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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 4.3k 582

  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 20 9

  3. cratedb-toolkit cratedb-toolkit Public

    CrateDB Toolkit, an SDK for CrateDB and CrateDB Cloud.

    Python 11 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 4

Repositories

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  • cratedb-guide Public

    The CrateDB Handbook includes learning path content and extended reference material.

    crate/cratedb-guide’s past year of commit activity
    2 Apache-2.0 1 78 (8 issues need help) 28 Updated Oct 21, 2025
  • 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 4,321 Apache-2.0 582 307 (7 issues need help) 11 Updated Oct 21, 2025
  • crate-qa Public

    CrateDB Quality Assurance

    crate/crate-qa’s past year of commit activity
    Python 5 1 4 4 Updated Oct 21, 2025
  • dlt-cratedb Public

    dlt destination adapter for CrateDB

    crate/dlt-cratedb’s past year of commit activity
    Python 0 Apache-2.0 0 9 2 Updated Oct 21, 2025
  • crate-operator Public

    The CrateDB Kubernetes Operator provides a convenient way to run CrateDB clusters inside Kubernetes.

    crate/crate-operator’s past year of commit activity
    Python 25 Apache-2.0 9 4 6 Updated Oct 21, 2025
  • 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 20 Apache-2.0 9 13 37 Updated Oct 21, 2025
  • cratedb-prometheus-adapter Public

    CrateDB Prometheus Adapter.

    crate/cratedb-prometheus-adapter’s past year of commit activity
    Go 63 Apache-2.0 16 2 (2 issues need help) 5 Updated Oct 21, 2025
  • docker-crate Public

    Source repository for the official CrateDB Docker image

    crate/docker-crate’s past year of commit activity
    Python 51 Apache-2.0 22 2 2 Updated Oct 21, 2025
  • crate-python Public

    Python DB API client library for CrateDB, using HTTP.

    crate/crate-python’s past year of commit activity
    Python 80 Apache-2.0 31 7 13 Updated Oct 21, 2025
  • cratedb-sqlparse Public

    Parsing utilities to validate and split SQL statements for CrateDB.

    crate/cratedb-sqlparse’s past year of commit activity
    Python 8 Apache-2.0 1 4 4 Updated Oct 21, 2025