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Databases and caches · GPL v2 (open source) · backed by Meta · 32,248 stars

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A library that provides an embeddable, persistent key-value store for fast storage.

License history

LICENSE file

GPL v2 No license change recorded since the repository was created in 2012.

Latest release

No GitHub releases published; the project releases elsewhere (tags or its own site).

About and history
Repository
meta/rocksdb · created Nov 30, 2012
Website
rocksdb.org
Language
C++
Foundation
None; run by Meta
Company
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GitHub detects
GPL-2.0
Stars per week
20 (GitHub weekly snapshots)

Weekly snapshots

Week ofStars
Nov 2, 202632,248
Oct 26, 202632,225
Oct 12, 202632,207
Oct 5, 202632,173
Sep 21, 202632,131

Changes

Stars per weekNov 5, 2026

Gains about 20 stars a week, up from 19.

Repository renamedNov 5, 2026

Repository renamed from facebook/rocksdb to meta/rocksdb.

Stars per weekOct 26, 2026

Gains about 19 stars a week, down from 25.

Stars per weekOct 17, 2026

Gains about 25 stars a week, up from 21.

Stars per weekOct 8, 2026

Gains about 21 stars a week.

TrackedSep 25, 2026

Now tracked, from facebook/rocksdb on GitHub.