Milvus is an open-source, Apache 2.0-licensed vector database originally built by Zilliz, hosted under the LF AI & Data Foundation since January 2020 and holding graduate status since June 2021. It separates storage and compute into independently scalable services and ships in three forms: embedded (Milvus Lite, for local prototyping), standalone (single-node), and distributed cluster (multiple specialized node types behind a proxy layer). Zilliz also operates Zilliz Cloud, a