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CrateDB

The Database for Real-Time Analytics and Hybrid Search

Welcome!

CrateDB is a hyper-fast open source multi-model database for time series, documents and vectors, combining the simplicity of SQL with the scalability of a distributed architecture.

The CrateDB Admin Interface

Try it Out

There are two ways to get a CrateDB instance up and running quickly:

  1. Sign up for the CrateDB Cloud and choose our free plan.
  2. Spin up the official Docker image:
docker run --publish 4200:4200 --publish 5432:5432 --env CRATE_HEAP_SIZE=1g crate -Cdiscovery.type=single-node

Discover CrateDB

Check out our resources to learn about what CrateDB is, how it works, and why you should use it:

CrateDB Academy

Become a CrateDB expert by taking our free online courses. Each course is delivered as a series of videos with supporting additional resources, code, and hands-on exercises. Pass the final exam and you can earn a Certificate of Completion to share on your LinkedIn Profile.

Start your learning journey at learn.cratedb.com today!.

Join the Community / Meet Us

We'd love you to join our online Discourse community. You'll find a welcoming place to ask questions, get help and check out tutorials.

We're also on Twitter/X and LinkedIn.

You'll find the CrateDB team at conferences, meet up events and workshops around the world. Visit our Events page to see where to find us.

About Us

Our team is diverse, multi-cultural and globally distributed. We work remotely and from offices in the US and Europe. Interested in joining us? Check out our current openings.

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  1. crate crate Public

    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.

    Java 4.4k 584

  2. cratedb-examples cratedb-examples Public

    A collection of clear and concise examples how to work with CrateDB, including software stack definitions for end-to-end test scenarios.

    Jupyter Notebook 22 9

  3. cratedb-toolkit cratedb-toolkit Public

    CrateDB Toolkit, an SDK for CrateDB and CrateDB Cloud.

    Python 12 4

  4. sqlalchemy-cratedb sqlalchemy-cratedb Public

    SQLAlchemy dialect for CrateDB.

    Python 6 2

  5. cratedb-sqlparse cratedb-sqlparse Public

    Parsing utilities to validate and split SQL statements for CrateDB.

    Python 8 1

  6. dbt-cratedb2 dbt-cratedb2 Public

    dbt adapter for CrateDB 5.5 and higher.

    Python 6

Repositories

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  • crate Public

    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/crate’s past year of commit activity
    Java 4,356 Apache-2.0 584 307 (8 issues need help) 12 Updated Jan 26, 2026
  • crate-python Public

    Python DB API client library for CrateDB, using HTTP.

    crate/crate-python’s past year of commit activity
    Python 83 Apache-2.0 31 11 (1 issue needs help) 9 Updated Jan 26, 2026
  • academy-fundamentals-course Public

    GitHub repository accompanying the CrateDB Fundamentals Course at the CrateDB Academy.

    crate/academy-fundamentals-course’s past year of commit activity
    Jupyter Notebook 7 MIT 3 0 0 Updated Jan 26, 2026
  • cratedb-examples Public

    A collection of clear and concise examples how to work with CrateDB, including software stack definitions for end-to-end test scenarios.

    crate/cratedb-examples’s past year of commit activity
    Jupyter Notebook 22 Apache-2.0 9 17 34 Updated Jan 26, 2026
  • cratedb-toolkit Public

    CrateDB Toolkit, an SDK for CrateDB and CrateDB Cloud.

    crate/cratedb-toolkit’s past year of commit activity
    Python 12 AGPL-3.0 4 59 (1 issue needs help) 21 Updated Jan 26, 2026
  • meltano-tap-cratedb Public

    A Singer tap / Meltano extractor for CrateDB, built with the Meltano SDK, and based on the Meltano PostgreSQL tap.

    crate/meltano-tap-cratedb’s past year of commit activity
    Python 1 MIT 0 11 1 Updated Jan 26, 2026
  • dlt-cratedb Public

    dlt destination adapter for CrateDB

    crate/dlt-cratedb’s past year of commit activity
    Python 0 Apache-2.0 0 8 1 Updated Jan 25, 2026
  • cratedb-fivetran-destination Public

    CrateDB Fivetran Destination connector, for loading data into CrateDB.

    crate/cratedb-fivetran-destination’s past year of commit activity
    Python 0 Apache-2.0 0 22 (4 issues need help) 4 Updated Jan 24, 2026
  • meltano-target-cratedb Public

    A Singer target / Meltano loader for CrateDB, built with the Meltano SDK, and based on the Meltano PostgreSQL target.

    crate/meltano-target-cratedb’s past year of commit activity
    Python 0 MIT 0 3 2 Updated Jan 23, 2026
  • crate-qa Public

    CrateDB Quality Assurance

    crate/crate-qa’s past year of commit activity
    Python 6 2 3 3 Updated Jan 23, 2026

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