Chroma DB

ChromaDB, visualized.
Your vector DB studio, everywhere you code.

Browse collections, run vector queries, inspect records, and debug API payloads
for your ChromaDB projects — right inside VS Code or your browser.

VS Code Marketplace · Privacy Policy · Website

Downloads

• VS Code Marketplace: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=harishkaparwan.chroma-db
• Open VSX Registry: https://open-vsx.org/extension/harishkaparwan/chroma-db
• Web workbench & website (GitHub Pages): https://harishkaparwan.github.io/chroma-db-web/
• Privacy Policy: https://harishkaparwan.github.io/chroma-db-web/public/policy/privacy.html

Prerequisite: ChromaDB endpoint

Chroma DB is a thin client. It needs a reachable HTTP endpoint running ChromaDB.

You can point Chroma DB at any ChromaDB-compatible endpoint, for example:

• http://localhost:8000 for a local ChromaDB server
• Your Chroma Cloud endpoint for a hosted project

You can change this URL in:

• The VS Code workbench connect form
• The web workbench connection panel
• Or via the chromaDb.defaultEndpoint VS Code setting

Features

• Connect to a local or hosted ChromaDB endpoint
• List all collections with record counts
• Select an active collection and inspect records
• Run vector similarity queries with:
  • Query text or raw embeddings
  • Top K results
  • Metadata filtering
  • Include documents / embeddings / metadata toggles
• Send raw HTTP requests to the ChromaDB API
• All HTTP calls are executed from the VS Code extension host, so the webview does not need CORS access to localhost

Using the VS Code Extension

Install

1. Install Chroma DB from the https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=harishkaparwan.chroma-db
2. Reload VS Code if prompted.

Open the Workbench

1. Press Ctrl+Shift+P / Cmd+Shift+P.
2. Run Chroma DB: Open Workbench.
3. Enter your ChromaDB endpoint URL.
4. Click Connect.

Once connected you can:

• Browse collections on the Dashboard tab.
• Inspect collection details on the Collections tab.
• Get and inspect records on the Records tab.
• Run similarity queries on the Query tab.
• Call arbitrary endpoints from Raw.

License

MIT