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Apache Cassandra

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

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.

Identity

Status
Active
Maintainer
The Apache Software Foundation3
Maintained by
Foundation3
First release
20106
Headquarters
United States3

Rendering and deploy

Runs as
Always on5
Install with
docker image4

Releases

Current major version
55
Last release
2026-08-075

Adoption

GitHub stars
10,1262
Contributors
2707

Why these figures do not compare

Sources

  1. 2026-10-28: links, Categories, License model
    cassandra.apache.org/
  2. 2026-10-28: links, Written in, License, GitHub stars
    api.github.com/repos/apache/cassandra
  3. 2026-10-28: Maintainer, Maintained by, Headquarters
    www.apache.org/foundation/
  4. 2026-10-28: Runtime, Install with
    cassandra.apache.org/doc/5.0/cassandra/installing/installing.html
  5. 2026-10-28: Current major version, Last release, Runs as
    cassandra.apache.org/_/download.html
  6. 2026-10-28: First release
    api.github.com/repos/apache/cassandra/commits/cassandra-0.3.0-rc1
  7. 2026-10-28: Contributors
    api.github.com/repos/apache/cassandra/contributors?per_page=1

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