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libvdb-0.1.0/PKG-INFO

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+Metadata-Version: 2.4
+Name: libvdb
+Version: 0.1.0
+Summary: A header-only C vector database library
+Requires-Python: >=3.13
+Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
+License-File: LICENSE
+Dynamic: license-file
+
+### vdb
+
+A lightweight, header-only C library for storing and searching high-dimensional vector embeddings with optional multithreading support.
+
+![](/benchmark.png)
+
+### Features
+
+- Header-only implementation (single file: `vdb.h`)
+- Multiple distance metrics (cosine, euclidean, dot product)
+- Optional thread-safe operations via `#define VDB_MULTITHREADED`
+- Save/load database to/from disk
+- Custom memory allocators support
+- No dependencies (except `pthreads` for multithreading)
+- Python bindings (refer to [`vdb.py`](/vdb.py))
+
+### Usage
+
+```c
+/*test.c*/
+#include "vdb.h"
+
+int main(void) {
+  vdb_database *db = vdb_create(128, VDB_METRIC_COSINE);
+
+  float embedding[128] = { /* ... */ };
+  vdb_add_vector(db, embedding, "vec1", NULL);
+
+  float query[128] = { /* ... */ };
+  vdb_result_set *results = vdb_search(db, query, 5);
+
+  vdb_free_result_set(results);
+  vdb_destroy(db);
+  return 0;
+}
+```
+
+Include [`vdb.h`](/vdb.h) and compile with either approach, `pthreads` is not necessarily available which is why this is behind a flag.
+
+**Single-threaded:**
+
+```bash
+gcc -O2 test.c -o test -lm
+```
+
+**Multi-threaded:**
+
+```bash
+gcc -O2 -DVDB_MULTITHREADED test.c -o test -lpthread -lm
+```
+
+### API Reference
+
+#### Database management
+
+**`vdb_database *vdb_create(size_t dimensions, vdb_metric metric)`**
+Creates a new vector database.
+
+**`void vdb_destroy(vdb_database *db)`**
+Frees all resources associated with the database.
+
+**`size_t vdb_count(const vdb_database *db)`**
+Returns the number of vectors in the database.
+
+**`size_t vdb_dimensions(const vdb_database *db)`**
+Returns the dimensionality of vectors.
+
+#### Vector operations
+
+**`vdb_error vdb_add_vector(vdb_database *db, const float *data, const char *id, void *metadata)`**
+Adds a vector to the database with optional ID and metadata.
+
+**`vdb_error vdb_remove_vector(vdb_database *db, size_t index)`**
+Removes a vector at the specified index.
+
+**`vdb_error vdb_get_vector(const vdb_database \*db, size_t index, float **out_data, char **out_id, void **out_metadata)`\*\*
+Retrieves a vector and its metadata.
+
+#### Search
+
+**`vdb_result_set *vdb_search(const vdb_database *db, const float *query, size_t k)`**
+Performs [k-nearest neighbor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-nearest_neighbors_algorithm) search. Returns NULL on error.
+
+**`void vdb_free_result_set(vdb_result_set *result_set)`**
+Frees search results.
+
+#### Persistence
+
+**`vdb_error vdb_save(const vdb_database *db, const char *filename)`**
+Saves the database to disk.
+
+**`vdb_database *vdb_load(const char *filename)`**
+Loads a database from disk.
+
+### Distance metrics
+
+- `VDB_METRIC_COSINE` - Cosine distance (1 - cosine similarity)
+- `VDB_METRIC_EUCLIDEAN` - Euclidean (L2) distance
+- `VDB_METRIC_DOT_PRODUCT` - Negative dot product
+
+### Error codes
+
+```c
+VDB_OK = 0
+VDB_ERROR_NULL_POINTER = -1
+VDB_ERROR_INVALID_DIMENSIONS = -2
+VDB_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY = -3
+VDB_ERROR_NOT_FOUND = -4
+VDB_ERROR_INVALID_INDEX = -5
+VDB_ERROR_THREAD_FAILURE = -6
+```
+
+### Custom memory allocators
+
+Define before including `vdb.h`:
+
+```c
+#define VDB_MALLOC my_malloc
+#define VDB_FREE my_free
+#define VDB_REALLOC my_realloc
+#include "vdb.h"
+```
+
+### Thread safety
+
+When compiled with `VDB_MULTITHREADED`, all operations are thread-safe using read-write locks:
+
+- Multiple threads can search simultaneously
+- Add/remove operations are exclusive
+- No external locking required
+
+### File format
+
+vdb uses a binary format with magic number `0x56444230`:
+
+- Header: magic (4 bytes), dimensions, count, metric
+- Vectors: float array + ID length + ID string (for each vector)
+- Metadata is not persisted
+
+### License
+
+Apache v2.0 License

libvdb-0.1.0/README.md

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+### vdb
+
+A lightweight, header-only C library for storing and searching high-dimensional vector embeddings with optional multithreading support.
+
+![](/benchmark.png)
+
+### Features
+
+- Header-only implementation (single file: `vdb.h`)
+- Multiple distance metrics (cosine, euclidean, dot product)
+- Optional thread-safe operations via `#define VDB_MULTITHREADED`
+- Save/load database to/from disk
+- Custom memory allocators support
+- No dependencies (except `pthreads` for multithreading)
+- Python bindings (refer to [`vdb.py`](/vdb.py))
+
+### Usage
+
+```c
+/*test.c*/
+#include "vdb.h"
+
+int main(void) {
+  vdb_database *db = vdb_create(128, VDB_METRIC_COSINE);
+
+  float embedding[128] = { /* ... */ };
+  vdb_add_vector(db, embedding, "vec1", NULL);
+
+  float query[128] = { /* ... */ };
+  vdb_result_set *results = vdb_search(db, query, 5);
+
+  vdb_free_result_set(results);
+  vdb_destroy(db);
+  return 0;
+}
+```
+
+Include [`vdb.h`](/vdb.h) and compile with either approach, `pthreads` is not necessarily available which is why this is behind a flag.
+
+**Single-threaded:**
+
+```bash
+gcc -O2 test.c -o test -lm
+```
+
+**Multi-threaded:**
+
+```bash
+gcc -O2 -DVDB_MULTITHREADED test.c -o test -lpthread -lm
+```
+
+### API Reference
+
+#### Database management
+
+**`vdb_database *vdb_create(size_t dimensions, vdb_metric metric)`**
+Creates a new vector database.
+
+**`void vdb_destroy(vdb_database *db)`**
+Frees all resources associated with the database.
+
+**`size_t vdb_count(const vdb_database *db)`**
+Returns the number of vectors in the database.
+
+**`size_t vdb_dimensions(const vdb_database *db)`**
+Returns the dimensionality of vectors.
+
+#### Vector operations
+
+**`vdb_error vdb_add_vector(vdb_database *db, const float *data, const char *id, void *metadata)`**
+Adds a vector to the database with optional ID and metadata.
+
+**`vdb_error vdb_remove_vector(vdb_database *db, size_t index)`**
+Removes a vector at the specified index.
+
+**`vdb_error vdb_get_vector(const vdb_database \*db, size_t index, float **out_data, char **out_id, void **out_metadata)`\*\*
+Retrieves a vector and its metadata.
+
+#### Search
+
+**`vdb_result_set *vdb_search(const vdb_database *db, const float *query, size_t k)`**
+Performs [k-nearest neighbor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-nearest_neighbors_algorithm) search. Returns NULL on error.
+
+**`void vdb_free_result_set(vdb_result_set *result_set)`**
+Frees search results.
+
+#### Persistence
+
+**`vdb_error vdb_save(const vdb_database *db, const char *filename)`**
+Saves the database to disk.
+
+**`vdb_database *vdb_load(const char *filename)`**
+Loads a database from disk.
+
+### Distance metrics
+
+- `VDB_METRIC_COSINE` - Cosine distance (1 - cosine similarity)
+- `VDB_METRIC_EUCLIDEAN` - Euclidean (L2) distance
+- `VDB_METRIC_DOT_PRODUCT` - Negative dot product
+
+### Error codes
+
+```c
+VDB_OK = 0
+VDB_ERROR_NULL_POINTER = -1
+VDB_ERROR_INVALID_DIMENSIONS = -2
+VDB_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY = -3
+VDB_ERROR_NOT_FOUND = -4
+VDB_ERROR_INVALID_INDEX = -5
+VDB_ERROR_THREAD_FAILURE = -6
+```
+
+### Custom memory allocators
+
+Define before including `vdb.h`:
+
+```c
+#define VDB_MALLOC my_malloc
+#define VDB_FREE my_free
+#define VDB_REALLOC my_realloc
+#include "vdb.h"
+```
+
+### Thread safety
+
+When compiled with `VDB_MULTITHREADED`, all operations are thread-safe using read-write locks:
+
+- Multiple threads can search simultaneously
+- Add/remove operations are exclusive
+- No external locking required
+
+### File format
+
+vdb uses a binary format with magic number `0x56444230`:
+
+- Header: magic (4 bytes), dimensions, count, metric
+- Vectors: float array + ID length + ID string (for each vector)
+- Metadata is not persisted
+
+### License
+
+Apache v2.0 License

libvdb-0.1.0/libvdb.egg-info/PKG-INFO

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+Metadata-Version: 2.4
+Name: libvdb
+Version: 0.1.0
+Summary: A header-only C vector database library
+Requires-Python: >=3.13
+Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
+License-File: LICENSE
+Dynamic: license-file
+
+### vdb
+
+A lightweight, header-only C library for storing and searching high-dimensional vector embeddings with optional multithreading support.
+
+![](/benchmark.png)
+
+### Features
+
+- Header-only implementation (single file: `vdb.h`)
+- Multiple distance metrics (cosine, euclidean, dot product)
+- Optional thread-safe operations via `#define VDB_MULTITHREADED`
+- Save/load database to/from disk
+- Custom memory allocators support
+- No dependencies (except `pthreads` for multithreading)
+- Python bindings (refer to [`vdb.py`](/vdb.py))
+
+### Usage
+
+```c
+/*test.c*/
+#include "vdb.h"
+
+int main(void) {
+  vdb_database *db = vdb_create(128, VDB_METRIC_COSINE);
+
+  float embedding[128] = { /* ... */ };
+  vdb_add_vector(db, embedding, "vec1", NULL);
+
+  float query[128] = { /* ... */ };
+  vdb_result_set *results = vdb_search(db, query, 5);
+
+  vdb_free_result_set(results);
+  vdb_destroy(db);
+  return 0;
+}
+```
+
+Include [`vdb.h`](/vdb.h) and compile with either approach, `pthreads` is not necessarily available which is why this is behind a flag.
+
+**Single-threaded:**
+
+```bash
+gcc -O2 test.c -o test -lm
+```
+
+**Multi-threaded:**
+
+```bash
+gcc -O2 -DVDB_MULTITHREADED test.c -o test -lpthread -lm
+```
+
+### API Reference
+
+#### Database management
+
+**`vdb_database *vdb_create(size_t dimensions, vdb_metric metric)`**
+Creates a new vector database.
+
+**`void vdb_destroy(vdb_database *db)`**
+Frees all resources associated with the database.
+
+**`size_t vdb_count(const vdb_database *db)`**
+Returns the number of vectors in the database.
+
+**`size_t vdb_dimensions(const vdb_database *db)`**
+Returns the dimensionality of vectors.
+
+#### Vector operations
+
+**`vdb_error vdb_add_vector(vdb_database *db, const float *data, const char *id, void *metadata)`**
+Adds a vector to the database with optional ID and metadata.
+
+**`vdb_error vdb_remove_vector(vdb_database *db, size_t index)`**
+Removes a vector at the specified index.
+
+**`vdb_error vdb_get_vector(const vdb_database \*db, size_t index, float **out_data, char **out_id, void **out_metadata)`\*\*
+Retrieves a vector and its metadata.
+
+#### Search
+
+**`vdb_result_set *vdb_search(const vdb_database *db, const float *query, size_t k)`**
+Performs [k-nearest neighbor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-nearest_neighbors_algorithm) search. Returns NULL on error.
+
+**`void vdb_free_result_set(vdb_result_set *result_set)`**
+Frees search results.
+
+#### Persistence
+
+**`vdb_error vdb_save(const vdb_database *db, const char *filename)`**
+Saves the database to disk.
+
+**`vdb_database *vdb_load(const char *filename)`**
+Loads a database from disk.
+
+### Distance metrics
+
+- `VDB_METRIC_COSINE` - Cosine distance (1 - cosine similarity)
+- `VDB_METRIC_EUCLIDEAN` - Euclidean (L2) distance
+- `VDB_METRIC_DOT_PRODUCT` - Negative dot product
+
+### Error codes
+
+```c
+VDB_OK = 0
+VDB_ERROR_NULL_POINTER = -1
+VDB_ERROR_INVALID_DIMENSIONS = -2
+VDB_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY = -3
+VDB_ERROR_NOT_FOUND = -4
+VDB_ERROR_INVALID_INDEX = -5
+VDB_ERROR_THREAD_FAILURE = -6
+```
+
+### Custom memory allocators
+
+Define before including `vdb.h`:
+
+```c
+#define VDB_MALLOC my_malloc
+#define VDB_FREE my_free
+#define VDB_REALLOC my_realloc
+#include "vdb.h"
+```
+
+### Thread safety
+
+When compiled with `VDB_MULTITHREADED`, all operations are thread-safe using read-write locks:
+
+- Multiple threads can search simultaneously
+- Add/remove operations are exclusive
+- No external locking required
+
+### File format
+
+vdb uses a binary format with magic number `0x56444230`:
+
+- Header: magic (4 bytes), dimensions, count, metric
+- Vectors: float array + ID length + ID string (for each vector)
+- Metadata is not persisted
+
+### License
+
+Apache v2.0 License

libvdb-0.1.0/libvdb.egg-info/SOURCES.txt

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+LICENSE
+README.md
+pyproject.toml
+vdb.py
+libvdb.egg-info/PKG-INFO
+libvdb.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
+libvdb.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
+libvdb.egg-info/top_level.txt

libvdb-0.1.0/libvdb.egg-info/dependency_links.txt

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+

libvdb-0.1.0/libvdb.egg-info/top_level.txt

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+vdb

libvdb-0.1.0/pyproject.toml

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+[project]
+name = "libvdb"
+version = "0.1.0"
+description = "A header-only C vector database library"
+readme = "README.md"
+requires-python = ">=3.13"
+dependencies = []
+
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[tool.setuptools]
+py-modules = ["vdb"]

libvdb-0.1.0/setup.cfg

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+[egg_info]
+tag_build = 
+tag_date = 0
+

libvdb-0.1.0/vdb.py

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+import ctypes
+import os
+import tempfile
+import subprocess
+from ctypes import c_void_p, c_char_p, c_size_t, c_float, c_int, POINTER, Structure
+
+class VDBError:
+  OK = 0
+  NULL_POINTER = -1
+  INVALID_DIMENSIONS = -2
+  OUT_OF_MEMORY = -3
+  NOT_FOUND = -4
+  INVALID_INDEX = -5
+  THREAD_FAILURE = -6
+
+class VDBMetric:
+  COSINE = 0
+  EUCLIDEAN = 1
+  DOT_PRODUCT = 2
+
+class VDBResult(Structure):
+  _fields_ = [
+    ("index", c_size_t),
+    ("distance", c_float),
+    ("id", c_char_p),
+    ("metadata", c_void_p)
+  ]
+
+class VDBResultSet(Structure):
+  _fields_ = [
+    ("results", POINTER(VDBResult)),
+    ("count", c_size_t)
+  ]
+
+class VectorDatabase:
+  _lib = None
+  _lib_path = None
+  
+  @classmethod
+  def _compile_library(cls, multithreaded=True):
+    if cls._lib is not None:
+      return
+    
+    vdb_header = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'vdb.h')
+    if not os.path.exists(vdb_header):
+      vdb_header = 'vdb.h'
+    
+    temp_dir = tempfile.gettempdir()
+    c_file = os.path.join(temp_dir, 'vdb_wrapper.c')
+    
+    wrapper_code = '''
+#define VDB_MULTITHREADED
+#include "vdb.h"
+
+vdb_database* wrap_vdb_create(size_t dims, int metric) {
+  return vdb_create(dims, (vdb_metric)metric);
+}
+
+int wrap_vdb_add_vector(vdb_database* db, float* data, const char* id) {
+  return vdb_add_vector(db, data, id, NULL);
+}
+
+vdb_result_set* wrap_vdb_search(vdb_database* db, float* query, size_t k) {
+  return vdb_search(db, query, k);
+}
+
+void wrap_vdb_free_result_set(vdb_result_set* rs) {
+  vdb_free_result_set(rs);
+}
+
+void wrap_vdb_destroy(vdb_database* db) {
+  vdb_destroy(db);
+}
+
+size_t wrap_vdb_count(vdb_database* db) {
+  return vdb_count(db);
+}
+
+size_t wrap_vdb_dimensions(vdb_database* db) {
+  return vdb_dimensions(db);
+}
+
+int wrap_vdb_save(vdb_database* db, const char* filename) {
+  return vdb_save(db, filename);
+}
+
+vdb_database* wrap_vdb_load(const char* filename) {
+  return vdb_load(filename);
+}
+
+int wrap_vdb_remove_vector(vdb_database* db, size_t index) {
+  return vdb_remove_vector(db, index);
+}
+'''
+    
+    with open(c_file, 'w') as f:
+      f.write(wrapper_code)
+    
+    lib_name = 'libvdb.so'
+    lib_path = os.path.join(temp_dir, lib_name)
+    
+    compile_cmd = [
+      'gcc', '-shared', '-fPIC', '-O3',
+      '-I' + os.path.dirname(vdb_header),
+      c_file, '-o', lib_path,
+      '-lm', '-lpthread'
+    ]
+    
+    result = subprocess.run(compile_cmd, capture_output=True, text=True)
+    if result.returncode != 0:
+      raise RuntimeError(f"Compilation failed: {result.stderr}")
+    
+    cls._lib_path = lib_path
+    cls._lib = ctypes.CDLL(lib_path)
+    
+    cls._lib.wrap_vdb_create.argtypes = [c_size_t, c_int]
+    cls._lib.wrap_vdb_create.restype = c_void_p
+    
+    cls._lib.wrap_vdb_add_vector.argtypes = [c_void_p, POINTER(c_float), c_char_p]
+    cls._lib.wrap_vdb_add_vector.restype = c_int
+    
+    cls._lib.wrap_vdb_search.argtypes = [c_void_p, POINTER(c_float), c_size_t]
+    cls._lib.wrap_vdb_search.restype = POINTER(VDBResultSet)
+    
+    cls._lib.wrap_vdb_free_result_set.argtypes = [POINTER(VDBResultSet)]
+    cls._lib.wrap_vdb_free_result_set.restype = None
+    
+    cls._lib.wrap_vdb_destroy.argtypes = [c_void_p]
+    cls._lib.wrap_vdb_destroy.restype = None
+    
+    cls._lib.wrap_vdb_count.argtypes = [c_void_p]
+    cls._lib.wrap_vdb_count.restype = c_size_t
+    
+    cls._lib.wrap_vdb_dimensions.argtypes = [c_void_p]
+    cls._lib.wrap_vdb_dimensions.restype = c_size_t
+    
+    cls._lib.wrap_vdb_save.argtypes = [c_void_p, c_char_p]
+    cls._lib.wrap_vdb_save.restype = c_int
+    
+    cls._lib.wrap_vdb_load.argtypes = [c_char_p]
+    cls._lib.wrap_vdb_load.restype = c_void_p
+    
+    cls._lib.wrap_vdb_remove_vector.argtypes = [c_void_p, c_size_t]
+    cls._lib.wrap_vdb_remove_vector.restype = c_int
+  
+  def __init__(self, dimensions, metric=VDBMetric.COSINE, multithreaded=True):
+    VectorDatabase._compile_library(multithreaded)
+    self.db = self._lib.wrap_vdb_create(dimensions, metric)
+    if not self.db:
+      raise RuntimeError("Failed to create database")
+    self.dimensions = dimensions
+    self.metric = metric
+  
+  def add_vector(self, vector, vector_id=None):
+    if len(vector) != self.dimensions:
+      raise ValueError(f"Vector dimension mismatch: expected {self.dimensions}, got {len(vector)}")
+    
+    arr = (c_float * len(vector))(*vector)
+    id_bytes = vector_id.encode('utf-8') if vector_id else None
+    
+    result = self._lib.wrap_vdb_add_vector(self.db, arr, id_bytes)
+    if result != VDBError.OK:
+      raise RuntimeError(f"Failed to add vector: error {result}")
+  
+  def search(self, query, k=5):
+    if len(query) != self.dimensions:
+      raise ValueError(f"Query dimension mismatch: expected {self.dimensions}, got {len(query)}")
+    
+    arr = (c_float * len(query))(*query)
+    result_set_ptr = self._lib.wrap_vdb_search(self.db, arr, k)
+    
+    if not result_set_ptr:
+      return []
+    
+    result_set = result_set_ptr.contents
+    results = []
+    
+    for i in range(result_set.count):
+      res = result_set.results[i]
+      results.append({
+        'index': res.index,
+        'distance': res.distance,
+        'id': res.id.decode('utf-8') if res.id else None
+      })
+    
+    self._lib.wrap_vdb_free_result_set(result_set_ptr)
+    return results
+  
+  def remove_vector(self, index):
+    result = self._lib.wrap_vdb_remove_vector(self.db, index)
+    if result != VDBError.OK:
+      raise RuntimeError(f"Failed to remove vector: error {result}")
+  
+  def count(self):
+    return self._lib.wrap_vdb_count(self.db)
+  
+  def save(self, filename):
+    result = self._lib.wrap_vdb_save(self.db, filename.encode('utf-8'))
+    if result != VDBError.OK:
+      raise RuntimeError(f"Failed to save database: error {result}")
+  
+  @classmethod
+  def load(cls, filename):
+    cls._compile_library()
+    db_ptr = cls._lib.wrap_vdb_load(filename.encode('utf-8'))
+    if not db_ptr:
+      raise RuntimeError("Failed to load database")
+    
+    instance = cls.__new__(cls)
+    instance.db = db_ptr
+    instance.dimensions = cls._lib.wrap_vdb_dimensions(db_ptr)
+    instance.metric = VDBMetric.COSINE
+    return instance
+  
+  def __del__(self):
+    if hasattr(self, 'db') and self.db:
+      self._lib.wrap_vdb_destroy(self.db)
+  
+  def __enter__(self):
+    return self
+  
+  def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb):
+    if self.db:
+      self._lib.wrap_vdb_destroy(self.db)
+      self.db = None