# rajasekarv/vega

A new arguably faster implementation of Apache Spark from scratch in Rust

Repository: https://github.com/rajasekarv/vega
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/rajasekarv-vega
Language: Rust
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2022-04-18T16:10:37+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2507, "days_push": 1598, "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 2229, forks 201 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:29.007230+00:00)

## What it is
Vega (formerly native_spark) is a from-scratch reimplementation of Apache Spark's distributed data processing engine written in Rust. It aims to be faster than the JVM-based original, though it is a work-in-progress tested only on Linux with nightly Rust.

## Use cases
- run spark-like distributed data processing in rust
- faster alternative to apache spark
- process large datasets across a cluster without jvm overhead
- etl pipelines in rust
- distributed map-reduce workloads

## When to choose
- you want spark-style APIs with Rust performance and no JVM
- your workloads run on Linux and you can tolerate nightly Rust and WIP rough edges

## When to avoid
- you need Spark's full ecosystem, SQL, and library compatibility
- you need production stability, Windows/macOS support, or long-term maintenance - the project has seen little activity since 2022

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: experimental
- function: etl, streaming, data-science, concurrency
- domain: big-data, microservices, developer-tools
- platform: rust, cli
- tags: spark, distributed-computing, big-data-processing, nightly-rust, work-in-progress, data-engineering, linux

## Member repositories
- rajasekarv/vega (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:29.007230+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 2026-08-30T02:44:41.002742+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/rajasekarv/vega (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:29.007230+00:00, sha aa15f82576b6)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.