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YugabyteDB license, foundation and stars

Databases and caches · Apache License 2.0 for the database plus PolyForm Free Trial License 1.0.0 for the management platform (open source) · backed by Yugabyte · 10,659 stars

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YugabyteDB - the cloud native distributed SQL database for mission-critical applications.

License history

LICENSE file
Open sourceJul 10, 2019

Apache 2.0 to Apache License 2.0 for the database plus PolyForm Free Trial License 1.0.0 for the management platform

Yugabyte opened its former enterprise-only database features under Apache 2.0 and put the platform code under PolyForm Free Trial.

Latest release

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

About and history
Repository
yugabyte/yugabyte-db · created Oct 5, 2017
Website
yugabyte.com
Language
C
Foundation
None; run by Yugabyte
Company
Yugabyte · on Companies · on awards · on blogs · on Mainstage · on quadrant · on Releases · on socials
GitHub detects
NOASSERTION (a custom or multi-license file; the license above is read from the file itself)
Stars per week
15 (GitHub weekly snapshots)

Weekly snapshots

Week ofStars
Nov 9, 202610,659
Oct 26, 202610,638
Oct 19, 202610,613
Oct 5, 202610,586
Sep 21, 202610,556

Changes

Stars per weekNov 9, 2026

Gains about 15 stars a week, down from 16.

Stars per weekOct 30, 2026

Gains about 16 stars a week, up from 14.

Stars per weekOct 20, 2026

Gains about 14 stars a week, down from 15.

Stars per weekOct 10, 2026

Gains about 15 stars a week.

RelicensedSep 25, 2026

Relicensed from Apache 2.0 to Apache License 2.0 for the database plus PolyForm Free Trial License 1.0.0 for the management platform.

TrackedSep 25, 2026

Now tracked, from yugabyte/yugabyte-db on GitHub.