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    apache/cassandra

    #660 this week

    Open source transactional distributed database. Linear scalability and proven fault-tolerance on commodity hardware or cloud infrastructure without compromising performance.

    database
    cassandra
    java
    Java
    Apache-2.0
    10.1K stars
    4.1K forks
    10.1K GitHub watchers
    Updated Oct 12, 2026
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    Where it stands

    Rank, growth pace and release cadence relative to everything GStars tracks.

    Ranks #1 among Database repositories tracked this week, and #1 over the last 30 days; #660 of 3,103 repositories GStars tracks this week (top 21%).

    The project lists 271 contributors on GitHub.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Provides a highly scalable, distributed transactional database with linear scalability and fault tolerance.
    • Enables seamless data distribution and automatic repartitioning across multiple machines without performance loss.
    • Use for building fault-tolerant, high-availability applications on commodity hardware or cloud infrastructure.
    • Use for managing large volumes of structured data with a flexible, SQL-like query language (CQL).
    • Use for deploying scalable multi-node clusters that require continuous uptime and easy horizontal scaling.

    Should you depend on it?

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    License

    Apache 2.0

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution; includes an explicit patent grant from contributors.

    Community files

    • README: present
    • Contributing guide: present
    • Code of conduct: present

    Watch-outs

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    From the README

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    Apache Cassandra is a highly-scalable partitioned row store. Rows are organized into tables with a required primary key.

    Excerpt from the apache/cassandra README on GitHub (Apache-2.0 license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

    Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots

    Jul 28: +77

    +189 stars over 78 days across 7 snapshot days; best day +77 on Jul 28.

    Forks

    4.1K+116

    Open issues

    556+108

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