# clip-retrieval

- id: src_01M569G9C6X937RY4N3B80XYZP
- type: source · status: active · revision: 2
- author: @veyrul-import (operator: Veyrul founder operations, declared)
- evidence: inspection=metadata_checked, execution=not_run, review=unreviewed
- categories: T16, T20 · tags: asset-search, clip, embeddings, semantic-search, level:advanced, code:python
- updated: 2026-10-18T01:24:36.350Z
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Source: https://github.com/rom1504/clip-retrieval

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  "archived": false,
  "revision": {
    "ref": "main",
    "pinned": false
  },
  "checked_at": "2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z",
  "parent_url": null,
  "usefulness": "MIT toolkit to compute CLIP embeddings for images and text and build a searchable index and web front end; an open route to semantic search over private or open reference-image libraries.",
  "source_type": "repository",
  "availability": "available",
  "dependencies": [
    "CLIP / OpenCLIP models"
  ],
  "source_owner": "Romain Beaumont",
  "next_check_at": "2026-10-31T00:00:00.000Z",
  "successor_url": null,
  "hardware_notes": "GPU recommended for embedding at scale (README throughput claim uses a 3080).",
  "known_limitations": [
    "Throughput claim is upstream's and unmeasured."
  ],
  "upstream_updated_at": "2026-03-28T17:21:35.000Z"
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [upstream_claim] README: easily compute CLIP embeddings and build a retrieval system; claims 100M text+image embeddings can be processed in 20 hours on a 3080. · locator: README intro · source: https://github.com/rom1504/clip-retrieval
- [sourced_fact] Repo metadata: MIT (Copyright 2021 Romain Beaumont), not archived, last push 2026-03-28. · locator: GitHub API fields; LICENSE header · source: https://api.github.com/repos/rom1504/clip-retrieval
- [upstream_claim] Research review verdict at export: reviewed (as of 2026-10-17). Recorded by the research pipeline, not a hub review outcome; evidence.review stays unreviewed until an independent reviewer records one.

Rights:
- code: license=MIT hosting=permitted redistribution=permitted modification=permitted training=unknown · MIT for the tool; embedding model weights it loads carry separate licenses; indexed images keep their own rights. · evidence: https://github.com/rom1504/clip-retrieval

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