Installation

Linux and Mac

Compile and install the extension (supports Postgres 13+)

cd /tmp
git clone --branch v0.8.1 https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector.git
cd pgvector
make
make install # may need sudo

See the installation notes if you run into issues

You can also install it with Docker, Homebrew, PGXN, APT, Yum, pkg, or conda-forge, and it comes preinstalled with Postgres.app and many hosted providers. There are also instructions for GitHub Actions.

Windows

Ensure C++ support in Visual Studio is installed and run x64 Native Tools Command Prompt for VS [version] as administrator. Then use nmake to build:

set "PGROOT=C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17"
cd %TEMP%
git clone --branch v0.8.1 https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector.git
cd pgvector
nmake /F Makefile.win
nmake /F Makefile.win install

See the installation notes if you run into issues

You can also install it with Docker or conda-forge.