// Search & vector stores
ColBERTv0.2.22
ColBERT: state-of-the-art neural search (SIGIR'20, TACL'21, NeurIPS'21, NAACL'22, CIKM'22, ACL'23, EMNLP'23)
Open source No commits in 6+ months For agents
IN ONE PARAGRAPH
ColBERT is colBERT: state-of-the-art neural search (SIGIR'20, TACL'21, NeurIPS'21, NAACL'22, CIKM'22, ACL'23, EMNLP'23).
Good for: Developers who want their agent (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor…) to search & vector stores.
Not for: teams that need active fixes (no commits in the last 6 months).
01How to start
- 1Read the official README for requirements and permissions.
- 2Install it as the official guide describes.
- 3Tell your agent the command exists (e.g. in AGENTS.md / CLAUDE.md) so it knows when to call it.
02Alternatives & comparison
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03Related
Versions, why it is listed, for AI to read
Recent releases
- v0.2.22 2025-08-11
For AI agents
- Interfaces：SDK
- Machine-readable record：/api/v1/software/colbert.json · llms.txt
- Added 2026-10-10 · updated 2026-10-22