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ignite
Distributed in-memory database with SQL, ACID transactions and compute APIs
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- Stars
- 5.1k
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Last commit
- Nov 2026
- Language
- Java
5,034 on 22 Apr 20265,089 on 11 Nov 2026
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Overview
Apache Ignite is a distributed database written in Java that keeps data in memory with optional disk persistence. It provides ACID transactions across servers, an ANSI-99 SQL engine reachable over JDBC, ODBC and native APIs, and MapReduce-style compute tasks across nodes. The README describes no AI-specific features.
Who it is for: Java and distributed-systems engineers needing an in-memory SQL data grid
Strengths
- ACID transactions that span multiple servers, in memory and on disk
- Optional native persistence for datasets larger than RAM and faster restarts
- SQL via JDBC, ODBC and native APIs for Java, C#, C++ and Python
- Compute APIs run arbitrary MapReduce-style tasks across cluster nodes
Weaknesses
- No AI or LLM features; a general-purpose database, not a starter
- DDL support is only a subset of commands relevant to distributed systems
- No Dockerfile or compose files detected in the repository
- No tagged release listed for the repository
What it needs
- no GPU
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