Limits

Store limit

Each moorcheh-edge store supports up to 10,000 items.

Field	Value
`max_items`	`10000`

Check quota anytime:

moorcheh-edge status

{
  "status": "ok",
  "dimension": 384,
  "store_mode": "text",
  "embedding_model": "BAAI/bge-small-en-v1.5",
  "items": 42,
  "max_items": 10000,
  "remaining": 9958
}

When an upload would exceed the cap, the server returns HTTP 409.

Store modes

One flat store per container. Mode and dimension are locked on the first upload.

Mode	Description	Dimension
`text`	Client embeds with BGE-small-en-v1.5	384 (fixed)
`vector`	Client sends precomputed vectors	128, 256, 384, 768, 1024, or 1536

You cannot mix text and vector modes in the same store. Run moorcheh-edge clear-store to reset mode and dimension.

Vector requirements

Upload and search query vectors must match the store dimension
All values must be finite (no NaN or Infinity)
The server binarizes vectors for search; only bits are persisted

Text store

Embeddings are generated client-side (Python CLI/SDK via FastEmbed)
Default model: BAAI/bge-small-en-v1.5
Search accepts plain text (--query-text / search_text()) or a 384-float vector

Multiple stores

Use separate Docker data directories or containers for independent stores. The default CLI uses one store at ~/.moorcheh-edge/data.

Free vs paid Moorcheh

Moorcheh Edge (free) is for:

Development and experimentation
Small on-device deployments
Offline vector search

Paid Moorcheh is for production scale:

Unified indexes above 10k
Cloud or enterprise self-hosted options
Platform features beyond a single local store

See Introduction for the full product overview.

Getting Started

Hardware guides

Examples

Store limit

Store modes

Vector requirements

Text store

Multiple stores

Free vs paid Moorcheh

​Store limit

​Store modes

​Vector requirements

​Text store

​Multiple stores

​Free vs paid Moorcheh

Store limit

Store modes

Vector requirements

Text store

Multiple stores

Free vs paid Moorcheh