Hey folks — I could really use some honest community input. While I was at Pinecone, I built a side project called MiniPine — a local, Pinecone API-compatible vector DB for running projects fully offline, with fast iteration and proper project isolation (inspired by the Supabase local CLI workflow). It’s still a slow, buggy prototype, but it already: - Supports project scaffolding with custom templates - Runs multiple local instances (for example one per project) - Has local embeddings + reranking - Lets you switch between Pinecone and MiniPine by just changing the URL I shared it internally shortly before my time at Pinecone ended, and so far there’s been no expressed interest. Now I’m trying to figure out what to do with it: - Would you actually use this? - Should it be open source? - Is there enough interest for a small funding effort to get it to a proper release? - Would anyone be interested in supporting ongoing maintenance and development? Not trying to force this into a product — just trying to validate if this is genuinely useful. You can see it in action (a.k.a. works on my machine) here: . Any feedback is welcome (positive or critical).