# crate

> 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.

- **URL**: https://www.freshcrate.ai/projects/crate
- **Author**: crate
- **Category**: Databases
- **Latest version**: `6.3.2` (2026-05-13)
- **License**: Apache-2.0
- **Source**: https://github.com/crate/crate
- **Homepage**: https://cratedb.com/database
- **Language**: Java
- **GitHub**: 4,390 stars, 595 forks
- **Registry**: github
- **Tags**: `analytics`, `big-data`, `cratedb`, `database`, `dbms`, `distributed`, `distributed-database`, `distributed-sql-database`, `java`, `vector-database`

## Description

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.

## Recent releases

| Version | Date | Urgency | Changes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `6.3.2` | 2026-05-13 | High | Release notes:   - https://cratedb.com/docs/crate/reference/en/master/appendices/release-notes/6.3.2.html  Complete list of changes in 6.3:   - https://cratedb.com/docs/crate/reference/en/master/appendices/release-notes/6.3.0.html  Download on:   - https://cratedb.com/download |
| `6.2.7` | 2026-04-27 | High | Release notes:  https://cratedb.com/docs/crate/reference/en/latest/appendices/release-notes/6.2.7.html Complete list of changes in 6.2:  https://cratedb.com/docs/crate/reference/en/latest/appendices/release-notes/6.2.0.html Download on:  https://cratedb.com/download |
| `6.2.6` | 2026-04-17 | High | Release notes:   - https://cratedb.com/docs/crate/reference/en/latest/appendices/release-notes/6.2.6.html  Complete list of changes in 6.2:   - https://cratedb.com/docs/crate/reference/en/latest/appendices/release-notes/6.2.0.html  Download on:   - https://cratedb.com/download |
| `6.1.4` | 2026-04-17 | High | Release notes:   - https://cratedb.com/docs/crate/reference/en/latest/appendices/release-notes/6.1.4.html  Complete list of changes in 6.2:   - https://cratedb.com/docs/crate/reference/en/latest/appendices/release-notes/6.1.0.html  Download on:   - https://cratedb.com/download |
| `6.0.6` | 2026-04-16 | High | Release notes:   - https://cratedb.com/docs/crate/reference/en/latest/appendices/release-notes/6.0.6.html  Complete list of changes in 6.2:   - https://cratedb.com/docs/crate/reference/en/latest/appendices/release-notes/6.0.0.html  Download on:   - https://cratedb.com/download |
| `6.3.1` | 2026-04-14 | Medium | Release notes:   - https://cratedb.com/docs/crate/reference/en/master/appendices/release-notes/6.3.1.html  Complete list of changes in 6.3:   - https://cratedb.com/docs/crate/reference/en/master/appendices/release-notes/6.3.0.html  Download on:   - https://cratedb.com/download |
| `6.2.5` | 2026-04-14 | Medium | Release notes:   - https://cratedb.com/docs/crate/reference/en/latest/appendices/release-notes/6.2.5.html  Complete list of changes in 6.2:   - https://cratedb.com/docs/crate/reference/en/latest/appendices/release-notes/6.2.0.html  Download on:   - https://cratedb.com/download |
| `6.3.0` | 2026-03-31 | Medium | Release notes:   - https://cratedb.com/docs/crate/reference/en/master/appendices/release-notes/6.3.0.html  Download on:   - https://cratedb.com/download |
| `6.2.4` | 2026-03-30 | Medium | Release notes:   - https://cratedb.com/docs/crate/reference/en/latest/appendices/release-notes/6.2.4.html  Complete list of changes in 6.2:   - https://cratedb.com/docs/crate/reference/en/latest/appendices/release-notes/6.2.0.html  Download on:   - https://cratedb.com/download |
| `6.2.3` | 2026-03-17 | Low | Release notes:  https://cratedb.com/docs/crate/reference/en/latest/appendices/release-notes/6.2.3.html Complete list of changes in 6.2:  https://cratedb.com/docs/crate/reference/en/latest/appendices/release-notes/6.2.0.html Download on:  https://cratedb.com/download |

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- Dependencies JSON: https://www.freshcrate.ai/api/projects/crate/deps

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