ChromaDB Advanced Where Chroma Fits Chroma is the go-to local-first vector DB for prototypes, notebooks, and small production workloads. Strengths: - Single , runs in-process or as a server. - Simple, consistent API across embeddings, storage, and querying. - Good defaults, low ceremony. Known limits: - Single-node architecture (no sharding in OSS). - Throughput and recall curves tail off past 10-20M vectors. - Filter performance worse than purpose-built stores at high cardinality. Plan a migration path to Qdrant / Pinecone / Milvus when approaching those limits — see the end of this skill. P…