The Best Open-Source Databases

Based on github stars

Top 50 Most Popular Open-Source Databases
by number of GitHub stars

Filtering projects by: Relational X

Rank Change 2023 May Project Features Stars Activity Rating
5 - 5 Apache Spark Relational 38,414 10.0 5.07%
8 - 8 cockroach Relational 29,119 10.0 3.84%
16 ↓↓ 14 Realm Relational 16,134 9.1 2.13%
17 - 17 Presto Relational 15,603 9.9 2.06%
18 ↑↑ 20 PostgreSQL Relational 14,734 10.0 1.94%
24 ↓ 23 MySQL Relational 10,270 9.8 1.35%
27 - 27 Greenplum Relational 6,204 9.9 0.82%
29 ↑ 30 Hazelcast Relational 5,872 9.9 0.77%
31 ↑↑ 6 37 SQLite Relational 5,537 0.0 0.73%
32 ↑ 33 Apache Hive Relational 5,335 9.6 0.70%
33 ↓ 32 MariaDB Relational 5,312 9.9 0.70%
35 - 35 Apache Ignite Key-value Relational 4,693 9.5 0.62%
38 - 38 H2 Relational 4,053 9.1 0.53%
41 ↑ 42 Apache AGE Graph Relational 2,695 8.9 0.36%
44 - 44 Firebird Relational 1,185 9.8 0.16%
46 ↑↑ 48 Apache Impala Relational 1,083 9.7 0.14%
48 ↓↓ 46 Apache Phoenix Relational 1,011 8.9 0.13%
53 - 53 Apache Derby Relational 325 0.0 0.04%
  • Rating - the percentage of stars of a particular project from the total number.
  • Activity - a relative number between 0 and 10 representing the commits activity of a project.
    9+ meaning that the project is amongst the top 10% of most actively developed projects.
    5+ meaning that the project is amongst the top 50% of most active projects.

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Note that this is an alternative DB-Engines ranking focused on open-source databases only.