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From: Nathan Weinberg <31703736+nathan-weinberg@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2025 01:07:18 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] doc: fix quickstart section for Milvus Lite (#46474)
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### **User description**
As of https://github.com/milvus-io/pymilvus/pull/2976 `milvus-lite` is
no longer included as part of the default `pymilvus` installation and
must be explicitly specified


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### **PR Type**
Documentation


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### **Description**
- Update installation docs to reflect milvus-lite as optional dependency

- Clarify explicit installation requirement for Milvus Lite
functionality


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### Diagram Walkthrough


```mermaid
flowchart LR
  A["pymilvus default install"] -- "does not include" --> B["Milvus Lite"]
  C["pymilvus[milvus-lite]"] -- "includes" --> B
  B -- "enables" --> D["Local vector database"]
```



<details><summary><h3>File Walkthrough</h3></summary>

<table><thead><tr><th></th><th align="left">Relevant
files</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Documentation</strong></td><td><table>
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  <td>
    <details>
<summary><strong>README.md</strong><dd><code>Clarify Milvus Lite as
optional dependency</code>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
</dd></summary>
<hr>

README.md

<ul><li>Updated installation documentation to clarify that
<code>milvus-lite</code> is no <br>longer included by default<br> <li>
Changed wording from "includes Milvus Lite" to "can try Milvus Lite by
<br>installing <code>pymilvus[milvus-lite]</code>"<br> <li> Reflects the
breaking change from pymilvus PR #2976 where milvus-lite <br>became an
optional dependency</ul>


</details>


  </td>
<td><a
href="https://github.com/milvus-io/milvus/pull/46474/files#diff-b335630551682c19a781afebcf4d07bf978fb1f8ac04c6bf87428ed5106870f5">+1/-1</a>&nbsp;
&nbsp; &nbsp; </td>

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</table></td></tr></tbody></table>

</details>

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## Summary by CodeRabbit

* **Documentation**
* Updated Milvus Lite installation guidance to specify the proper
installation method using the optional feature specification.

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Signed-off-by: Nathan Weinberg <nathan2@stwmd.net>
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 README.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c6053c1e3d..4f63e5a9dd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ This installs `pymilvus`, the Python SDK for Milvus. Use `MilvusClient` to creat
 from pymilvus import MilvusClient
 ```
 
-* `pymilvus` also includes Milvus Lite for quickstart. To create a local vector database, simply instantiate a client with a local file name for persisting data:
+* You can also try Milvus Lite for quickstart by installing `pymilvus[milvus-lite]`. To create a local vector database, simply instantiate a client with a local file name for persisting data:
 
   ```python
   client = MilvusClient("milvus_demo.db")