

prql license, foundation and stars
Query and processing engines · Apache 2.0 (open source) · 10,942 stars
PRQL is a modern language for transforming data, a simple, powerful, pipelined SQL replacement
Apache 2.0 No license change recorded since the repository was created in 2022.
Latest release
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About and history
- Repository
- PRQL/prql · created Jan 18, 2022
- Website
- prql-lang.org
- Language
- Rust
- Foundation
- None; run by its maintainers
- GitHub detects
- Apache-2.0
- Stars per week
- 4 (GitHub weekly snapshots)
Weekly snapshots
| Week of | Bar | Stars |
|---|
| Nov 2, 2026 | | 10,942 |
| Oct 26, 2026 | | 10,931 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | | 10,921 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | | 10,920 |
| Sep 21, 2026 | | 10,918 |
Changes
Stars per weekNov 5, 2026
Gains about 4 stars a week, up from 3.
Stars per weekOct 26, 2026
Gains about 3 stars a week, up from 1.
Stars per weekOct 8, 2026
Gains about 1 stars a week.
TrackedSep 25, 2026
Now tracked, from PRQL/prql on GitHub.