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Open-source SQL databases: star history compared

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clickhouse/clickhouse

Databases age differently than frameworks: the incumbents here measure their histories in decades, so their star curves under-count influence enormously — Postgres and SQLite run half the world from mirrors that only joined GitHub late. That makes the newer entrants easier to read: DuckDB's analytics-in-process pitch and ClickHouse's columnar speed both show the sharp modern growth you'd expect from projects born on GitHub.

Ranked by current GitHub stars · growth = stars gained in the trailing 90 days · data updated Nov 2026

Open-source SQL databases — star history
51k STARS16 YR 2 MOclickhouse/clickhouse51kduckdb/duckdb43kcockroachdb/cockroach33kpostgres/postgres23kmysql/mysql-server13ksqlite/sqlite11kmariadb/server8.6k

clickhouse/clickhouse: 50,921 stars on November 13, 2026. duckdb/duckdb: 43,056 stars on November 13, 2026. cockroachdb/cockroach: 32,618 stars on November 13, 2026. postgres/postgres: 22,820 stars on November 14, 2026. mysql/mysql-server: 12,513 stars on November 13, 2026. sqlite/sqlite: 11,009 stars on November 13, 2026. mariadb/server: 8,587 stars on November 13, 2026.

Star history for clickhouse/clickhouse
DateStars
June 14, 20161
August 4, 20161176
September 26, 20161387
November 19, 20161574
January 10, 20171685
March 5, 20171882
April 23, 20172046
June 12, 20172237
August 3, 20172384
September 27, 20172595
November 23, 20172856
January 9, 20183047
March 2, 20183294
April 20, 20183554
June 9, 20183768
July 26, 20183970
September 12, 20184247
October 29, 20184841
December 15, 20185185
January 31, 20195523
March 19, 20195874
May 5, 20196220
June 21, 20196676
August 7, 20197184
September 23, 20197679
November 9, 20198035
December 25, 20198460
February 10, 20208833
March 28, 20209239
May 14, 20209680
July 9, 202010248
August 25, 202010903
October 11, 202011561
November 27, 202012585
January 13, 202113165
March 1, 202113697
April 17, 202114506
June 3, 202115716
July 20, 202116679
September 5, 202117706
October 21, 202118729
December 7, 202119598
January 23, 202220558
March 11, 202221275
April 27, 202222124
June 13, 202222814
July 30, 202223527
September 15, 202224135
November 1, 202224697
December 18, 202225218
February 12, 202325849
March 31, 202326611
May 17, 202327549
July 3, 202328354
August 19, 202329113
October 4, 202329882
November 20, 202330597
January 6, 202431321
February 22, 202432084
April 9, 202432859
May 26, 202433756
July 12, 202434517
August 28, 202435468
October 14, 202436172
November 30, 202436934
January 15, 202537588
March 3, 202538460
April 19, 202539385
June 5, 202540262
July 22, 202541104
September 16, 202542210
November 2, 202543079
December 19, 202544114
February 4, 202645095
March 23, 202645997
May 9, 202646918
June 25, 202647978
August 11, 202648956
September 27, 202649973
November 13, 202650921
Star history for duckdb/duckdb
DateStars
July 5, 20181
May 29, 201950
July 18, 2019262
September 24, 2019321
December 4, 2019393
February 1, 2020433
April 7, 2020494
May 30, 20201146
June 30, 20201253
August 15, 20201305
October 5, 20202011
November 6, 20202126
December 10, 20202257
January 19, 20212328
February 25, 20212438
April 4, 20212558
May 11, 20212668
June 15, 20212886
July 16, 20213059
August 19, 20213172
September 21, 20213305
October 25, 20213426
November 25, 20213683
December 28, 20213869
January 28, 20224022
February 28, 20224142
April 1, 20224371
May 2, 20224607
June 3, 20224944
July 4, 20225180
August 11, 20225621
September 12, 20226053
October 13, 20226503
November 13, 20226866
December 15, 20227304
January 15, 20237653
February 16, 20238175
March 19, 20238759
April 20, 20239278
May 21, 20239850
June 22, 202310350
July 23, 202310744
August 24, 202311202
September 24, 202311594
October 26, 202312248
November 26, 202312715
December 28, 202313155
January 28, 202413671
February 28, 202414455
March 31, 202415543
May 8, 202416531
June 8, 202418219
July 10, 202420192
August 10, 202421012
September 11, 202422026
October 12, 202422815
November 12, 202423640
December 14, 202424424
January 14, 202525233
February 15, 202525948
March 18, 202527176
April 19, 202527971
May 20, 202528661
June 21, 202529887
July 22, 202530608
August 23, 202531708
September 23, 202532473
October 25, 202533194
November 25, 202533901
December 27, 202534582
February 2, 202635415
March 6, 202636084
April 6, 202636887
May 8, 202637704
June 8, 202638435
July 10, 202639063
August 10, 202639972
September 11, 202641035
October 12, 202642031
November 13, 202643056
Star history for cockroachdb/cockroach
DateStars
February 11, 20141
July 24, 2014899
September 24, 20141327
November 30, 20142165
February 2, 20152465
April 1, 20152839
June 3, 20153080
July 29, 20154404
September 25, 20154773
November 20, 20155115
January 28, 20165475
March 24, 20165771
May 19, 20166237
July 15, 20166550
September 9, 20166831
November 9, 20167136
January 4, 20177420
March 1, 20178084
April 26, 20178573
June 21, 20179666
August 17, 20179991
October 12, 201710379
December 7, 201710957
February 1, 201811463
March 29, 201811950
May 25, 201812489
July 21, 201812860
September 15, 201813251
November 10, 201813646
January 5, 201914128
March 14, 201914616
May 9, 201915100
July 4, 201915582
August 29, 201915906
October 25, 201916220
December 21, 201916522
February 15, 202016801
April 12, 202017039
June 10, 202017372
August 5, 202017650
October 2, 202018124
November 27, 202018477
January 22, 202118819
March 19, 202119195
May 16, 202119605
July 12, 202119942
September 6, 202120595
November 1, 202121361
December 27, 202121753
February 21, 202222749
April 30, 202223386
June 25, 202223940
August 20, 202224395
October 15, 202224879
December 11, 202225260
February 5, 202325595
April 2, 202325977
May 28, 202326336
July 23, 202326633
September 17, 202326991
November 13, 202327322
January 8, 202427670
March 4, 202428023
April 29, 202428416
June 24, 202428786
August 20, 202429104
October 16, 202429430
December 11, 202429712
February 5, 202529956
April 2, 202530218
June 10, 202530542
August 5, 202530764
October 1, 202530987
November 27, 202531199
January 25, 202631496
March 25, 202631726
May 20, 202631978
July 18, 202632179
September 16, 202632406
November 13, 202632618
Star history for postgres/postgres
DateStars
September 21, 2010233
January 31, 2011303
June 26, 2011376
December 15, 2011452
June 16, 2012521
April 5, 2013594
October 6, 2013679
March 1, 2014762
July 10, 2014850
October 20, 2014936
February 7, 20151069
May 6, 20151171
July 20, 20151292
October 5, 20151466
December 19, 20151583
March 2, 20161706
May 11, 20161828
July 22, 20161967
September 29, 20162098
December 18, 20162203
February 25, 20172331
April 30, 20172490
July 3, 20172624
September 6, 20172773
November 8, 20172981
January 9, 20183181
March 14, 20183409
May 11, 20183603
July 15, 20183776
September 11, 20183942
November 25, 20184173
January 25, 20194379
March 25, 20194625
May 22, 20194888
July 24, 20195127
September 23, 20195434
November 24, 20195651
January 23, 20205878
March 23, 20206073
May 21, 20206328
July 19, 20206574
September 15, 20206818
November 13, 20207088
January 16, 20217325
March 18, 20217600
May 16, 20217874
July 13, 20218150
September 9, 20218388
November 7, 20218669
January 6, 20228952
March 18, 20229371
May 17, 20229686
July 14, 202210099
September 10, 202210421
November 8, 202210765
January 5, 202311080
March 4, 202311413
May 1, 202311800
June 28, 202312180
August 25, 202312519
October 23, 202312889
December 20, 202313280
February 18, 202413654
April 16, 202414181
June 13, 202414607
August 10, 202415031
October 7, 202415509
December 4, 202415958
January 31, 202516338
March 31, 202516837
June 8, 202517406
August 5, 202517885
October 3, 202518432
November 30, 202518928
January 27, 202619506
March 26, 202620122
May 23, 202620794
July 20, 202621419
September 16, 202622060
November 14, 202622820
Star history for mysql/mysql-server
DateStars
September 26, 201414
November 26, 2014196
February 12, 2015291
April 24, 2015373
June 27, 2015455
September 16, 2015536
December 2, 2015629
February 9, 2016713
April 16, 2016801
June 14, 2016903
September 2, 20161023
October 31, 20161156
December 26, 20161246
February 24, 20171348
April 23, 20171470
June 23, 20171585
August 18, 20171725
October 15, 20171872
December 9, 20172021
February 5, 20182144
April 6, 20182269
May 28, 20182428
July 23, 20182563
September 17, 20182709
November 12, 20182839
January 5, 20193018
February 24, 20193174
April 18, 20193349
June 8, 20193528
July 27, 20193770
September 28, 20193996
November 23, 20194156
January 13, 20204355
March 6, 20204496
April 27, 20204667
June 18, 20204864
August 6, 20205051
September 26, 20205246
November 18, 20205413
January 9, 20215591
March 3, 20215794
April 24, 20215982
June 14, 20216168
August 4, 20216362
September 24, 20216554
November 15, 20216741
January 6, 20226942
March 3, 20227107
April 23, 20227275
June 13, 20227483
August 15, 20227743
October 5, 20227949
November 24, 20228123
January 18, 20238285
March 12, 20238443
May 2, 20238637
June 22, 20238827
August 12, 20239032
October 4, 20239221
November 24, 20239370
January 16, 20249559
March 8, 20249730
April 26, 20249938
June 15, 202410117
August 6, 202410277
September 27, 202410452
November 18, 202410592
January 14, 202510759
March 9, 202510923
May 1, 202511121
July 3, 202511282
August 28, 202511436
October 21, 202511606
December 19, 202511727
February 9, 202611901
April 3, 202612031
May 30, 202612163
July 24, 202612272
September 21, 202612395
November 13, 202612513
Star history for sqlite/sqlite
DateStars
March 18, 20192
May 22, 2019117
August 7, 2019156
October 9, 2019203
January 21, 2020244
April 3, 2020308
May 16, 2020375
June 23, 2020440
August 10, 2020493
September 25, 2020548
November 16, 2020616
December 22, 2020678
February 8, 2021736
March 15, 2021784
April 18, 2021862
May 25, 2021956
June 26, 20211032
July 28, 20211146
August 29, 20211252
September 29, 20211357
November 2, 20211440
December 3, 20211547
January 4, 20221647
February 4, 20221829
March 9, 20221919
April 11, 20222039
May 11, 20222155
June 12, 20222288
July 12, 20222398
August 12, 20222571
September 17, 20222759
October 19, 20222883
November 18, 20223029
December 20, 20223171
January 19, 20233274
February 19, 20233395
March 22, 20233546
April 21, 20233683
May 22, 20233808
June 22, 20233917
July 23, 20234034
August 22, 20234180
September 22, 20234313
October 22, 20234439
November 23, 20234583
December 23, 20234702
January 23, 20244844
February 23, 20244971
March 24, 20245105
April 25, 20245254
May 31, 20245489
July 1, 20245653
August 2, 20245834
September 2, 20246034
October 2, 20246171
November 2, 20246353
December 2, 20246547
January 1, 20256777
February 1, 20257018
March 3, 20257184
April 3, 20257370
May 3, 20257523
June 4, 20257656
July 4, 20257794
August 4, 20257956
September 4, 20258087
October 5, 20258234
November 4, 20258374
December 4, 20258522
January 6, 20268662
February 11, 20268862
March 14, 20269036
April 13, 20269235
May 14, 20269506
June 13, 20269692
July 14, 20269967
August 13, 202610205
September 13, 202610428
October 13, 202610645
November 13, 202611009
Star history for mariadb/server
DateStars
May 25, 20144
October 3, 2014240
February 4, 2015293
April 17, 2015359
July 9, 2015414
October 7, 2015472
December 29, 2015554
March 2, 2016624
May 2, 2016697
July 2, 2016768
September 3, 2016868
October 31, 2016951
December 22, 20161034
February 23, 20171105
April 18, 20171189
June 20, 20171260
August 29, 20171331
October 19, 20171420
December 10, 20171516
February 8, 20181605
March 30, 20181696
May 25, 20181789
July 19, 20181862
September 16, 20181970
November 10, 20182035
January 3, 20192151
February 23, 20192240
April 11, 20192357
May 26, 20192498
July 15, 20192597
September 18, 20192725
November 13, 20192831
January 11, 20202910
March 12, 20202987
May 12, 20203075
July 4, 20203160
August 31, 20203227
October 19, 20203302
December 31, 20203379
February 23, 20213451
April 24, 20213528
June 24, 20213610
August 25, 20213699
October 26, 20213775
December 24, 20213847
February 18, 20223920
April 10, 20224000
June 3, 20224090
July 29, 20224174
September 20, 20224256
November 21, 20224365
January 24, 20234466
March 21, 20234546
May 8, 20234625
July 14, 20234691
September 7, 20234769
November 6, 20234859
December 25, 20234938
February 20, 20245013
April 12, 20245107
May 29, 20245205
July 27, 20245303
September 15, 20245417
November 5, 20245512
December 24, 20245629
February 13, 20255716
April 3, 20255837
May 22, 20255931
July 12, 20256064
August 26, 20256208
October 19, 20256423
December 2, 20256627
January 15, 20266830
February 27, 20267119
April 11, 20267329
May 24, 20267550
July 6, 20267757
August 18, 20268071
September 30, 20268283
November 13, 20268587

How each series was read

  • clickhouse/clickhouse

    GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026

  • duckdb/duckdb

    GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026

  • cockroachdb/cockroach

    GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026

  • postgres/postgres

    GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026

  • mysql/mysql-server

    GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026

  • sqlite/sqlite

    GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026

  • mariadb/server

    GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026

Ranking

7 repositories

Open-source SQL databases ranked by current total GitHub stars
#RepositoryStars+90dFirst starHealth
1clickhouse/clickhouse50,923~2k2016debt charts
2duckdb/duckdb43,056~3.1k2018debt charts
3cockroachdb/cockroach32,619~3372014debt charts
4postgres/postgres22,820~1.1k2010debt charts
5mysql/mysql-server12,513~2162014debt charts
6sqlite/sqlite11,010~8042019debt charts
7mariadb/server8,587~5532014debt charts

Repository health compared

Live analysis · unavailable data stays labelled

Popularity is only one axis. Compare technical scale, maintenance cadence, ownership resilience and change pressure against the same completed analysis that sits behind each report.

Reach

Popularity and real-world adoption

Signalclickhouse/clickhouseduckdb/duckdbcockroachdb/cockroachpostgres/postgresmysql/mysql-serversqlite/sqlitemariadb/server
GitHub starsCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Best result in this row: 50,92343,05632,61922,82012,51311,0108,587
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.+1,965Best result in this row: +3,084+337+1,131+216+804+553
ForksCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Largest package audienceLargest resolved registry total; sources are shown explicitly.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Repository ageElapsed years since the GitHub creation timestamp.10 years8.4 years13 years16 years12 years7.7 years13 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signalclickhouse/clickhouseduckdb/duckdbcockroachdb/cockroachpostgres/postgresmysql/mysql-serversqlite/sqlitemariadb/server
Dominant languageLargest share of analyzed code lines at current HEAD.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Code linesAnalyzed source lines at current HEAD, excluding blanks and comments.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Languages representedLanguages with non-zero files or line counts.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…

Maintenance

Commit volume and recent operating cadence

Signalclickhouse/clickhouseduckdb/duckdbcockroachdb/cockroachpostgres/postgresmysql/mysql-serversqlite/sqlitemariadb/server
Repository commitsFull repository commit total reported by the analysis.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Commits · trailing 90dCommit count in the newest 90 days covered by the repository analysis.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…

Ownership

How broadly maintenance responsibility is distributed

Signalclickhouse/clickhouseduckdb/duckdbcockroachdb/cockroachpostgres/postgresmysql/mysql-serversqlite/sqlitemariadb/server
Bus factorFewest analyzed contributors carrying at least half the commits.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Top contributor concentrationShare of attributed commits carried by the most active contributor.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…

Change signals

Debt markers and fix pressure in frequently changed files

Signalclickhouse/clickhouseduckdb/duckdbcockroachdb/cockroachpostgres/postgresmysql/mysql-serversqlite/sqlitemariadb/server
Fix-labelled share · frequently changed filesFix-labelled commits divided by commits across the analyzed high-frequency file set.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Recent TODO/FIXME movementLatest cumulative marker count and its change over the trailing 90 days.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…

Head to head

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Frequently asked

Which of these open-source sql databases has the most GitHub stars?

clickhouse/clickhouse is the most-starred of the open-source sql databases gitdebt compares, with 50,923 GitHub stars as of Nov 2026. It earned its first star in 2016.

Which of these open-source sql databases is growing the fastest?

duckdb/duckdb added the most stars over the last 90 days of its cached history — about 3,084 new stars, compared with about 1,965 for the category leader clickhouse/clickhouse. 90-day figures are approximate for older repos, whose history is downsampled.

How is this comparison computed?

The table ranks public repository metadata by current total stars. Each curve is that repository's stored star series — read from GitHub's own star history, or from an older stargazer-list or historical-data read until gitdebt reads it again — drawn on shared axes, with trailing 90-day growth estimated from it. The legend under the chart names each series' own source and coverage date. Repo-health charts come independently from each repository's commit history.

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