langchain/docs/extras/integrations/providers/chroma.mdx

# Chroma

>[Chroma](https://docs.trychroma.com/getting-started) is a database for building AI applications with embeddings.

## Installation and Setup

```bash
pip install chromadb
```


## VectorStore

There exists a wrapper around Chroma vector databases, allowing you to use it as a vectorstore,
whether for semantic search or example selection.

```python
from langchain.vectorstores import Chroma
```

For a more detailed walkthrough of the Chroma wrapper, see [this notebook](/docs/integrations/vectorstores/chroma.html)

## Retriever

See a [usage example](/docs/modules/data_connection/retrievers/how_to/self_query/chroma_self_query).

```python
from langchain.retrievers import SelfQueryRetriever
```