Apache Spark license, foundation and stars
Query and processing engines · Apache 2.0 (open source) · Apache Software Foundation · backed by Databricks · 44,036 stars
Apache Spark - A unified analytics engine for large-scale data processing
License history
LICENSE fileApache 2.0 No license change recorded since the repository was created in 2014.
Latest release
No GitHub releases published; the project releases elsewhere (tags or its own site).
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About and history
- Repository
- apache/spark · created Feb 25, 2014
- Website
- spark.apache.org
- Language
- Scala
- Foundation
- Apache Software Foundation, top-level project · source
- Company
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- GitHub detects
- Apache-2.0
- Stars per week
- 42 (OSS Insight weekly star history, Aug 31 to Sep 21, 2026)
Weekly snapshots
| Week of | Stars | |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 2026 | 44,036 |
Changes
| What changed | |
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| Sep 24, 2026 | TrackedAdded: apache/spark |