# Qdrant Edge
Qdrant Edge is a lightweight, in-process vector search engine designed for embedded devices, autonomous systems, and mobile agents. It enables on-device retrieval with minimal memory footprint, no background services, and optional synchronization with Qdrant Cloud.
For connecting to remote Qdrant instances, use the [`qdrant-client`](https://crates.io/crates/qdrant-client) crate instead.
- Website: https://qdrant.tech/edge/
- Documentation: https://qdrant.tech/documentation/edge/
- Examples: https://github.com/qdrant/qdrant/tree/dev/lib/edge/publish/examples