# aerospike/aerospike-server

Aerospike Database Server – flash-optimized, in-memory, nosql database

Repository: https://github.com/aerospike/aerospike-server
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/aerospike-server
Homepage: http://aerospike.com/
Language: C
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-07-16T17:59:39+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 90/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 92, release rhythm 81, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3101, "days_push": 48, "days_rel": 48, "gap_med": 0.0, "n_releases_24m": 111}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1375, forks 212 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:33.131995+00:00)

## What it is
Aerospike is a distributed, flash-optimized NoSQL database server written in C that combines in-memory speeds with SSD-based durability through its hybrid memory architecture. It provides ACID-compliant transactions, strong consistency modes, and predictable sub-millisecond latency at web scale.

## Use cases
- store session data with sub-millisecond latency at web scale
- build a real-time fraud detection platform
- serve feature store data for AI/ML recommendations
- replace Cassandra or HBase for high-throughput key-value workloads
- run a scalable NoSQL database with strong consistency
- stream database changes into Kafka or Spark pipelines

## When to choose
- you need predictable tail latency and millions of transactions per second across a cluster
- you want in-memory performance with the durability and cost profile of SSDs
- you need ACID transactions and strong consistency in a distributed NoSQL store
- you are consolidating many cache/database servers into a smaller, efficient cluster

## When to avoid
- you need rich ad-hoc SQL queries, joins, or a relational schema
- your dataset is small enough for a simple embedded or relational database
- you cannot run on Linux 64-bit servers, since that is the only supported deployment platform
- you want a fully open-source license without commercial terms

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: stable
- function: database, caching, streaming
- domain: databases, big-data, microservices
- platform: self-hosted, cloud
- tags: nosql, key-value-store, in-memory, flash-optimized, distributed-database, acid-transactions, real-time-database, real-time, linux, docker, kubernetes

## Member repositories
- aerospike/aerospike-server (main) score 90

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:33.131995+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:40:33.487645+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/aerospike/aerospike-server (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:33.131995+00:00, sha fb7cf7c66fc4)
  - homepage: http://aerospike.com/ (fetched 2026-08-29T11:56:52.139038+00:00, sha d08e42076a9f)
  - site_page: https://aerospike.com/docs/connectors (fetched 2026-08-29T11:56:52.148504+00:00, sha a5e1718fbbb4)
  - site_page: https://aerospike.com/docs/database/quick-start (fetched 2026-08-29T11:56:52.150282+00:00, sha 9a4072e8ee48)
  - site_page: https://aerospike.com/docs/connect/spark (fetched 2026-08-29T11:56:52.151897+00:00, sha ac4095834643)
  - site_page: https://aerospike.com/about-us (fetched 2026-08-29T11:56:52.153544+00:00, sha 64605e093b21)
  - site_page: https://aerospike.com/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T11:56:52.155304+00:00, sha 5073900a1e8e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.