Open-source startups in Databases

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MinIO is a high-performance, S3 compatible object store, open sourced under GNU AGPLv3 license.

Free, simple, and intuitive online database diagram editor and SQL generator.

SeaweedFS is a distributed storage system for object storage (S3), file systems, and Iceberg tables, designed to handle billions of files with O(1) disk access and effortless horizontal scaling.

Qdrant - High-performance, massive-scale Vector Database and Vector Search Engine for the next generation of AI. Also available in the cloud https://cloud.qdrant.io/

RustFS is an open-source, S3-compatible high-performance object storage system supporting migration and coexistence with other S3-compatible platforms such as MinIO and Ceph.

CockroachDB — the cloud native, distributed SQL database designed for high availability, effortless scale, and control over data placement.

Scalable datastore for metrics, events, and real-time analytics

Memory and context engine + app that is extremely fast, scalable, and can be run fully locally. The Memory API for the AI era.

Chat2DB is a free, cross-platform, local-first database client and SQL workspace for developers, DBAs, analysts, and data teams. Connect to 40+ databases, manage data, edit and run SQL, and use your own AI model to generate, explain, and optimize queries. Available on desktop, web, Docker, and CLI, with MCP support.

Development at the speed of light

High-performance, scalable time-series database designed for Industrial IoT (IIoT) scenarios

Official home of the DB Browser for SQLite (DB4S) project. Previously known as "SQLite Database Browser" and "Database Browser for SQLite". Website at:

Dolt – Git for Data

A SQL database in Rust: SQLite-compatible, now also speaking Postgres (experimental). The LLVM of databases.

Modern and easy to use SQL client for MySQL, Postgres, SQLite, SQL Server, and more. Linux, MacOS, and Windows.

A time-series database for high-performance real-time analytics packaged as a Postgres extension

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Neon: Serverless Postgres. We separated storage and compute to offer autoscaling, code-like database branching, and scale to zero.

Database diagrams editor that allows you to visualize and design your DB with a single query.

Graphs for Everyone

The financial transactions database designed for mission critical safety and performance.

Weaviate is an open-source vector database that stores both objects and vectors, allowing for the combination of vector search with structured filtering with the fault tolerance and scalability of a cloud-native database​.

NoSQL data store using the Seastar framework, compatible with Apache Cassandra and Amazon DynamoDB

An open-source graph database

Database governance built for humans and agents — controlling changes and access across every major database.

Gel supercharges Postgres with a modern data model, graph queries, Auth & AI solutions, and much more.

Tiny RDM (Tiny Redis Desktop Manager) - A modern, colorful, super lightweight Redis GUI client for Mac, Windows, and Linux. It also provides a web version that can be deployed via Docker.

The open-source reactive database for app developers

Redpanda is a streaming data platform for developers. Kafka API compatible. 10x faster. No ZooKeeper. No JVM!

Open-Source Web UI for Apache Kafka Management

💻 Medis is a beautiful, easy-to-use Mac database management application for Redis.

A truly Open Source MongoDB alternative

Diskless Kafka® on S3. 10x Cost-Effective. No Cross-AZ Traffic Cost. Autoscale in seconds. Single-digit ms latency. Multi-AZ Availability.

YugabyteDB - the cloud native distributed SQL database for mission-critical applications.

OceanBase is the unified distributed database for the AI era — open-source, multi-model, one engine for your most demanding workloads.