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type: software
title: "ToucanDB"
abstract: "ToucanDB - ML-first vector database for AI applications, LLM integration, and semantic search of unstructured data"
authors:
  - family-names: "Soria"
    given-names: "Pierre-Henry"
    email: "pierre@ph7.me"
version: "1.0.0"
date-released: 2025-08-10
url: "https://github.com/ToucanDB/ToucanDB"
repository-code: "https://github.com/ToucanDB/ToucanDB"
license: MIT
keywords:
  - "vector-database"
  - "ml"
  - "ai"
  - "machine-learning"
  - "embeddings"
  - "similarity-search"
  - "vector-database-engine"
  - "vector-search"
  - "database"
  - "unstructured-data"
  - "rag"
  - "llm"
  - "semantic-search"
  - "nosql"
  - "artificial-intelligence"
  - "python"
  - "asyncio"
  - "vector-embeddings"
preferred-citation:
  type: software
  authors:
    - family-names: "Soria"
      given-names: "Pierre-Henry"
      email: "pierre@ph7.me"
  title: "ToucanDB: ML-first Vector Database Engine"
  version: "1.0.0"
  year: 2025
  url: "https://github.com/ToucanDB/ToucanDB"
  abstract: "A micro ML-first vectorial database engine designed for transforming unstructured data into intelligent vector embeddings, built specifically for AI-powered search and LLM integration applications."