# yugabyte/yugabyte-db

YugabyteDB - the cloud native distributed SQL database for mission-critical applications.

Repository: https://github.com/yugabyte/yugabyte-db
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/yugabyte-db
Homepage: https://www.yugabyte.com
Language: C
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: distributed-database, database, cpp, high-performance, cloud-native, scale-out, sql, multi-region, multi-cloud, kubernetes, distributed-sql, distributed-sql-database
Last push: 2026-08-27T00:06:43+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 95/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 87, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3254, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 8, "gap_med": 8.5, "n_releases_24m": 79}
- 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 10501, forks 1308 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:42.129503+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: stable
- function: database, search-engine, caching
- domain: databases, microservices, cloud-computing, backend, web-development
- platform: cloud, self-hosted, cpp
- tags: distributed-sql, postgresql-compatible, raft-consensus, acid-transactions, multi-region, horizontal-scaling, ycql, ysql, spanner-inspired, oltp, linux, macos, kubernetes, docker

## Member repositories
- yugabyte/yugabyte-db (main) score 95

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:42.129503+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 2026-08-29T17:18:57.698075+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/yugabyte/yugabyte-db (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:42.129503+00:00, sha 4b0246411c11)
  - homepage: https://www.yugabyte.com (fetched 2026-08-29T08:18:03.519733+00:00, sha 6ecd6ff1bc98)
  - site_page: https://docs.yugabyte.com/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:18:03.559749+00:00, sha 27367b597047)
  - site_page: https://docs.yugabyte.com/preview/faq/general (fetched 2026-08-29T08:18:03.562150+00:00, sha 62957a2637d6)
  - site_page: https://www.yugabyte.com/about (fetched 2026-08-29T08:18:03.564517+00:00, sha 3bb036c00999)
  - site_page: https://www.yugabyte.com/integrations (fetched 2026-08-29T08:18:03.522738+00:00, sha 03928adfb501)
  - site_page: https://www.yugabyte.com/pricing (fetched 2026-08-29T08:18:03.530271+00:00, sha 374e58daa9b8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.