# Chroma Cookbook

> Recipes and operational guides for building with Chroma.

This llms.txt index points to the Chroma Cookbook pages that are most useful for agents and LLM-based tooling.

## Getting Started

- [Home](https://cookbook.chromadb.dev/index.md): Chroma Cookbook overview and navigation
- [Getting Started with Contributing to Chroma](https://cookbook.chromadb.dev/contributing/getting-started/index.md): Contribution guide and local workflow notes
- [Useful Shortcuts for Contributors](https://cookbook.chromadb.dev/contributing/useful-shortcuts/index.md): Contribution guide and local workflow notes

## Core Concepts

- [Chroma Core: Concepts and APIs](https://cookbook.chromadb.dev/core/index.md)
- [Chroma API](https://cookbook.chromadb.dev/core/api/index.md)
- [Chroma Clients](https://cookbook.chromadb.dev/core/clients/index.md)
- [Collections](https://cookbook.chromadb.dev/core/collections/index.md)
- [Concepts](https://cookbook.chromadb.dev/core/concepts/index.md)
- [Configuration](https://cookbook.chromadb.dev/core/configuration/index.md)
- [Document IDs](https://cookbook.chromadb.dev/core/document-ids/index.md)
- [Filters](https://cookbook.chromadb.dev/core/filters/index.md)
- [Installation](https://cookbook.chromadb.dev/core/install/index.md)
- [Resource Requirements](https://cookbook.chromadb.dev/core/resources/index.md)
- [Storage Layout](https://cookbook.chromadb.dev/core/storage-layout/index.md)
- [Chroma System Constraints](https://cookbook.chromadb.dev/core/system_constraints/index.md)
- [Tenants and Databases](https://cookbook.chromadb.dev/core/tenants-and-databases/index.md)
- [Chroma Queries](https://cookbook.chromadb.dev/core/advanced/queries/index.md)
- [Write-ahead Log (WAL) Pruning](https://cookbook.chromadb.dev/core/advanced/wal-pruning/index.md)
- [Write-ahead Log (WAL)](https://cookbook.chromadb.dev/core/advanced/wal/index.md)

## Running Chroma

- [Deployment Patterns](https://cookbook.chromadb.dev/running/deployment-patterns/index.md)
- [Health Checks](https://cookbook.chromadb.dev/running/health-checks/index.md)
- [Maintenance](https://cookbook.chromadb.dev/running/maintenance/index.md)
- [Performance Tips](https://cookbook.chromadb.dev/running/performance-tips/index.md)
- [Road To Production](https://cookbook.chromadb.dev/running/road-to-prod/index.md)
- [Running Chroma](https://cookbook.chromadb.dev/running/running-chroma/index.md)
- [Systemd service](https://cookbook.chromadb.dev/running/systemd-service/index.md)

## Integrations

- [Chroma Integrations With LangChain](https://cookbook.chromadb.dev/integrations/langchain/index.md)
- [LangChain Embeddings](https://cookbook.chromadb.dev/integrations/langchain/embeddings/index.md)
- [🦜⛓️ Langchain Retriever](https://cookbook.chromadb.dev/integrations/langchain/retrievers/index.md)
- [Chroma Integrations With LlamaIndex](https://cookbook.chromadb.dev/integrations/llamaindex/index.md)
- [LlamaIndex Embeddings](https://cookbook.chromadb.dev/integrations/llamaindex/embeddings/index.md)
- [Chroma Integrations With Ollama](https://cookbook.chromadb.dev/integrations/ollama/index.md)
- [Ollama](https://cookbook.chromadb.dev/integrations/ollama/embeddings/index.md)

## Embeddings

- [Creating your own embedding function](https://cookbook.chromadb.dev/embeddings/bring-your-own-embeddings/index.md)
- [Cross-Encoders Reranking](https://cookbook.chromadb.dev/embeddings/cross-encoders/index.md)
- [Embedding Models](https://cookbook.chromadb.dev/embeddings/embedding-models/index.md)
- [Embedding Functions GPU Support](https://cookbook.chromadb.dev/embeddings/gpu-support/index.md)

## Security

- [Security](https://cookbook.chromadb.dev/security/index.md)
- [Authentication in Chroma v1.0.x](https://cookbook.chromadb.dev/security/auth-1.0.x/index.md)
- [SSL/TLS Certificates in Chroma](https://cookbook.chromadb.dev/security/chroma-ssl-cert/index.md)
- [Chroma-native Auth (Legacy)](https://cookbook.chromadb.dev/security/legacy-auth/index.md)
- [SSL/TLS Proxy](https://cookbook.chromadb.dev/security/ssl-proxies/index.md)

## Strategies

- [ChromaDB Backups](https://cookbook.chromadb.dev/strategies/backup/index.md)
- [Batching](https://cookbook.chromadb.dev/strategies/batching/index.md)
- [CORS Configuration for Browser-Based Access](https://cookbook.chromadb.dev/strategies/cors/index.md)
- [Go Local Markdown CLI with PersistentClient](https://cookbook.chromadb.dev/strategies/go-local-markdown-cli/index.md)
- [Image Search (Multimodal Retrieval)](https://cookbook.chromadb.dev/strategies/image-search/index.md)
- [Keyword Search](https://cookbook.chromadb.dev/strategies/keyword-search/index.md)
- [Memory Management](https://cookbook.chromadb.dev/strategies/memory-management/index.md)
- [Metadata Schema Validation (Application Layer)](https://cookbook.chromadb.dev/strategies/metadata-schema-validation/index.md)
- [Multi-Category/Tag Filters](https://cookbook.chromadb.dev/strategies/multi-category-filters/index.md)
- [Privacy Strategies](https://cookbook.chromadb.dev/strategies/privacy/index.md)
- [Rebuilding Chroma DB](https://cookbook.chromadb.dev/strategies/rebuilding/index.md)
- [Time-based Queries](https://cookbook.chromadb.dev/strategies/time-based-queries/index.md)
- [Multi-Tenancy Strategies](https://cookbook.chromadb.dev/strategies/multi-tenancy/index.md)
- [Implementing OpenFGA Authorization Model In Chroma](https://cookbook.chromadb.dev/strategies/multi-tenancy/authorization-model-impl-with-openfga/index.md)
- [Chroma Authorization Model with OpenFGA](https://cookbook.chromadb.dev/strategies/multi-tenancy/authorization-model-with-openfga/index.md)
- [Multi-User Basic Auth](https://cookbook.chromadb.dev/strategies/multi-tenancy/multi-user-basic-auth/index.md)
- [Naive Multi-tenancy Strategies](https://cookbook.chromadb.dev/strategies/multi-tenancy/naive-multi-tenancy/index.md)

## FAQ

- [Frequently Asked Questions and Commonly Encountered Issues](https://cookbook.chromadb.dev/faq/index.md)

## Ecosystem

- [Chroma Ecosystem Clients](https://cookbook.chromadb.dev/ecosystem/clients/index.md)