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spiceai/spiceai

A real-time analytics node for data-grounded AI applications

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3.1k stars230 forksLast push Sep 19, 2026 Rust Apache-2.0

Decision brief

SpiceAI is designed for real-time analytics and operates in Rust to integrate seamlessly with operational databases.

Good fit when

When you need real-time data-grounded AI applications that require fast SQL query execution, search capabilities, or LLM-inference
For scenarios where performance and efficiency are critical due to its implementation in Rust

Avoid when

If your project already has a robust solution for real-time analytics that does not benefit from being rewritten in Rust
Where the ecosystem preference is not Rust, as SpiceAI's accelerated query engine and integration features are tied closely with Rust

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Adoption

Package downloads where a registry match exists. GitHub stars (3,084) are secondary evidence.

Docker Hub pulls (30d): 108,060·Docker Hub API·Sep 19, 2026

Maintenance and security

Full trust report

Maintenance: Very active (0d since push); As of Sep 19, 2026
Provenance: Not a fork · Organization account; As of Sep 19, 2026
Security (OSV): No lockfile; As of Jul 11, 2026

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Install

cargo add spiceai

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Overview

SpiceAI provides an accelerated SQL query, search, and LLM-inference engine in Rust for integrating with operational databases to enhance data-grounded AI applications and agents.

Capability facts

Deploy: Self-host
Source: dockerfile:Dockerfile · Sep 19, 2026
Docker: Dockerfile present
Source: dockerfile:Dockerfile · Sep 19, 2026
Languages: rust
Source: github.language · Sep 19, 2026

README

Installation Install the Spice CLI: On macOS, Linux, and WSL : Or using : On Windows using PowerShell: Note: Native Windows runtime builds are not provided in v2.0+. Use WSL for local development. Docker

For agents

This page has a .md twin and JSON over the API.

/tools/spiceai-spiceai.md GET /api/graphcanon/tools/spiceai-spiceai GET /api/graphcanon/graph?tool=spiceai-spiceai