Apache Spark - A unified analytics engine for large-scale data processing
The engine Databricks is built on, without its notebooks, catalog or managed clusters.
- Language
- Scala
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Stars
- 44k
- Latest
- v4.2.0
- Last push
- 2026-10-06
alternatives to
Databricks
Hosted data and AI platform built on Apache Spark, with notebooks, a catalog and SQL warehouses. A closed product from Databricks.
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| Tool | Fit | Stars | Licence | Terms | Self-hosted | Language | Latest | Last push |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache Spark | Partial | 44k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | Yes | Scala | v4.2.0 | 2026-10-06 |
| Unity Catalog | Partial | 3.6k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | Yes | Java | v0.6.0 | 2026-10-05 |
Every alternative
2 alternatives
Open, Multi-modal Catalog for Data & AI
The open source release of Databricks' catalog for tables, volumes and functions; the catalog only.
- Language
- Java
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Stars
- 3.6k
- Latest
- v0.6.0
- Last push
- 2026-10-05
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