databendlabs

    databendlabs/databend

    Data Agent Ready Warehouse : One for Analytics, Search, AI, Python Sandbox. — rebuilt from scratch. Unified architecture on your S3.

    9.5K stars
    901 forks
    92 GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 7, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 5 days ago, with 226 contributors on GitHub.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Provides a multimodal cloud data warehouse supporting structured, semi-structured, vector, and geospatial data with Snowflake-compatible SQL.
    • Delivers 10x faster query performance and 90% cost reduction using Rust-powered vectorized execution and S3-native storage without vendor lock-in.
    • Use for building AI-native data platforms with integrated vector search, embedding generation, and full-text search capabilities.
    • Use for running large-scale, real-time analytics on petabyte-scale datasets with high concurrency and low latency.
    • Use for querying diverse data lake formats like Parquet, CSV, and Avro directly from S3 in a unified SQL environment.

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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.

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    From the README

    Multimodal data warehouse for the AI era with Snowflake-compatible SQL

    Multimodal Data Warehouse: Analyze structured, semi-structured, vector, and geospatial data with unified Snowflake-compatible SQL.

    AI-Native Platform: Built-in vector search, AI functions, embedding generation, and full-text search - no separate systems needed.

    10x Faster & 90% Cost Reduction: Rust-powered vectorized execution with S3-native storage eliminates vendor lock-in and proprietary overhead.

    Deploy Anywhere, Connect Everything: 100% open source - run locally with pip install databend, self-host, or use managed cloud clusters. All instances share the same data seamlessly.

    Production Proven: Trusted by world-class enterprises managing 800+ petabytes and 100+ million queries daily.

    Enterprise Ready: Fine-grained access control, data masking, and audit logging with complete data sovereignty.

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

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    Forks

    901+9

    Open issues

    498-50

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