Quickwit license, foundation and stars
Search and vector · Apache 2.0 (open source) · backed by Quickwit · 11,674 stars
Cloud-native OSS search engine for observability
License history
LICENSE file| Change | ||
|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 2025 | AGPL v3 to Apache 2.0After Datadog acquired Quickwit, the search engine was relicensed from AGPL 3.0 to Apache 2.0.LICENSE commitAnnouncement | LICENSE commitAnnouncement |
Latest release
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About and history
- Repository
- quickwit-oss/quickwit · created Apr 13, 2021
- Website
- quickwit.io
- Language
- Rust
- Foundation
- None; run by Quickwit
- Company
- Quickwit
- GitHub detects
- Apache-2.0
- Stars per week
- From the second weekly snapshot
Weekly snapshots
| Week of | Stars | |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 2026 | 11,674 |
Changes
| What changed | |
|---|---|
| Sep 25, 2026 | RelicensedAGPL v3 to Apache 2.0 |
| Sep 25, 2026 | TrackedAdded: quickwit-oss/quickwit |