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Dev tools · February 23, 2021

CrateDB

A SQL database with native distribution and dynamic schema

CrateDB launched on February 23, 2021 with 52 votes, #1,071 of 3,133 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 5 years on.

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What it does

CrateDB enables developers to process any type of data (structured or unstructured), to query huge data volumes at real-time speed with SQL (including JOINs and aggregates), and to scale their cluster seamessly up to hundreds of nodes.

Download the open source distribution of CrateDB with these installation guides and packages.

Instructions for installing CrateDB on both Linux and macOS systems. Proper installation is the first step in using any software package. Wide range of topics to show you how to make the most out of CrateDB. These topics include joins, clustering, storage and consistency, resilience, CLI tools, andfrom cratedb.com

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