facebookincubator / nimble
New and extensible file format for storage of large columnar datasets.
Why this job: works in the areas we cover, but does not say which job it does
What it does
Nimble (formerly known as _”Alpha”_) is a new columnar file format for large datasets created by Meta. Nimble is meant to be a replacement for file formats such as Apache Parquet and ORC.
Get started
No single install command. Read the steps in the README (opens in new tab)
- Maintenance
- Active
- Last commit 3 months ago
- Stars
- 745
- +1 this week
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Allows business use
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- No release files
- Latest version
- None yet
- No releases
- Built with
- C++
- 97% of the code
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- Last 90 days
- Issues
- 33% closed
- 18 still open
- Pull requests
- 2 merged
- 132 waiting
- Releases
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- Never published
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More: languages, topics and project record
Languages
- C++ 97%
- HTML 2%
- CMake 1%
- Python <1%
Topics
- columnar
- compression
- data-systems
- encoding
- file-format
- storage
- ml-training
- database
- datasets
- data-analytics
- deep-learning
- machine-learning
Project record
- JobOther AI tools
- StatusListed
- Commits873
- Forks98
- Watching24
- Stars in 28 days+4
- CreatedDec 12, 2023
- First seen by usNov 7, 2026
- CheckedNov 8, 2026