# CockroachDB

Distributed SQL database that runs as a cluster of nodes and keeps its data replicated across them.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://www.cockroachlabs.com
- repository: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach
- docs: https://www.cockroachlabs.com/docs/stable/install-cockroachdb-linux

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Cockroach Labs, Inc.
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: unknown
- hqCountry: US

### Kind

- category: database
- hosting: binary
- language: go
- runtime: binary
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

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

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: binary download

### License

- licenseModel: unknown
- license: CockroachDB Software License

### Releases

- currentMajor: unknown
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-21

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 32591
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 306
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- name: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://www.cockroachlabs.com/ (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/cockroachdb/cockroach (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://www.cockroachlabs.com/docs/stable/install-cockroachdb-linux (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainer: https://www.cockroachlabs.com/privacy/ (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainerType: https://www.cockroachlabs.com/privacy/ (read 2026-10-28)
- hqCountry: https://www.cockroachlabs.com/privacy/ (read 2026-10-28)
- category: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach (read 2026-10-28)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/cockroachdb/cockroach (read 2026-10-28)
- runtime: https://www.cockroachlabs.com/docs/stable/install-cockroachdb-linux (read 2026-10-28)
- runsAs: https://www.cockroachlabs.com/docs/stable/cockroach-start (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://www.cockroachlabs.com/docs/stable/install-cockroachdb-linux (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://www.cockroachlabs.com/docs/stable/install-cockroachdb-linux (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://www.cockroachlabs.com/docs/stable/install-cockroachdb-linux (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://www.cockroachlabs.com/docs/stable/install-cockroachdb-linux (read 2026-10-28)
- license: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach (read 2026-10-28)
- license: https://www.cockroachlabs.com/docs/releases/ (read 2026-10-28)
- adminUi: https://www.cockroachlabs.com/docs/stable/ui-overview (read 2026-10-28)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/cockroachdb/cockroach/commits/v26.2.9 (read 2026-10-28)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/cockroachdb/cockroach (read 2026-10-28)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/cockroachdb/cockroach/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-28)

## Notes

CockroachDB is a distributed SQL database. The server is a Go program shipped as a binary, and the [installation guide](https://www.cockroachlabs.com/docs/stable/install-cockroachdb-linux) covers the binary, a Docker image, Kubernetes and a build from source. A web interface, the DB Console, shows details about the cluster and its database configuration.

A node is started with `cockroach start`, which the start command's reference describes as a long-running server. The vendor also runs the database as CockroachDB Cloud.

## Worth knowing

Releases from 24.3.0 on are under the CockroachDB Software License. Earlier binaries were under the Business Source License, according to the releases page. Some self-hosted deployments need a paid Enterprise license to use all features.

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