The end of free usage for Anaconda

[matsui528]

Summary

Dear Faiss team and community,

I am posting this issue to seek opinions from the Faiss community.

In March 2024, Anaconda's terms of service were updated, making it difficult for even universities to use the conda package of Faiss for free.

Therefore, I would like to ask the Faiss community: What approaches are you considering to use Faiss?

• Building from the source
  • This is hard. We would like to avoid it if possible.
• Using the pip package of Faiss
  • faiss-wheels is a well-maintained pip package, but it is unofficial.
• Using miniconda and conda-forge package of Faiss
  • I am not sure whether this is free of charge. Can anyone clarify?
  • There are differences between the conda-forge's and the official conda's package. For example, at this moment, version 1.8.0 is available for the official conda, but only 1.7.4 is available for the conda-forge.
• Using Faiss only in GitHub actions and GitHub codespaces
  • I've heard that we can use conda inside GitHub actions and GitHub codespaces for free. Does someone know the details of this?
• Using the paid version of Anaconda
  • 🤔
• Are there any other options?

Best, Yusuke

Platform

Installed from: anaconda

Running on:

• [x] CPU
• [x] GPU

Interface:

• [x] C++
• [x] Python