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Semantic vector DB on Val Town SQLite — DiskANN, hybrid search
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🛡️ SlimArmor - Mini Vector DB for Val Town

A lightweight, optimized vector database built on Val Town's SQLite (powered by Turso/libSQL) with Nebius Qwen3-Embedding-8B embeddings.

Quick Stats

MetricValue
Embedding dimensions4096
Storage per record~22 KB
Max records per 1GB~47,500
Avg embedding time~460ms
Recommended maxDistance0.6 - 0.65

Features

  • Semantic search with cosine similarity + distance scores
  • Smart re-embedding - only re-embeds when text changes
  • Optimized index - 75% less storage with float8 compression
  • Scale testing tools - seed data, calibrate thresholds, detailed stats

API Endpoints

Core API

MethodEndpointDescription
POST/upsertInsert/update {id, text, meta?}
POST/searchSearch {query, k?, maxDistance?}
POST/deleteDelete {id}
GET/get?id=...Get single record
GET/list?limit=...List record IDs

Admin / Testing

MethodEndpointDescription
GET/pingHealth check
GET/statsDetailed storage stats
GET/seed?n=100Seed N synthetic records
GET/calibrate?q=...Suggest distance thresholds
POST/reindexRecreate optimized index
POST/clear?confirm=yesDelete ALL records

Distance Score Guide

DistanceMeaningAction
0.0 - 0.4Very similarAlways include
0.4 - 0.6RelatedInclude (tight mode)
0.6 - 0.7Somewhat relatedInclude (balanced mode)
0.7+Likely unrelatedFilter out

Default recommendation: maxDistance: 0.64

Import as Module

import * as db from "https://esm.town/v/kamenxrider/slimarmor/vectordb.ts"; await db.setup(); await db.upsert("doc-1", "Your text here", { category: "notes" }); const results = await db.search("search query", 10, 0.64);

Environment Variables

VariableDescription
NEBIUS_API_KEYNebius API key for embeddings

Tech Stack

  • Runtime: Val Town (Deno)
  • Database: Val Town SQLite (Turso/libSQL with DiskANN)
  • Embeddings: Nebius Qwen3-Embedding-8B (4096 dims)
  • Index: Cosine similarity, max_neighbors=64, compress_neighbors=float8

License

MIT

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