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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 581

  2. cratedb-toolkit cratedb-toolkit Public

    CrateDB Toolkit, an SDK for CrateDB and CrateDB Cloud.

    Python 10 4

  3. 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

  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 7 1

  6. dbt-cratedb2 dbt-cratedb2 Public

    dbt adapter for CrateDB 5.5 and higher.

    Python 4

Repositories

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  • about Public

    Information about CrateDB, for humans and machines.

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    Python 1 Apache-2.0 0 12 3 Updated Sep 12, 2025
  • langchain-cratedb Public

    CrateDB provider for LangChain.

    crate/langchain-cratedb’s past year of commit activity
    Python 2 MIT 0 9 (1 issue needs help) 8 Updated Sep 12, 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 3 Updated Sep 12, 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 35 Updated Sep 12, 2025
  • cratedb-mcp Public

    CrateDB MCP Server for natural-language Text-to-SQL and documentation retrieval.

    crate/cratedb-mcp’s past year of commit activity
    Python 8 Apache-2.0 2 13 (1 issue needs help) 3 Updated Sep 11, 2025
  • cratedb-guide Public

    The CrateDB Guide.

    crate/cratedb-guide’s past year of commit activity
    2 Apache-2.0 1 42 (9 issues need help) 4 Updated Sep 11, 2025
  • crash Public

    Crash is an interactive CrateDB command line interface (CLI) SQL shell with autocompletion.

    crate/crash’s past year of commit activity
    Python 47 Apache-2.0 12 16 (2 issues need help) 0 Updated Sep 11, 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 4,295 Apache-2.0 581 302 (6 issues need help) 10 Updated Sep 11, 2025
  • academy-fundamentals-course Public

    GitHub repository accompanying the CrateDB Fundamentals Course at the CrateDB Academy.

    crate/academy-fundamentals-course’s past year of commit activity
    Jupyter Notebook 7 MIT 3 3 5 Updated Sep 11, 2025
  • cratedb-toolkit Public

    CrateDB Toolkit, an SDK for CrateDB and CrateDB Cloud.

    crate/cratedb-toolkit’s past year of commit activity
    Python 10 AGPL-3.0 4 52 (1 issue needs help) 13 Updated Sep 11, 2025