Apache Cassandra

Open source transactional distributed database. Linear scalability and proven fault-tolerance on commodity hardware or cloud infrastructure without compromising performance.

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Tool	Fit	Stars	Licence	Terms	Self-hosted	Language	Latest	Last push
ScyllaDB	Drop-in	16k	Other	Source available	Yes	C++	scylla-2026.3.2	2026-10-06

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ScyllaDB Drop-in

NoSQL data store using the Seastar framework, compatible with Apache Cassandra and Amazon DynamoDB

Speaks CQL, reads Cassandra SSTables and works with the same drivers and nodetool; triggers, Java UDFs and SAI indexes are missing.

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Language: C++
Licence: Other
Stars: 16k
Latest: scylla-2026.3.2
Last push: 2026-10-06

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Language: Java
Licence: Apache-2.0
Stars: 10k
Last push: 2026-10-05

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