Open Source Databases using Bash

A curated collection of the best free and open source databases and the tools around them, covering relational, document, vector and time series engines plus the clients to work with them using Bash.

Elasticsearch

Distributed search and analytics engine and vector database for full text search, logs, metrics, security data and retrieval augmented generation.

Alternative to:

Splunk

The leading distributed search and analytics engine

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78,421
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26,146
Last commit
18 hours ago

Prometheus

A monitoring system that scrapes time series from configured targets, evaluates rules and fires alerts, standard equipment for cloud native operations.

Alternative to:

Datadog

Open source metrics collection, storage, and alerting

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66,820

Spacedrive

Cross-device file manager that indexes local disks, clouds and external sources into one searchable library synced directly between your machines.

Alternative to:

ForkLift

Your personal distributed filesystem

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39,317

Qdrant

Alternative to:

Pinecone

Fast, scalable vector database for AI applications

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35,287

Chroma

An embeddings database for AI applications, with an API of four functions and an in-memory mode that needs no server.

Alternative to:

Pinecone

Open-source vector database for AI search and retrieval

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29,595

Turso

In-process SQL database written in Rust, compatible with SQLite and now carrying a Postgres frontend, for embedded workloads.

SQLite-compatible database for scalable multi-tenant applications

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25,071
Forks
1,506
Last commit
17 hours ago

Neon Postgres

Serverless Postgres that separates storage from compute, giving stateless database nodes and branchable data for development teams.

Alternative to:

Amazon Aurora

Serverless Postgres for modern applications

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23,268

Beekeeper Studio

Cross-platform SQL editor and database manager for Linux, Mac and Windows, aimed at developers who want a fast, uncluttered client.

Alternative to:

DataGrip

Modern and intuitive SQL client for multiple databases

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23,803

AITable

A visual database and spreadsheet with a full REST API, for teams replacing scattered trackers with one collaborative source of records.

Alternative to:

Coda

Visual database for workflow automation across apps

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15,652

QuestDB

A time-series database on open formats that ingests millions of events per second and keeps years of history queryable in one SQL engine.

Alternative to:

Amazon Timestream

High-performance time-series database for massive data scale

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17,477

Bytebase

Database governance for teams and AI agents, putting schema change, access control and compliance behind one reviewed workflow.

Alternative to:

DataGrip

Secure and streamline database changes with CI/CD automation

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14,649

Grist

A relational spreadsheet that combines spreadsheet flexibility with database structure, for teams organizing data that outgrew a plain sheet.

Alternative to:

Airtable

Flexible spreadsheets with database power

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12,002

Orama

A JavaScript search engine that runs wherever JavaScript does, handling full-text, vector, and hybrid queries from a schema you define.

Alternative to:

Pinecone

Full-text & vector search at the edge.

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10,586

Databend

Rust data warehouse combining analytics, vector search and full-text search for enterprise teams running agents on their own data.

Alternative to:

Amazon Redshift

Cloud-native data warehouse for lightning-fast analytics

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9,485

HelixDB

A graph and vector database written in Rust, for developers building AI memory, knowledge graphs and retrieval without stitching several stores together.

Alternative to:

Pinecone

Unify vector search and graph traversals in one database

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6,239

GreptimeDB

A columnar database storing metrics, logs and traces on one engine, for teams running Prometheus, Loki and Elasticsearch side by side.

Alternative to:

Datadog

Unified observability database for metrics, logs, and traces

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6,768

Tabularis

A desktop SQL workspace for PostgreSQL, MySQL and SQLite whose built-in MCP server lets AI agents read schemas and run queries.

Alternative to:

DataGrip

Desktop SQL client with built-in MCP for AI agent access

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5,313

Baserow

A no-code database platform where teams build tables, apps, automations and dashboards, self-hosted or in the cloud, as an Airtable alternative.

Alternative to:

Coda

No-code database and app builder you can self-host

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6,231

SlateDB

Embedded key-value storage engine in Rust that writes its log-structured merge-tree straight to object storage instead of local disk.

Embedded storage engine built on object storage

Stars
3,597
Forks
326
Last commit
1 day ago

Storj

S3-compatible cloud storage on a distributed network, for anyone who wants files encrypted and spread across many machines rather than one datacenter.

Alternative to:

Amazon S3

Secure, decentralized cloud storage for your data

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3,283

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Open Source Databases using Bash

A curated collection of the best free and open source databases and the tools around them, covering relational, document, vector and time series engines plus the clients to work with them using Bash.

Elasticsearch

Prometheus

Spacedrive

Qdrant

Chroma

Turso

Neon Postgres

Beekeeper Studio

AITable

QuestDB

Bytebase

Grist

Orama

Databend

HelixDB

GreptimeDB

Tabularis

Baserow

SlateDB

Storj

Elasticsearch

Prometheus

Spacedrive

Qdrant

Chroma

Turso

Neon Postgres

Beekeeper Studio

AITable

QuestDB

Bytebase

Grist

Orama

Databend

HelixDB

GreptimeDB

Tabularis

Baserow

SlateDB

Storj

NocoDB