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Time-series databases

Store and query timestamped measurements at high write rates.

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Time-series databases
ToolStarsLicenceTermsSelf-hostedLanguageLatestLast push
InfluxDB32kApache-2.0Open sourceYesRustv3.11.42026-10-06
TDengine25kAGPL-3.0Open sourceYesCver-3.4.1.62026-10-06
TimescaleDB24kOtherOpen coreYesC2.30.22026-10-06
QuestDB17kApache-2.0Open sourceYesJava10.0.12026-10-06
GreptimeDB6.7kApache-2.0Open sourceYesRustv1.2.12026-10-05
Apache IoTDB6.4kApache-2.0Open sourceYesJavav2.0.112026-10-06
openGemini1.2kApache-2.0Open sourceYesGov1.5.22026-09-09

7 tools

TDengine

High-performance, scalable time-series database designed for Industrial IoT (IIoT) scenarios

Language
C
Licence
AGPL-3.0
Stars
25k
Latest
ver-3.4.1.6
Last push
2026-10-06
TimescaleDB

A time-series database for high-performance real-time analytics packaged as a Postgres extension

Language
C
Licence
Other
Stars
24k
Latest
2.30.2
Last push
2026-10-06
QuestDB

QuestDB is a high performance, open-source, time-series database

Language
Java
Licence
Apache-2.0
Stars
17k
Latest
10.0.1
Last push
2026-10-06
GreptimeDB

The open-source observability database. One columnar engine for metrics, logs, and traces, on object storage.

Language
Rust
Licence
Apache-2.0
Stars
6.7k
Latest
v1.2.1
Last push
2026-10-05
openGemini

CNCF sandbox project, an open source distributed time-series database with high concurrency, high performance, and high scalability

Language
Go
Licence
Apache-2.0
Stars
1.2k
Latest
v1.5.2
Last push
2026-09-09

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