TiKV
Distributed transactional key-value database, originally created to complement TiDB observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
97/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 92
- 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: 26
- age_days: 3898
- days_rel: 55
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 18
Adoption not part of the score
16812 stars · 2328 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
TiKV is an open-source, distributed, transactional key-value database written in Rust, using the Raft consensus algorithm and RocksDB for storage. Originally created by PingCAP as the storage layer for TiDB, it is a graduated CNCF project offering both raw and ACID-compliant transactional APIs with horizontal scalability.
Use cases
- store metadata for object storage services
- build an online feature store for machine learning
- run a petabyte-scale distributed key-value store with ACID transactions
- serve as the storage backend for a MySQL-compatible NewSQL database
- deploy a geo-replicated low-latency key-value database
- store recommendation system data at scale
When to choose
- you need horizontally scalable key-value storage with strong consistency and transactions
- you want a proven CNCF-graduated storage layer for large-scale online serving
- you need low, stable latency (sub-10ms P99) across 100+ TB of data
When to avoid
- you only need a simple embedded or single-node key-value store
- you lack the operational capacity to run a multi-node distributed cluster
- you need rich SQL or document features without adding a query layer like TiDB
Facets
service · maturity stable
database databases microservices rust cloud key-value raft cncf tidb rocksdb geo-replication horizontal-scaling distributed-transactions consensus linux docker kubernetes
10 sources
- readme: https://github.com/tikv/tikv · fetched 2026-08-28 · 408219737ef9
- homepage: https://tikv.org · fetched 2026-08-29 · 62c95ee543e8
- site_page: https://tikv.org/docs/dev/concepts/overview · fetched 2026-08-29 · f5fdbb4f9f85
- site_page: https://tikv.org/docs/7.1/concepts/overview · fetched 2026-08-29 · ce94be7dee39
- site_page: https://tikv.org/docs/6.5/concepts/overview · fetched 2026-08-29 · 931f4b508c5e
- site_page: https://tikv.org/docs/6.1/concepts/overview · fetched 2026-08-29 · 1fdc8e7a76e0
- site_page: https://tikv.org/docs/5.1/concepts/overview · fetched 2026-08-29 · 8188c9966537
- site_page: https://tikv.org/docs/4.0/concepts/overview · fetched 2026-08-29 · 34451a6e955c
- site_page: https://tikv.org/docs/3.0/concepts/overview · fetched 2026-08-29 · b820fc42ee21
- site_page: https://tikv.org/docs/7.1/new-features/overview · fetched 2026-08-29 · 1b34d800bb0e
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| tikv/tikv | main | 97 |
| tikv/raft-rs | sdk | 60 |
| tikv/pd | backend | 100 |
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