database for text retrieval in R with embedded machine learning models and no external API (Application Programming Interface) keys. Supports dense and hybrid search, optional HNSW (Hierarchical Navigable Small World) approximate nearest-neighbor indexing, faceted filters with ACL (Access Control List) metadata, command-line tools, and a local dashboard built with 'shiny'. The HNSW method is described by Malkov and Yashunin (2018) doi:10.1109/TPAMI.2018.2889473.

Install

R (CRAN)pak (dev)Ubuntu (r2u)Fedora (COPR)openSUSE (OBS)

install.packages("VectrixDB", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")

Installs the current CRAN release. Prebuilt binaries on Windows and macOS.

if (!requireNamespace("pak", quietly = TRUE))
  install.packages("pak", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")
pak::pak("knowusuboaky/vectrixdb-r")

Development version from knowusuboaky/vectrixdb-r. Installs pak first if it is not already available.

Release

# enable cranapt (r2u) if it is not already set up, then install
grep -rqs r2u.stat.illinois.edu /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ \
  || curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eddelbuettel/r2u/master/inst/scripts/add_cranapt_noble.sh | sudo bash
sudo apt install -y r-cran-vectrixdb

Fast Ubuntu binaries via r2u (no compilation). The cranapt setup runs once and is skipped when it is already enabled.

bspm (used by r2u) also needs make: sudo apt install make

# enable the iucar/cran COPR if it is not already present, then install
ls /etc/yum.repos.d/*iucar*cran*.repo >/dev/null 2>&1 \
  || sudo dnf copr enable -y iucar/cran
sudo dnf install -y R-CRAN-VectrixDB

RPMs from the iucar/cran COPR, rebuilt from CRAN.

For install.packages() integration in R, also: sudo dnf install R-CoprManager

# add the autoCRAN OBS repo (Tumbleweed) if it is missing, then install
zypper -q lr | grep -qi autoCRAN \
  || sudo zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/R:/autoCRAN/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/devel:languages:R:autoCRAN.repo
sudo zypper install -y R-VectrixDB

RPMs auto-built from CRAN on openSUSE OBS (Tumbleweed).

Health

CRAN checks

13OK

Slowest check: 4.5 min · r-oldrel-windows-x86_64

Code health

Yes

Tests · ratio 0.17

not tracked

Coverage

100%

Documentation · exports

11

Dependencies · direct

Check history

OK2026-08-05
13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
NOTE2026-08-01
12 OK · 1 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
OK2026-03-10
14 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE

Documentation

READMEYes · 329 wordsVignettesNopkgdown siteNoNEWSNoCode of conductNoContributing guideNo

Examples that run: 4%
Documented parameters: 100%
Return-value docs: 38%
References docs: 0%

Downloads

1.3K

CRAN downloads in the past year

Rank #19,042 · ~3/day · ~105/mo

Releases R versions

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Repository

GitHub ↗ knowusuboaky/vectrixdb-r

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Last activity 2026-02-18

Repository practices

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Continuous integration (1)

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Docs source (1)

README.Rmd

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Dependencies

Declared dependencies

14 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

Depends (0)

none

Imports (11)

R6 jsonlite digestMatrixtext2vec stopwordstoolsutilsstatsRSQLite DBI

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Suggests (7)

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Reverse dependencies

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RAGFlowChainR

Code & Tests

People & History

People (1)

Maintainer (1)

Kwadwo Daddy Nyame Owusu Boakye

Author, Maintainer

Authors (1)

Kwadwo Daddy Nyame Owusu Boakye

Author, Maintainer

Package Timeline

1 release. R releases are shown for context.

R
R 4.6.0 released · 2026-04-24
1.1.2Latest
2026-03-10 · current release
R
R 4.5.0 released · 2025-04-11

Package metadata

First published: 2026-02-20
Total releases: 1 / 1 yrs
License: Apache License (>= 2)
Download size: 148 KB
Installed size: not tracked yet
With dependencies: not tracked yet

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citation("VectrixDB")

Format

Owusu Boakye, K. D. N. (2026). VectrixDB: Lightweight Vector Database with Embedded Machine Learning Models (Version 1.1.2) [Computer software]. https://doi.org/10.32614/CRAN.package.VectrixDB

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Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for VectrixDB version 1.1.2 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-18. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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