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- 1Transactional distributed DB with linear scalability
- 2Proven fault-tolerance on commodity hardware or cloud
- 3Java project — ~9.9k stars, 4k forks
apache/cassandra
Open source transactional distributed database. Linear scalability and proven fault-tolerance on commodity hardware or cloud infrastructure without compromising performance.
snapshot: 2026-07-28
scraped_at: Jul 28, 2026, 1:53 AM
period stars: +11
stars: 9,966
forks: 4,007
Language: Java
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Open source transactional distributed database. Linear scalability and proven fault-tolerance on commodity hardware or cloud infrastructure without compromising performance.
Apache Cassandra is an open source transactional distributed database that promises "linear scalability and proven fault-tolerance on commodity hardware or cloud infrastructure without compromising performance." The project is implemented in Java and focuses on high availability and horizontal scaling for large, distributed workloads.
Cassandra is designed to scale linearly as you add nodes and to remain fault-tolerant across commodity hardware or cloud deployments. Those explicit goals make it a go-to choice for systems that need predictable performance at large scale while avoiding specialized infrastructure.
This repository is ranked #13 on today’s GitHub Trending list and gained 11 stars in the last day (9,966 total stars and 4,007 forks), reflecting continued community interest and active usage.