# ScyllaDB

NoSQL database, API-compatible with Apache Cassandra and Amazon DynamoDB, written in C++.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/scylladb/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-30
Listed since: 2026-10-30

## Record

### Links

- home: https://www.scylladb.com
- repository: https://github.com/scylladb/scylladb
- docs: https://docs.scylladb.com
- pricing: https://www.scylladb.com/pricing/
- x: https://twitter.com/ScyllaDB
- bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/scylladb.com
- forum: https://forum.scylladb.com/
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7fDHfQDRiQ9Nn0tFf33jeQ

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: ScyllaDB Ltd.
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2015
- hqCountry: IL

### Kind

- category: database
- hosting: binary
- language: cpp
- runtime: binary
- 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: web installer script (curl)

### License

- licenseModel: source-available
- license: ScyllaDB Software License Agreement 1.1

### Releases

- currentMajor: unknown
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-15

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 15814
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 187
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://www.scylladb.com (read 2026-10-30)
- urls: https://github.com/scylladb/scylladb (read 2026-10-30)
- urls: https://docs.scylladb.com (read 2026-10-30)
- maintainer: https://www.scylladb.com/privacy/ (read 2026-10-30)
- hqCountry: https://www.scylladb.com/privacy/ (read 2026-10-30)
- firstRelease: https://www.scylladb.com/company/ (read 2026-10-30)
- category: https://github.com/scylladb/scylladb/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- language: https://github.com/scylladb/scylladb (read 2026-10-30)
- runtime: https://github.com/scylladb/scylladb/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- runsAs: https://github.com/scylladb/scylladb/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://docs.scylladb.com/manual/stable/getting-started/installation-common/scylla-web-installer.html (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://docs.scylladb.com/manual/stable/getting-started/install-scylla/install-on-linux.html (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://docs.scylladb.com/manual/stable/getting-started/installation-common/unified-installer.html (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://docs.scylladb.com/manual/stable/getting-started/install-scylla/run-in-docker.html (read 2026-10-30)
- license: https://github.com/scylladb/scylladb/blob/scylla-2026.3.4/LICENSE-ScyllaDB-Source-Available.md (read 2026-10-30)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/scylladb/scylladb/blob/scylla-2026.3.4/LICENSE-ScyllaDB-Source-Available.md (read 2026-10-30)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/scylladb/scylladb/tree/scylla-2026.3.4 (read 2026-10-30)
- githubStargazers: https://github.com/scylladb/scylladb (read 2026-10-30)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/scylladb/scylladb/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-30)
- urls: https://www.scylladb.com/pricing/ (read 2026-10-30)

## Notes

ScyllaDB is a database written in C++ that is API-compatible with Apache Cassandra and Amazon DynamoDB. The [repository](https://github.com/scylladb/scylladb) README starts the server with a single command, and the DynamoDB-compatible API, called Alternator, must be enabled before it is served.

Installation offers a curl-based web installer, Linux packages, an installer that runs without root privileges, and a Docker image; the [Linux install guide](https://docs.scylladb.com/manual/stable/getting-started/install-scylla/install-on-linux.html) describes each route. ScyllaDB Ltd. maintains the project. Alongside the server code, the company offers an Enterprise edition with premium features and dedicated support, and ScyllaDB X Cloud, a managed service on AWS and GCP. The docs include a migration procedure for moving from Apache Cassandra.

## Worth knowing

The source is published under the ScyllaDB Software License Agreement, which grants its license only to Never Customers: organizations with no paid commercial relationship with ScyllaDB in the previous twelve months. Releases before that agreement carried the AGPL-3.0 license.

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