rocksdb license, foundation and stars
Databases and caches · GPL v2 (open source) · backed by Meta · 32,131 stars
A library that provides an embeddable, persistent key-value store for fast storage.
License history
LICENSE fileGPL 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).
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About and history
- Repository
- facebook/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
- From the second weekly snapshot
Weekly snapshots
| Week of | Stars | |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 2026 | 32,131 |
Changes
| What changed | |
|---|---|
| Sep 25, 2026 | TrackedAdded: facebook/rocksdb |