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TaylorandBrendan Clement 9e65bd2c27 docs: use Enterprise terminology across website and SDK documentation (#4787)
Use “LanceDB Enterprise” throughout the staged website guides, SDK
reference sources, generated API pages, and user-facing SDK messages. A
separate branded “LanceDB Distributed” name adds terminology without
clarifying behavior; describe where operations run directly.

- Update `docs/web`, including the architecture diagram title and alt
text. Use Enterprise in headings, table labels, and prose; simplify
redundant product/execution-model wording and name the product only once
in the diagram alt text.
- Update Python docstrings and the Python/Java reference pages,
TypeScript comments and native declaration comments, and Rust API
documentation. Regenerate the TypeScript reference, including 24
replacements across six pages.
- Update SDK warnings/errors and existing test expectations to match,
along with contributor guidance and Vale rules. Remove the obsolete rule
distinguishing Enterprise from Distributed.
- Keep lowercase “distributed” for technical descriptions. API
identifiers, anchors, asset paths, and execution behavior are unchanged.
No branded-name exceptions are proposed.

Validation:
- Python and Node native builds succeeded; focused Python tests passed
(36 passed, 4 skipped), and focused Node tests passed (14).
- TypeDoc generation and the complete MkDocs reference build passed.
MkDocs retains an existing unresolved
`lancedb.functions.SecretReference` cross-reference.
- Rust formatting, Node lint/format, changed-file Python lint/format, 32
Vale tests, and whitespace checks passed. Repository-wide Python lint
has 48 existing findings in six untouched files.
- Combined documentation assembly passed. Mintlify validation and
link/anchor/redirect checks previously passed for both site builds; no
code snippets changed.

Companion PRs: [saved editions, terminology guide, and shared
rules](https://github.com/lancedb/docs/pull/413), [Enterprise overview
and writing rules](https://github.com/lancedb/sophon/pull/9511).

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Co-authored-by: Brendan Clement <brendan.clement@lancedb.com>
2026-11-02 10:25:14 -08:00
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2025-01-29 08:27:07 -08:00

LanceDB JavaScript SDK

A JavaScript library for LanceDB.

Installation

npm install @lancedb/lancedb

This will download the appropriate native library for your platform. We currently support:

  • Linux (x86_64 and aarch64 on glibc and musl)
  • MacOS (Intel and ARM/M1/M2)
  • Windows (x86_64 and aarch64)

Usage

Basic Example

import * as lancedb from "@lancedb/lancedb";
const db = await lancedb.connect("data/sample-lancedb");
const table = await db.createTable("my_table", [
  { id: 1, vector: [0.1, 1.0], item: "foo", price: 10.0 },
  { id: 2, vector: [3.9, 0.5], item: "bar", price: 20.0 },
]);
const results = await table.vectorSearch([0.1, 0.3]).limit(20).toArray();
console.log(results);

The quickstart contains more complete examples.

Development

See CONTRIBUTING.md for information on how to contribute to LanceDB.