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Apache Kylin vs OpenReplay
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Apache Kylin and OpenReplay — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Apache Kylin vs OpenReplay: at a glance
What is Apache Kylin?
Kylin ships once a year with empty release notes and a native engine nobody is being told about.
Apache Kylin's release stream is close to silent. Four of the six most recent tags carry nothing but the Maven release plugin's own commit message, and 5.0.4 in July 2026 arrived ten months after 5.0.3 with no notes at all. The last release that documented anything was 5.0.2 in April 2025, covering internal-table caching, partition-aware file merging and Gluten jar loading order.
What is OpenReplay?
OpenReplay's pgx v5 move reaches 1.22, then needs a password-escaping fix on three lines.
OpenReplay's feed remains backend maintenance. The pgx v5 migration and vulnerable Go dependency bumps reached the 1.22 line on Oct 29. On Oct 30, tags on 1.27, 1.26 and 1.25 fixed a parsing problem by escaping @ in the Postgres password before the connection URL is read.
Apache Kylin vs OpenReplay: editorial side-by-side
Apache Kylin
2.5ANALYTICS
Kylin ships once a year with empty release notes and a native engine nobody is being told about.
◆ Current state
Apache Kylin's release stream is close to silent. Four of the six most recent tags carry nothing but the Maven release plugin's own commit message, and 5.0.4 in July 2026 arrived ten months after 5.0.3 with no notes at all. The last release that documented anything was 5.0.2 in April 2025, covering internal-table caching, partition-aware file merging and Gluten jar loading order.
◆ Where it's heading
The substance is in 5.0.0 and its follow-ups: Gluten with a ClickHouse backend as a native execution engine, internal tables, streaming and fusion models. That is a real architectural bet on native vectorised execution, but the project is not communicating it — releases ship as bare tags, and the gap between 5.0.3 and 5.0.4 suggests development has thinned to a trickle. For anyone tracking Kylin from the outside, the release feed is effectively no signal.
◆ Prediction
The entries do not support a confident call on what ships next; with untitled tags roughly annually, the useful signal about Kylin's direction will come from JIRA and the mailing list rather than from releases.
OpenReplay
5.0ANALYTICS
OpenReplay's pgx v5 move reaches 1.22, then needs a password-escaping fix on three lines.
◆ Current state
OpenReplay's feed remains backend maintenance. The pgx v5 migration and vulnerable Go dependency bumps reached the 1.22 line on Oct 29. On Oct 30, tags on 1.27, 1.26 and 1.25 fixed a parsing problem by escaping @ in the Postgres password before the connection URL is read.
◆ Where it's heading
The release feed is all maintenance: the same upgrades and follow-up fixes backported to several self-hosted lines, published as timestamped backup tags without feature notes. The pgx migration keeps surfacing edge cases in query and connection handling, each one fixed within days.
◆ Prediction
Expect the password-escaping fix to reach 1.22 next, since that line just took the migration; nothing in the entries points to a feature release.
Alternatives to Apache Kylin and OpenReplay
Other Analytics products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either Apache Kylin or OpenReplay.
HyperDX
HyperDX 2.43 replays sessions from OpenTelemetry browser SDKs and routes alerts by tag.
Countly
Countly backports its token rules to 24.05 and moves that branch to Node 22.
Basedash
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OpenPanel
OpenPanel reaches 3.18.2 with six more note-free builds and an SDK patch.
Keboola
Keboola turns on Branched Storage for all stacks from November 2.
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Recent activity from Apache Kylin and OpenReplay
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 1d agoOpenReplay1.25: escape @ in Postgres password
- 1d agoOpenReplay1.26: escape @ in Postgres password
- 1d agoOpenReplay1.27: escape @ in Postgres password
- 2d agoOpenReplay1.22: pgx v5 migration and Go dependency patches
- 2d agoOpenReplay1.22: pgx v5 migration and Go dependency patches (re-cut)
- 3d agoOpenReplay1.25: replay query fix after pgx v5 migration
- 3mo agoApache Kylin5.0.4 tagged with no release notes
- 1y agoApache Kylin5.0.3 tagged with no release notes
- 1y agoApache KylinInternal table caching, partition file merging, Gluten fixes
- 2y agoApache KylinApache Kylin 5.0.0 ⚡
- 2y agoApache KylinStreaming function fix
- 2y agoApache Kylin4.0.5 tagged on the legacy line
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Apache Kylin and OpenReplay?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. OpenReplay is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 vs 2.5), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is Apache Kylin better than OpenReplay?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. OpenReplay is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 vs 2.5), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Analytics products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to Apache Kylin?
Top Apache Kylin alternatives in Analytics are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Apache Kylin alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/apache-kylin for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to OpenReplay?
Top OpenReplay alternatives in Analytics are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "OpenReplay alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/openreplay for the full list with editorial commentary on each.