Apache DataFusion license, foundation and stars
Query and processing engines · Apache 2.0 (open source) · Apache Software Foundation · 9,360 stars
Apache DataFusion SQL Query Engine
License history
LICENSE fileApache 2.0 No license change recorded since the repository was created in 2021.
Latest release
No GitHub releases published; the project releases elsewhere (tags or its own site).
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About and history
- Repository
- apache/datafusion · created Apr 17, 2021
- Website
- datafusion.apache.org
- Language
- Rust
- Foundation
- Apache Software Foundation, top-level project · source
- GitHub detects
- Apache-2.0
- Stars per week
- 27 (OSS Insight weekly star history, Aug 31 to Sep 21, 2026)
Weekly snapshots
| Week of | Stars | |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 2026 | 9,360 |
Changes
| What changed | |
|---|---|
| Sep 24, 2026 | TrackedAdded: apache/datafusion |