# Ten years of open source: a stained-glass view

DevFeed: [Ten years of open source: a stained-glass view](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/ten-years-of-open-source-a-stained-glass-view-5592.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://clickhouse.com/blog/ten-years-of-open-source-a-stained-glass-view>)

Author: Tyler Hannan

Published: 2026-06-19T13:32:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [ClickHouse Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/clickhouse-blog.md>)

Topics: [clickhouse](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/clickhouse.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>), [SQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sql.md>), [Tooling](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tooling.md>)

Tags: [clickhouse](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/clickhouse.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [git](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/git.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [keynote](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/keynote.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [presentation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/presentation.md>), [sql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sql.md>)

## AI overview

This article reflects on ClickHouse's ten years as an open-source project through a stained-glass metaphor: many contributors and pieces form a durable whole. It connects community history, GitHub activity, public datasets, SQL, and production use cases such as cBioPortal, while emphasizing contributor credit and repair.

## Source excerpt

ClickHouse has been open source for ten years. At Open House San Francisco, we explored this in greater detail in the day 2 keynote. We've all heard open source described as a cathedral and a bazaar, a big tent, etc. We tried a different analogy: staine