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Apache Parquet

Apache Parquet is a free and open-source column-oriented data storage format in the Apache Hadoop ecosystem inspired by Google Dremel interactive ad-hoc query system for analysis of read-only nested data. It is similar to RCFile and ORC, the other columnar-storage file formats in Hadoop, and is compatible with most of the data processing frameworks…

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License
Apache License 2.0
Operating system
Cross-platform
Release
13 March 2013; 13 years ago (2013-03-13)
Repository
github.com/apache/parquet-java
Stable release
2.12.0 / 28 August 2025; 11 months ago (2025-08-28)
Type
Column-oriented DBMS

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Apache Parquet

Nodes48
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Triples53
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.041667
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Apache Parquet

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related to Implementations · 13
Apache Parquet → Apache Arrow Parquet, Apache Impala Parquet, DuckDB Parquet, Go, Hardwood, Java, JS, Known, Parquet, Polars Parquet, Python, Rust, Velox Parquet
related to history · 12
Apache Parquet → Apache Software Foundation, ASF, Cloudera, Doug Cutting, Google's Dremel, Hadoop, July, Parquet, Since April, The, Trevni, Twitter
related to Comparison · 10
Apache Parquet → Apache Arrow, Hadoop, In, It, Optimized Row Columnar, ORC, Parquet, RCFile, The Arrow, They
related to Features · 2
Apache Parquet → Column-wise, The
License · 1
Apache Parquet → Apache License 2.0
Operating system · 1
Apache Parquet → Cross-platform
Release · 1
Apache Parquet → 13 March 2013; 13 years ago (2013-03-13)
Repository · 1
Apache Parquet → github.com/apache/parquet-java
Stable release · 1
Apache Parquet → 2.12.0 / 28 August 2025; 11 months ago (2025-08-28)
Type · 1
Apache Parquet → Column-oriented DBMS

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parquet data apache encoding storage compression formats hadoop used format performance open-source system java orc columnar dremel file frameworks schemes

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Apache ParquetLicenseApache License 2.01.00infobox
Apache ParquetOperating systemCross-platform1.00infobox
Apache ParquetRelease13 March 2013; 13 years ago (2013-03-13)1.00infobox
Apache ParquetRepositorygithub.com/apache/parquet-java1.00infobox
Apache ParquetStable release2.12.0 / 28 August 2025; 11 months ago (2025-08-28)1.00infobox
Apache ParquetTypeColumn-oriented DBMS1.00infobox
Apache ParquetWebsiteparquet.apache.org1.00infobox
Apache ParquetWritten inJava (reference implementation)1.00infobox
Apache Parquetis afree and open-source column-oriented data storage format in the Apache Hadoop ecosystem inspired by Google Dremel interactive ad-hoc query system for analysis of read-only neste…0.90text
Amazon S3instance ofCloud storage systems0.80text
Azure Data Lake Storageinstance ofCloud storage systems0.80text
and Google Cloud Storage commonly store data in Parquet format due to its efficient columnar representationinstance ofCloud storage systems0.80text

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