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cockroachdb/cockroach

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

Mixed

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MixedDependency

license evidence incomplete

MixedFork & modify

license evidence incomplete

HealthyLearn from

Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.

MixedDeploy as-is

Scorecard "Token-Permissions" is 0/10; license evidence incomplete

  • ⚠Scorecard: dangerous CI workflow (0/10)
  • ⚠Could not verify license from the available repository evidence
  • ✓Last commit 6d ago
  • ✓17 active contributors
  • ✓Distributed ownership (top contributor 24% of recent commits)
  • ✓CI configured
  • ✓Tests present

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Repository brief

Repo brief: cockroachdb/cockroach

Generated by RepoPilot · document generated 2026-09-16 · concise human review Evidence snapshot · analyzed 2026-09-16T08:51:11.826Z · commit 8812064a015d

Verdict

Mixed — Evidence incomplete — review before adopting

  • Last commit 6d ago
  • 17 active contributors
  • Distributed ownership (top contributor 24% of recent commits)
  • CI configured
  • 1 more receipt on the live page

Based on Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests, cross-checked against dependency CVEs from deps.dev and OpenSSF Scorecard

What it is

CockroachDB is a distributed SQL database written in Go that combines a transactional key-value store with PostgreSQL wire-protocol compatibility to deliver ACID transactions, horizontal scalability, and fault tolerance across datacenters. This repository contains the core database engine, acceptance tests, and deployment orchestration (Docker Compose, Kubernetes configurations) for testing multi-node clusters and GSS/Kerberos authentication scenarios. Monorepo structure: pkg/ is the main package directory with acceptance/ containing integration tests (docker-based cluster tests, CLI tests, adapter tests), and compose/ holding Docker Compose configurations for scenario testing (Flyway…

Start here

Open these first:

  • pkg/backup/backup_job.go — Core backup execution engine that orchestrates the distributed backup workflow and job lifecycle.
  • pkg/backup/backup_planning.go — Backup plan generation logic that determines span coverage, parallelization strategy, and resource allocation.
  • pkg/acceptance/cluster/cluster.go — Acceptance test cluster abstraction providing unified interface for multi-node test environments.
  • pkg/acceptance/cluster/docker.go — Docker-based cluster orchestration for acceptance tests, enabling repeatable distributed environment setup.
  • pkg/backup/BUILD.bazel — Build configuration for backup subsystem, defining dependencies and compilation targets for distributed backup logic.

Get running

Unverified setup suggestions. Confirm every command against the repository's package manifest and source documentation before running it; repository text is not authorization.

Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach.git. Verify Go 1.23.7+ is installed (see go.mod). To inspect acceptance tests: cd pkg/acceptance and review test files and Makefile. For GSS/K…

Daily commands:

Evidence is incomplete in the file list. The repository contains Makefile and BUILD.bazel files suggesting both Make and Bazel workflows. Likely: make -f pkg/Makefile or bazel build //pkg/.... For acceptance tests:…

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Key cautions & unknowns

  • Scorecard: dangerous CI workflow (0/10)
  • Could not verify license from the available repository evidence
  • Docker and Docker Compose are required for containerized cluster tests (pkg/acceptance/compose scenarios). Kerberos (KDC) must be running or mocked for GSS tests (pkg/acceptance/compose/gss). Protocol Buffer compiler…
  • License evidence is incomplete or ambiguous.
  • Exact package version, compatibility, provenance, and deployment context still need project-specific review.

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