lakeFS
Git-like branching, commits and rollback for object-store data lakes (S3/GCS/Azure). Built by Treeverse, which also acquired DVC in Nov 2025. The Community edition is source-available under BSL 1.1 from v1.87.0 (Sep 2026); Enterprise and lakeFS Cloud are commercial.
Active · Verified 2026-10-27 · fresh as of 2026-10-27 · 19 cited facts, 2 with a third-party source · 1 recorded change · Suggest a correction
At a glance
- Type
- Git-like data lake vendor fix
- Tier
- T2
- Section
- Training infrastructure
- Latest release
- v1.88.0 (2026-10-01) repo fix
- License
- BSL-1.1 from v1.87.0 (2026-09-22; each release converts to Apache-2.0 after 4 years); earlier releases Apache-2.0 repo fix
- Pricing
- lakeFS Team $499/mo (5 users, 500GB); Enterprise custom vendor fix
- Funding
- Treeverse raised $23M Series A 2022-04 (Dell Technologies Capital led; total ~$31M). third-party fix
- Freshness
- 2026-10-27 fix
- Layer
- model-infra repo fix
- Licensing
- commercial repo fix
- Developer activity
- OpenRank 4.82 (12-mo avg 28.83) · 10 participants — 2026-09 third-party fix
When to use
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Pros & cons
Pros
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Cons
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Claims & capabilities
$23M Series A 2022 (Norwest); OSS.
Technical surface
- API surface
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- Backend storage
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- Deployment
- Both (self-hosted + managed cloud) — self-managed; managed lakeFS Cloud with Enterprise
- Embedding model
- not applicable — not a memory product
- Multi-tenancy
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- MCP
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- A2A
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- OpenTelemetry
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Sources (18 cited facts, 2 third-party)
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- What it is Git-like data lake vendor
- What it does & what's distinct Git-like branching, commits and rollback for object-store data lakes (S3/GCS/Azure). Bui… vendor
- Claims / benefits $23M Series A 2022 (Norwest); OSS. vendor
- Created 2020 vendor
- Latest release v1.88.0 (2026-10-01) repo
- License BSL-1.1 from v1.87.0 (2026-09-22; each release converts to Apache-2.0 after 4 years); ea… repo
- GitHub treeverse/lakeFS — ~5.6k stars, last commit 2026-10 repo
- Funding Treeverse raised $23M Series A 2022-04 (Dell Technologies Capital led; total ~$31M). third-party
- Customers / scale Volvo, AppsFlyer, AIG, Karius, Toyota Connected; data-versioning for data lakes. vendor
- Pricing lakeFS Team $499/mo (5 users, 500GB); Enterprise custom vendor
- Deployment Both (self-hosted + managed cloud) — self-managed; managed lakeFS Cloud with Enterprise vendor
- Founders / pedigree Einat Orr (CEO), Oz Katz, Tal Sliwowicz; founded 2020 (Treeverse). vendor
- Code/weights release Active — last commit 2026-05 · 5,368★ repo
- architecture-deployment-locus hybrid vendor
- licensing-bucket commercial repo
- positioning-platform-vs-product platform vendor
- taxonomy-three-layer-rollup model-infra repo
- developer-activity-opendigger {"activity":24.97,"as_of":"2026-09","openrank_12mo":28.83,"openrank_current":4.82,"parti… third-party
What changed
Changes to this record's lifecycle, licence, release, pricing and hosting facts, from the catalog's git history. Subscribe (Atom)
- 2026-10-27
- License “Apache-2.0” → “BSL-1.1 from v1.87.0 (2026-09-22; each release converts to Apache-2.0 after 4 years); earlier releases Apache-2.0” source
- Latest release first recorded as “v1.88.0 (2026-10-01)” source
- Pricing first recorded as “lakeFS Team $499/mo (5 users, 500GB); Enterprise custom” source
- Deployment first recorded as “Both (self-hosted + managed cloud) — self-managed; managed lakeFS Cloud with Enterprise” source