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YugabyteDB - the cloud native distributed SQL database for mission-critical applications.
Open source Jul 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).
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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 of Bar Stars Nov 9, 2026 10,659 Oct 26, 2026 10,638 Oct 19, 2026 10,613 Oct 5, 2026 10,586 Sep 21, 2026 10,556
Changes Stars per week Nov 9, 2026
Gains about 15 stars a week, down from 16. Stars per week Oct 30, 2026
Gains about 16 stars a week, up from 14. Stars per week Oct 20, 2026
Gains about 14 stars a week, down from 15. Stars per week Oct 10, 2026
Gains about 15 stars a week. Relicensed Sep 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. Tracked Sep 25, 2026
Now tracked, from yugabyte/yugabyte-db on GitHub.