yugabyte/yugabyte-db
YugabyteDB - the cloud native distributed SQL database for mission-critical applications. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
95/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 87
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 8.5
- age_days: 3254
- days_rel: 8
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 79
Adoption not part of the score
10501 stars · 1308 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
YugabyteDB is an open-source, PostgreSQL-compatible distributed SQL database built for cloud-native, mission-critical OLTP applications. It combines relational ACID guarantees with horizontal scalability, geo-distribution, and high availability using Raft consensus and distributed transactions inspired by Google Spanner.
Use cases
- scale a PostgreSQL database horizontally without giving up ACID transactions
- deploy a globally distributed SQL database across multiple regions or clouds
- run mission-critical OLTP workloads that need high availability and fault tolerance
- migrate an existing PostgreSQL application to a distributed database
- build a multi-region application with strong data consistency
- run a resilient SQL database on Kubernetes
- store and query vector embeddings for AI/RAG applications
When to choose
- you need PostgreSQL compatibility plus horizontal scale-out and geo-distribution
- your application demands strong transactional consistency across regions
- you want built-in high availability, failover, and disaster recovery across zones, regions, or clouds
- you are deploying on Kubernetes or a multi-cloud environment and need a resilient transactional database
When to avoid
- you have a small single-node workload where plain PostgreSQL is sufficient and simpler to operate
- you need heavy analytical (OLAP) workloads rather than transactional ones
- you want a fully managed database and prefer not to self-host (consider YugabyteDB Aeon instead)
- you need a lightweight embedded database for local development or edge devices
Facets
application · maturity stable
database search-engine caching databases microservices cloud-computing backend web-development cloud self-hosted cpp distributed-sql postgresql-compatible raft-consensus acid-transactions multi-region horizontal-scaling ycql ysql spanner-inspired oltp linux macos kubernetes docker
7 sources
- readme: https://github.com/yugabyte/yugabyte-db · fetched 2026-08-28 · 4b0246411c11
- homepage: https://www.yugabyte.com · fetched 2026-08-29 · 6ecd6ff1bc98
- site_page: https://docs.yugabyte.com/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 27367b597047
- site_page: https://docs.yugabyte.com/preview/faq/general · fetched 2026-08-29 · 62957a2637d6
- site_page: https://www.yugabyte.com/about · fetched 2026-08-29 · 3bb036c00999
- site_page: https://www.yugabyte.com/integrations · fetched 2026-08-29 · 03928adfb501
- site_page: https://www.yugabyte.com/pricing · fetched 2026-08-29 · 374e58daa9b8
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| yugabyte/yugabyte-db | main | 95 |
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