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SurrealDB license, foundation and stars

Databases and caches · Business Source License 1.1 (source-available) · backed by SurrealDB · 33,289 stars

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A scalable, distributed, collaborative, document-graph database, for the realtime web

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Source-availableDec 14, 2021

Apache 2.0 to Business Source License 1.1

SurrealDB replaced the Apache 2.0 license of its earlier codebase with BSL 1.1 ahead of 1.0.

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About and history
Repository
surrealdb/surrealdb · created Dec 9, 2021
Website
surrealdb.com
Language
Rust
Foundation
None; run by SurrealDB
Company
SurrealDB · on Companies · on advisories
GitHub detects
NOASSERTION (a custom or multi-license file; the license above is read from the file itself)
Stars per week
37 (GitHub weekly snapshots)

Weekly snapshots

Week ofStars
Nov 2, 202633,289
Oct 26, 202633,238
Oct 12, 202633,200
Oct 5, 202633,111
Sep 21, 202633,068

Changes

Stars per weekNov 7, 2026

Gains about 37 stars a week, up from 34.

Stars per weekOct 27, 2026

Gains about 34 stars a week, down from 44.

Stars per weekOct 18, 2026

Gains about 44 stars a week, up from 22.

Stars per weekOct 9, 2026

Gains about 22 stars a week.

RelicensedSep 25, 2026

Relicensed from Apache 2.0 to Business Source License 1.1.

TrackedSep 25, 2026

Now tracked, from surrealdb/surrealdb on GitHub.