Risinglight
An educational OLAP database system.
Install / Use
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RisingLight

RisingLight is an OLAP database system for educational purpose. It is still in rapid development, and should not be used in production.
Quick Start
Currently, RisingLight only supports Linux or macOS. If you are familiar with the Rust programming language, you can start an interactive shell with:
cargo run # start in debug mode
cargo run --release # or start in release mode
If you meet with any build issues, see Install, Run, and Develop RisingLight for more information. We provide step-by-step guide on how to compile and run RisingLight from scratch.
After successfully building RisingLight, you may import some data and run SQL queries. See Running TPC-H Queries.
Documentation
All documentation can be found in docs folder.
At the same time, dev docs are also available in make docs (latest) or crates.io (stable).
License
RisingLight is under the Apache 2.0 license. See the LICENSE file for details.
Community
Governance
See GOVERNANCE for more information.
Communication
The main communication channel for RisingLight developers is GitHub Discussions.
Other Messaging Apps
If you want to join our active communication group in messaging apps including Discord, Telegram, and WeChat, please send an email to contact at risingwave-labs.com with your user ID. We will then manually invite you to the group.
Contributing
If you have a bug report or feature request, welcome to open an issue.
If you have any question to discuss, welcome to start a discussion on GitHub Discussions.
If you want to contribute code, see CONTRIBUTING for more information. Generally, you will need to pass necessary checks for your changes and sign DCO before submitting PRs. We have plenty of good first issues. Feel free to ask questions either on GitHub or in our chat groups if you meet any difficulty.
Acknowledgement
The RisingLight project was initiated by a group of college students who have special interests in developing database systems using modern programming technologies. The project is generously sponsored by RisingWave Labs, a startup innovating the next-generation database systems. RisingWave Labs is hiring top talents globally to build a cloud-native streaming database from scratch. If interested, please send your CV to hr at risingwave-labs.com .
Welcome to the RisingLight community!
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