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cockroach
Distributed SQL database with horizontal scaling and Postgres wire support
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- Stars
- 32.6k
- License
- custom license
- Last commit
- Sep 2026
- Language
- Go
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Overview
CockroachDB is a distributed SQL database written in Go, built on a transactional, strongly consistent key-value store. It scales horizontally, keeps serving through disk, machine, rack and datacenter failures, and speaks the PostgreSQL wire protocol so existing drivers and ORMs connect. It is a general-purpose database with no AI features, so it fits this list only as a backend to ship apps on.
Who it is for: Teams needing a resilient, scalable SQL database for apps
Strengths
- Serializable ACID transactions across a horizontally scaled cluster
- Survives disk, machine, rack and datacenter failures without manual intervention
- PostgreSQL wire protocol, so standard Postgres drivers and ORMs work
- Built-in SQL client, plus a managed CockroachCloud option
Weaknesses
- Releases since v24.3 use the CockroachDB Software License, not an OSI open-source license
- Compatibility with Postgres is at the wire protocol and SQL level, not identical
- Multi-node cluster deployment is more operational work than a single-node database
- No AI or LLM features described in the README
What it needs
- no GPU
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