# Apache Cassandra

Open source NoSQL distributed database for scalable, highly available clusters on commodity hardware or cloud infrastructure.


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Last reviewed: 2026-10-28
Listed since: 2026-10-28

## Record

### Links

- home: https://cassandra.apache.org
- repository: https://github.com/apache/cassandra
- docs: https://cassandra.apache.org/doc/latest/
- bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/cassandra.apache.org

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: The Apache Software Foundation
- maintainerType: foundation
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2010
- hqCountry: US

### Kind

- category: database
- hosting: java
- language: java
- runtime: jvm
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: not applicable
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: docker image

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: Apache-2.0

### Releases

- currentMajor: 5
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-08-07

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 10126
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 270
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://cassandra.apache.org/ (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/apache/cassandra (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://cassandra.apache.org/ (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainer: https://www.apache.org/foundation/ (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainerType: https://www.apache.org/foundation/ (read 2026-10-28)
- hqCountry: https://www.apache.org/foundation/ (read 2026-10-28)
- category: https://cassandra.apache.org/ (read 2026-10-28)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/apache/cassandra (read 2026-10-28)
- runtime: https://cassandra.apache.org/doc/5.0/cassandra/installing/installing.html (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://cassandra.apache.org/doc/5.0/cassandra/installing/installing.html (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://cassandra.apache.org/doc/5.0/cassandra/installing/installing.html (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://cassandra.apache.org/doc/5.0/cassandra/installing/installing.html (read 2026-10-28)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/apache/cassandra (read 2026-10-28)
- licenseModel: https://cassandra.apache.org/ (read 2026-10-28)
- currentMajor: https://cassandra.apache.org/_/download.html (read 2026-10-28)
- latestReleaseDate: https://cassandra.apache.org/_/download.html (read 2026-10-28)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/apache/cassandra/commits/cassandra-0.3.0-rc1 (read 2026-10-28)
- runsAs: https://cassandra.apache.org/_/download.html (read 2026-10-28)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/apache/cassandra (read 2026-10-28)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/apache/cassandra/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-28)

## Notes

Apache Cassandra is an open source NoSQL distributed database, maintained by the Apache Software Foundation. It runs on the Java Virtual Machine and is installed from a Docker image pulled from Docker Hub, a binary tarball, or RPM and YUM packages.

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