# weaviate

> Weaviate is an open-source vector database that stores both objects and vectors, allowing for the combination of vector search with structured filtering with the fault tolerance and scalability of a c

- **URL**: https://www.freshcrate.ai/projects/weaviate
- **Author**: weaviate
- **Category**: Databases
- **Latest version**: `v1.37.7` (2026-06-02)
- **License**: BSD-3-Clause
- **Source**: https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate
- **Homepage**: https://weaviate.io/developers/weaviate/
- **Language**: Go
- **GitHub**: 16,051 stars, 1,260 forks
- **Registry**: github
- **Tags**: `approximate-nearest-neighbor-search`, `generative-search`, `go`, `grpc`, `hnsw`, `hybrid-search`, `image-search`, `information-retrieval`, `mlops`

## Description

Weaviate is an open-source vector database that stores both objects and vectors, allowing for the combination of vector search with structured filtering with the fault tolerance and scalability of a cloud-native database​.

## Recent releases

| Version | Date | Urgency | Changes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `v1.37.7` | 2026-06-02 | High | ## Breaking Changes  *none*  ## New Features *none*  ## Fixes * fix(lsmkv): make compaction abort immediately on cancel by @etiennedi in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/11461 * fix(db): sync-rename + async RemoveAll on collection / shard delete by @etiennedi in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/11462 * fix(db): make async-delete drop idempotent for a missing source by @etiennedi in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/11477 * Reduce size of backup to speed up tes |
| `v1.37.5` | 2026-05-26 | High | ## Breaking changes *none*  ## New Features * feat: create simple create_release.sh script by @antas-marcin in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/11301 * tools/dev: add release.sh release driver by @mpartipilo in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/11241 * feat(schema): add validation for reserved property name suffixes by @amourao in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/11122 * Support named vectors in default vector index by @trengrj in https://github.com/weaviate/weav |
| `v1.37.4` | 2026-05-14 | High | ## Breaking Changes *none*  ## New Features *none*  ## Fixes * ci: switch docker image PR builds and docker report CI jobs to use Ubicloud runners by @antas-marcin in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/11258 * fix(ci): disable job reruns for dependabot PR's by @antas-marcin in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/11259 * fix(ci): use github's ubuntu-24.04-arm runner for PR ARM docker image build by @antas-marcin in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/11261 * Usage lim |
| `v1.37.3` | 2026-05-11 | High | ## Breaking Changes *none*  ## New Features *none*  ## Fixes * chore(test): fix flakey tests TestRaftEndpoints TestSnapshotRestoreSchemaOnly by @moogacs in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/11116 * fix(cluster): prevent shutdown hangs by buffering close signal channels by @moogacs in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/11114 * docs: fix TextAnalyzerConfig descriptions for immutabiity by @amourao in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/11127 * MMR Fix for Multi-Node b |
| `v1.37.2` | 2026-04-23 | High | ## Breaking Changes *none*  ## New Features * Collection export: Speed up snapshotting with concurrent tenant de-activation by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/11031 * hfresh: use asymmetric distance computation by @asdine in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/11098  ## Fixes * Improve compressed vector index cache by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/11059 * fix: support old stopword index config on endpoint by @amourao in https://github.com/weavi |
| `v1.35.18` | 2026-04-17 | High | ## Breaking Changes  *none*  ## New Features *none*  ## Fixes * fix: handle secondary index size accumulation for varying key counts by @amourao in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/11060 * startup: speedup startup by checking db status more often by @asdine in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/11064 * fix: refactor bucket creation to use options for sec indices  by @amourao in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/11067   **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/we |
| `v1.36.11` | 2026-04-17 | High | ## Breaking Changes  *none*  ## New Features *none*  ## Fixes * fix: persist compression metadata after preloading vectors to avoid data loss on restart by @asdine in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/11025 * Fix S3 backup client: HomeDir path doubling and Initialize cleanup with path overrides by @jfrancoa in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/11033 * security: upgrade musl, musl-utils, zlib alpine packages by @antas-marcin in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/11 |
| `v1.37.1` | 2026-04-17 | High | ## Breaking Changes  *none*  ## New Features *none*  ## Fixes * fix: handle secondary index size accumulation for varying key counts by @amourao in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/11060 * startup: speedup startup by checking db status more often by @asdine in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/11064 * fix: refactor bucket creation to use options for sec indices  by @amourao in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/11067 * [MCP] Refactor permissions by @g-despot in |
| `v1.37.1` | 2026-04-17 | High | ## Breaking Changes  *none*  ## New Features *none*  ## Fixes * fix: handle secondary index size accumulation for varying key counts by @amourao in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/11060 * startup: speedup startup by checking db status more often by @asdine in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/11064 * fix: refactor bucket creation to use options for sec indices  by @amourao in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/11067 * [MCP] Refactor permissions by @g-despot in |
| `v1.37.1` | 2026-04-17 | High | ## Breaking Changes  *none*  ## New Features *none*  ## Fixes * fix: handle secondary index size accumulation for varying key counts by @amourao in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/11060 * startup: speedup startup by checking db status more often by @asdine in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/11064 * fix: refactor bucket creation to use options for sec indices  by @amourao in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/11067 * [MCP] Refactor permissions by @g-despot in |

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