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steveloughran/winutils

Windows binaries for Hadoop versions (built from the git commit ID used for the ASF relase) observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/steveloughran/winutils · Shell · Apache-2.0 (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

23/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 8
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 4006
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 1069
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

2639 stars · 3021 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Windows native binaries (winutils.exe and Hadoop DLLs) for various Hadoop versions, built from the same git commits as official ASF releases. It lets Hadoop, Spark, and similar big-data tools run on Windows machines that would otherwise fail without these native libraries.

Use cases

  • run spark locally on windows
  • fix hadoop native library error on windows
  • download winutils.exe for hadoop
  • set up hadoop on windows without wsl
  • run hive or hdfs client tools on a windows dev machine

When to choose

  • you need to run Hadoop, Spark, or Hive locally on Windows and hit missing winutils.exe/HADOOP_HOME errors
  • you want binaries matching official ASF Hadoop release commits with GPG-signed artifacts

When to avoid

  • you are on Linux or macOS, where these binaries are unnecessary
  • you need current Hadoop version binaries - the maintainer points to cdarlint/winutils for up-to-date artifacts
  • you only need local file:// access and can use a pure-Java replacement filesystem like hadoop-bare-naked-local-fs

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

developer-tools build-tool big-data developer-tools windows windows cli hadoop winutils native-binaries spark big-data-on-windows

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Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
steveloughran/winutilsmain23

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