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shardingsphere vs Seal-Report
shardingsphere has 20,800 GitHub stars, 6,900 forks, 197 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Seal-Report has 1,635 stars, 508 forks, 21 open issues and last shipped 2 days ago. shardingsphere leads on adoption by 1,172% (20,800 vs 1,635 stars). shardingsphere is written in Java under Apache-2.0; Seal-Report is written in C# under MIT. shardingsphere has attracted 33% as many forks as stars, Seal-Report 31%. shardingsphere was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (mysql), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| shardingsphere | Seal-Report | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 21K | ★ 1.6K |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Written in | Java | C# |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-16 |
| Forks | ⑂ 6.9K | ⑂ 508 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick shardingsphere if
- You weight community size — 21K stars and counting
- You want the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Java
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Seal-Report if
- You want the Seal-Report feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches C#
- You evaluated both and Seal-Report fits your workflow better
About shardingsphere
Apache ShardingSphere is an Apache 2.0 licensed, Java based distributed database ecosystem positioned as Database Plus — a standards and enhancement layer that sits above heterogeneous databases so applications can connect to, govern, and compute across them as if they were one database, aimed at enterprise data architects and developers running sharded, multi database estates.
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About Seal-Report
Seal Report & Task is open source database reporting and task framework written in C for Microsoft .NET. It lives in Data & Analytics and Data Engineering & Integration. It targets reports from SQL and NoSQL sources, plus ETL and batch tasks. License is MIT.
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Frequently asked questions
Is shardingsphere or Seal-Report more popular?
shardingsphere has 20,800 GitHub stars and Seal-Report has 1,635. shardingsphere has the larger community by that measure.
Are shardingsphere and Seal-Report free?
Both are open source. shardingsphere is licensed under Apache-2.0 and Seal-Report under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between shardingsphere and Seal-Report?
shardingsphere is written in Java and Seal-Report in C#. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, shardingsphere or Seal-Report?
Choose shardingsphere if you want the larger community (20,800 stars) or its Apache-2.0 licence terms. Choose Seal-Report if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.