| # ClickHouse | |
| > [ClickHouse](https://clickhouse.com/) is the fast and resource efficient open-source database for real-time | |
| > apps and analytics with full SQL support and a wide range of functions to assist users in writing analytical queries. | |
| > It has data structures and distance search functions (like `L2Distance`) as well as | |
| > [approximate nearest neighbor search indexes](https://clickhouse.com/docs/en/engines/table-engines/mergetree-family/annindexes) | |
| > That enables ClickHouse to be used as a high performance and scalable vector database to store and search vectors with SQL. | |
| ## Installation and Setup | |
| We need to install `clickhouse-connect` python package. | |
| ```bash | |
| pip install clickhouse-connect | |
| ``` | |
| ## Vector Store | |
| See a [usage example](/docs/integrations/vectorstores/clickhouse). | |
| ```python | |
| from langchain_community.vectorstores import Clickhouse, ClickhouseSettings | |
| ``` | |