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CrateDB is a distributed and scalable SQL database for storing and analyzing massive amounts of data in near real-time, even with complex queries. It is PostgreSQL-compatible, and based on Lucene.

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Store and analyze large amounts of data quickly using a SQL database that works like PostgreSQL.

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CrateDB is a distributed and scalable SQL database for storing and analyzing massive amounts of data in near real-time, even with complex queries. It is PostgreSQL-compatible, and based on Lucene.

crate has 4.4k stars on GitHub. It has been forked 604 times. crate is written mainly in Java. It has been in active development since 2013. crate is available under the Apache-2.0 license. Its main topics are analytics, big-data, cratedb, database.

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What is crate?

CrateDB is a distributed and scalable SQL database for storing and analyzing massive amounts of data in near real-time, even with complex queries. It is PostgreSQL-compatible, and based on Lucene.

Is crate open source?

crate is an open-source project. It is released under the Apache-2.0 license.

Is crate free?

Yes. crate is free and open source — you can use, modify and self-host it.

What license does crate use?

crate is available under the Apache-2.0 license.

What language is crate written in?

crate is written mainly in Java.

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