# ClickHouse

Column-oriented SQL database management system for analytical queries, available as open-source server software and as a cloud service.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/clickhouse/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-28
Listed since: 2026-10-28

## Record

### Links

- home: https://clickhouse.com
- repository: https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse
- docs: https://clickhouse.com/docs/
- pricing: https://clickhouse.com/pricing
- x: https://x.com/ClickHouseDB

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: ClickHouse, Inc.
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2016
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: database, analytics
- hosting: binary
- language: cpp
- runtime: binary
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

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

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on, local
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: curl-install-script

### License

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

### Releases

- currentMajor: unknown
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-24

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 50653
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 311
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://clickhouse.com/ (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/ClickHouse/ClickHouse (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://clickhouse.com/pricing (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainer: https://clickhouse.com/company (read 2026-10-28)
- firstRelease: https://clickhouse.com/company (read 2026-10-28)
- category: https://clickhouse.com/docs/intro (read 2026-10-28)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/ClickHouse/ClickHouse (read 2026-10-28)
- runtime: https://clickhouse.com/docs/install (read 2026-10-28)
- runsAs: https://clickhouse.com/docs/install (read 2026-10-28)
- runsAs: https://clickhouse.com/docs/install (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://clickhouse.com/docs/install/docker (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://clickhouse.com/docs/install/debian_ubuntu (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://clickhouse.com/docs/install/redhat (read 2026-10-28)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/ClickHouse/ClickHouse (read 2026-10-28)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/releases/latest (read 2026-10-28)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/ClickHouse/ClickHouse (read 2026-10-28)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-28)
- contentStore: https://clickhouse.com/docs/intro (read 2026-10-28)

## Notes

ClickHouse is a column-oriented SQL database management system for online analytical processing. Its tables are stored as a collection of columns. It is written in C++, licensed under Apache-2.0 and maintained by ClickHouse, Inc., which also offers ClickHouse Cloud, built by its creators and maintainers.

The server runs as a long-running process on the machine or cluster it is installed on. The install guide offers a curl script, Docker images, Debian and Ubuntu packages, and rpm packages. The script downloads a single binary that also runs on a developer's machine for local work.

## Worth knowing

The open-source server and ClickHouse Cloud are separate deployments of the same database. Cloud pricing lists single sign-on and multi-factor authentication on its tiers, and a JWT option on the Enterprise plan. The self-managed server documents LDAP authentication, and the cloud features are not part of that server. The company's own timeline puts the open-source release in 2016.

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