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An extensible, state-of-the-art framework for columnar compression, and the fastest FOSS columnar file format. Formerly at @spiraldb, now an Incubation Stage project at LFAI&Data, part of the Linux Foundation.

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An extensible, state-of-the-art framework for columnar compression, and the fastest FOSS columnar file format. Formerly at @spiraldb, now an Incubation Stage project at LFAI&Data, part of the Linux Foundation.

vortex has 3.1k stars on GitHub. It has been forked 187 times. vortex is written mainly in Rust. It has been in active development since 2024. vortex is available under the Apache-2.0 license. Its main topics are array, arrow, compression, file.

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What is vortex?

An extensible, state-of-the-art framework for columnar compression, and the fastest FOSS columnar file format. Formerly at @spiraldb, now an Incubation Stage project at LFAI&Data, part of the Linux Foundation.

Is vortex open source?

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

Is vortex free?

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

What license does vortex use?

vortex is available under the Apache-2.0 license.

What language is vortex written in?

vortex is written mainly in Rust.

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