General-purpose SQL databases.
Changes in this category (RSS)
| Tool | Stars | Licence | Terms | Self-hosted | Language | Latest | Last push |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TiDB | 41k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | Yes | Go | v7.5.8 | 2026-10-06 |
| Turso Database | 25k | MIT | Open source | Yes | Rust | v0.8.2 | 2026-10-06 |
| Dolt | 25k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | Yes | Go | v2.4.1 | 2026-10-06 |
| Neon | 23k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | Yes | Rust | release-proxy-8853 | 2026-08-31 |
| PostgreSQL | 22k | Other | Open source | Yes | C | REL_18_6 | 2026-10-06 |
| Vitess | 21k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | Yes | Go | v24.0.4 | 2026-10-06 |
| rqlite | 18k | MIT | Open source | Yes | Go | v10.5.2 | 2026-10-06 |
| libSQL | 17k | MIT | Open source | Yes | C | libsql-server-v0.24.32 | 2026-10-01 |
| PGlite | 16k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | Yes | TypeScript | @electric-sql/pglite@0.5.8 | 2026-10-06 |
| MySQL | 12k | Other | Open source | Yes | C++ | mysql-26.7.0 | 2026-09-29 |
| SQLite | 11k | Other | Open source | Yes | C | version-3.53.4 | 2026-10-06 |
| OceanBase | 10k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | Yes | C++ | v4.4.2_CE_BP3 | 2026-10-01 |
| CloudNativePG | 9.4k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | Yes | Go | v1.30.1 | 2026-10-06 |
| MariaDB | 8.3k | GPL-2.0 | Open source | Yes | C++ | mariadb-13.0.2 | 2026-10-06 |
| Postgres Operator | 5.3k | MIT | Open source | Yes | Go | v2.0.3 | 2026-10-02 |
| H2 Database Engine | 4.6k | Other | Open source | Yes | Java | version-2.5.252 | 2026-10-06 |
| Crunchy Postgres for Kubernetes | 4.5k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | Yes | Go | v6.0.2 | 2026-09-16 |
| OrioleDB | 4.2k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | Yes | C | beta19 | 2026-10-06 |
| KubeBlocks | 3.1k | AGPL-3.0 | Open source | Yes | Go | v1.0.2 | 2026-09-24 |
| Firebird | 1.5k | None detected | Open source | Yes | C++ | v5.0.4 | 2026-10-06 |
| mariadb-operator | 1k | MIT | Open source | Yes | Go | mariadb-operator-crds-26.10.1 | 2026-10-05 |
| Percona Operator for MySQL based on Percona XtraDB Cluster | 624 | Other | Open source | Yes | Go | v1.20.0 | 2026-10-05 |
| Babelfish for PostgreSQL | 338 | Apache-2.0 | Open source | Yes | TSQL | BABEL_5_4_0 | 2026-10-06 |
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TiDB is built for agentic workloads that grow unpredictably, with ACID guarantees and native support for transactions, analytics, and vector search. No data silos. No noisy neighbors. No infrastructure ceiling.
A SQL database in Rust: SQLite-compatible, now also speaking Postgres (experimental). The LLVM of databases.
Dolt – Git for Data
Neon: Serverless Postgres. We separated storage and compute to offer autoscaling, code-like database branching, and scale to zero.
Mirror of the official PostgreSQL GIT repository. Note that this is just a *mirror* - we don't work with pull requests on github. To contribute, please see https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Submitting_a_Patch
Vitess is a database clustering system for horizontal scaling of MySQL.
The lightweight, fault-tolerant database built on SQLite. Designed to keep your data highly available with minimal effort.
libSQL is a fork of SQLite that is both Open Source, and Open Contributions.
Embeddable Postgres with real-time, reactive bindings.
MySQL Server, the world's most popular open source database, and MySQL Cluster, a real-time, open source transactional database.
Official Git mirror of the SQLite source tree
OceanBase is the unified distributed database for the AI era — open-source, multi-model, one engine for your most demanding workloads.
The most popular Kubernetes Operator for PostgreSQL.
MariaDB server is a community developed fork of MySQL server. Started by core members of the original MySQL team, MariaDB actively works with outside developers to deliver the most featureful, stable, and sanely licensed open SQL server in the industry.
Postgres operator creates and manages PostgreSQL clusters running in Kubernetes
H2 is an embeddable RDBMS written in Java.
Production PostgreSQL for Kubernetes, from high availability Postgres clusters to full-scale database-as-a-service.
OrioleDB – building a modern cloud-native storage engine (... and solving some PostgreSQL wicked problems)
KubeBlocks is a Kubernetes Operator designed to manage a variety of databases and streaming systems, including MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, RabbitMQ, RocketMQ, and more, within Kubernetes environments.
Firebird server, client and tools
🦭 Run and operate MariaDB in a cloud native way
Percona Operator for MySQL based on Percona XtraDB Cluster
Babelfish for PostgreSQL provides the capability for PostgreSQL to work with applications written for Microsoft SQL Server. Babelfish understands the SQL Server wire-protocol and T-SQL, the Microsoft SQL Server query and procedural language, so you don’t have to switch database drivers or rewrite all of your application queries.