Apache ShardingSphere

aid: apache-shardingsphere
name: Apache ShardingSphere
description: Apache ShardingSphere is an open-source ecosystem for distributed database systems providing data sharding, distributed
  transactions, and database governance. It supports MySQL, PostgreSQL, and other databases with transparent sharding capabilities.
type: Index
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
- Database
- Distributed SQL
- Read-Write Splitting
- Sharding
- SQL
- Apache
- Open Source
created: '2026-03-16'
modified: '2026-04-19'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/apache-shardingsphere/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: apache-shardingsphere:apache-shardingsphere
  name: Apache ShardingSphere
  description: ShardingSphere provides ShardingSphere-JDBC for Java applications, ShardingSphere-Proxy with MySQL/PostgreSQL
    wire protocol compatibility, DistSQL for distributed database management, and a Governance API for cluster management.
  humanURL: https://shardingsphere.apache.org/document/current/en/overview/
  tags:
  - Database
  - Distributed SQL
  - REST
  - Apache
  - Open Source
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://shardingsphere.apache.org/document/current/en/overview/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://shardingsphere.apache.org/document/current/
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apache-shardingsphere-rest-api.yaml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: info@apievangelist.com
common:
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/apache-shardingsphere
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/apache/shardingsphere
- type: Documentation
  url: https://shardingsphere.apache.org/
- type: SpectralRules
  url: rules/apache-shardingsphere-spectral-rules.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/apache-shardingsphere-vocabulary.yaml
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/apache-shardingsphere-context.jsonld
- type: Features
  data:
  - name: Database Sharding
    description: Horizontal database sharding with flexible sharding algorithms
  - name: Read-Write Splitting
    description: Transparent primary/replica read-write splitting
  - name: Distributed Transactions
    description: XA and BASE distributed transaction support
  - name: Data Encryption
    description: Transparent data encryption at the SQL layer
  - name: Shadow Database
    description: Shadow database for production traffic testing
  - name: DistSQL
    description: SQL-based distributed database management language
  - name: Database Federation
    description: Query across heterogeneous database instances
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: Database Scale-Out
    description: Horizontally scale relational databases without changing application code
  - name: Multi-Tenant Sharding
    description: Shard data by tenant ID for SaaS applications
  - name: Read Scaling
    description: Scale read traffic with primary/replica splitting
  - name: Data Migration
    description: Online data migration between database clusters
- type: Integrations
  data:
  - name: MySQL
    description: MySQL-compatible sharding and proxy
  - name: PostgreSQL
    description: PostgreSQL protocol support for sharding
  - name: Apache ZooKeeper
    description: Cluster coordination and configuration storage
  - name: Spring Boot
    description: ShardingSphere Spring Boot starter for Java applications
  - name: Kubernetes
    description: Kubernetes operator for cloud-native deployment