StarRocks
Apache-2.0 MPP SQL engine for lakehouse analytics
Databases / Data · Apache-2.0 · 12.2k
Reviewed 2026-10-18 · last push 2026-10-19 · repo checked 2026-10-19
What's Good
Apache-2.0 (StarRocks/starrocks), release 4.1.3 (2026-09-17). Vectorized execution, a cost-based optimizer, full TPC-H and TPC-DS SQL support, and real-time ingestion. It queries Iceberg, Hudi, Delta and Hive in place, and MySQL clients and BI tools connect without special drivers. ★~12.2k.
The Catch
Performance claims (3x faster on average) are the project's own. A cluster is frontend and backend nodes to size and operate. It is an analytics engine, not a transactional database. CelerData sells the commercial version.
Verdict
A strong choice for customer-facing dashboards on big data — benchmark it on your own queries.
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