ClickHouse® is a real-time analytics database management system
Columnar SQL analytics at scale.
- Language
- C++
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Stars
- 50k
- Latest
- v26.8.19.9-lts
- Last push
- 2026-10-06
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Google Cloud's serverless data warehouse. A closed product from Google.
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| Tool | Fit | Stars | Licence | Terms | Self-hosted | Language | Latest | Last push |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ClickHouse | Full replacement | 50k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | Yes | C++ | v26.8.19.9-lts | 2026-10-06 |
| DuckDB | Partial | 42k | MIT | Open source | Yes | C++ | v1.5.6 | 2026-10-06 |
| Trino | Partial | 13k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | Yes | Java | 483 | 2026-10-06 |
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DuckDB is an analytical in-process SQL database management system
Analytical SQL on one machine.
Official repository of Trino, the distributed SQL query engine for big data, formerly known as PrestoSQL (https://trino.io)
Distributed SQL over object storage and other databases, which keep the data.
- Language
- Java
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Stars
- 13k
- Latest
- 483
- Last push
- 2026-10-06
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