# apache/cassandra-ccm

Apache Cassandra® Cluster Manager (CCM) – easily create and destroy clusters on localhost

Repository: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-ccm
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/cassandra-ccm
Homepage: https://cassandra.apache.org/
Language: Python
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-04-21T10:32:54+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 67/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 78, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5664, "days_push": 134, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1234, forks 310 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:04.724961+00:00)

## What it is
CCM (Cassandra Cluster Manager) is a Python script and library for creating, launching, managing, and destroying small Apache Cassandra clusters on a local machine. It is primarily intended for testing Cassandra clusters during development.

## Use cases
- spin up a local 3-node cassandra cluster for testing
- create and destroy cassandra clusters on localhost
- test cassandra replication and node bootstrapping locally
- simulate multi-node cassandra cluster behavior on one machine
- manage cassandra nodes for integration testing
- bootstrap additional cassandra nodes locally

## When to choose
- you need to test Cassandra cluster behavior locally without real infrastructure
- you are developing or debugging Cassandra itself or drivers against multi-node setups
- you want a lightweight scriptable way to create/destroy test clusters

## When to avoid
- you need production or cloud-hosted Cassandra clusters
- you want containerized cluster orchestration (use Docker/Kubernetes instead)
- you need large-scale clusters beyond a local box

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: developer-tools, testing, cli, database
- domain: databases, developer-tools, testing
- platform: windows, python, cli
- tags: cassandra, cluster-manager, local-testing, nosql, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- apache/cassandra-ccm (main) score 67

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:04.724961+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 2026-08-30T08:22:09.444818+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-ccm (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:04.724961+00:00, sha 2a9255acc20b)
  - homepage: https://cassandra.apache.org/ (fetched 2026-08-29T12:21:53.996647+00:00, sha aa77c21c3a9b)
  - site_page: https://cassandra.apache.org/_/quickstart.html (fetched 2026-08-29T12:21:54.006106+00:00, sha d5e6513c15fe)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.