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title: Embedding Providers
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# Embedding Providers
## Provider Comparison
| Provider | Models | Dimensions | Rate Limit | Notes |
| ---------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------- | ---------- | -------------------- |
| **Ollama** | `unclemusclez/jina-embeddings-v2-base-code` **(default)**, `nomic-embed-text`, `mxbai-embed-large` | 768, 768, 1024 | None | Local, no API key |
| **OpenAI** | `text-embedding-3-small`, `text-embedding-3-large` | 1536, 3072 | 3500/min | Cloud API |
| **Cohere** | `embed-english-v3.0`, `embed-multilingual-v3.0` | 1024 | 100/min | Multilingual support |
| **Voyage** | `voyage-2`, `voyage-large-2`, `voyage-code-2` | 1024, 1536 | 300/min | Code-specialized |
## Recommended: Jina Code Embeddings
For code search, we recommend **`unclemusclez/jina-embeddings-v2-base-code`** (default):
```bash
ollama pull unclemusclez/jina-embeddings-v2-base-code:latest
export EMBEDDING_MODEL="unclemusclez/jina-embeddings-v2-base-code:latest"
```
| Aspect | Benefit |
| ---------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
| **Code-optimized** | Trained specifically on source code |
| **Multilingual** | 30+ programming languages |
| **Enterprise-proven** | Battle-tested on 3.5M+ LOC codebases |
| **Best performance/quality** | Optimal balance for local/on-premise setups |
| **CPU-friendly** | Runs efficiently without GPU (great for Ollama) |
