pinot ☆

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Description:
Realtime distributed OLAP datastore

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | @ApachePinot | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Databases

Tags: olap real-time analytics database distributed streaming

Install: brew install pinot

About:
Apache Pinot is a real-time distributed OLAP datastore designed for low-latency analytics on high-throughput event streams. It enables users to execute SQL queries on massive datasets with sub-second response times, making it ideal for user-facing analytical applications. Its architecture supports direct ingestion from message queues like Kafka and provides horizontal scalability for large-scale data workloads.

Key Features:

Real-time ingestion from streams like Kafka and Kinesis
Sub-second query latency with high concurrency
Columnar storage format with advanced indexing
SQL support with interactive query editor
Horizontal scalability and fault tolerance

Use Cases:

User-facing analytics and dashboards requiring low-latency queries
Operational monitoring and real-time metrics analysis
Anomaly detection and fraud prevention systems
Clickstream analysis and personalization engines

Alternatives:

Apache Druid – Similar real-time OLAP capabilities, but Pinot offers better support for upserts and has a more flexible architecture for streaming ingestion
ClickHouse – Excellent columnar OLAP performance, though Pinot is more specialized for real-time streaming scenarios and user-facing applications
Elasticsearch – Primarily a search engine with analytics capabilities, while Pinot is purpose-built for OLAP queries at scale

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 25, 2025 2:38am		0	VERSION_BUMP	cc03d48e