risingwave
Event streaming platform for agentic AI. Continuously ingest, transform, and serve event streams in real time, at scale.
Runssource: GitHubhomepageRustApache-2.0commit d0fcaa90a5e1
Rust, Apache-2.0 licensed. The project labels itself: apache iceberg, data engineering, database, etl pipeline, event streaming, kafka, materialized view and postgresql.
risingwave runs. An Argusic agent installed it in 47 minutes and hit 4 errors and fixed every one without help on a clean machine with no GPU, and the whole session was recorded.
RisingWave 3.2.0-alpha builds from source, runs in single-node playground mode, and serves PostgreSQL-wire-protocol SQL queries on port 4566 with full DDL, DML, and materialized view support.
What the agent ended up with on a clean machine, in its own words. How this is measured
Measured by Argusic on a fresh machine every time. Every number links to its evidence. Argusic Score 100 of 100 (the mean of this project's run scores).
At a glance
Subject data from GitHub, linked at the top of this page, refreshed . Test data by Argusic (CC BY 4.0); every number links to a run page with the full log, the recording, and their sha256 hashes.
What was measured
From the run that decided this verdict. Every line is a recorded value, not an estimate.
What went wrong, in the agent's own words
The agent's own words, worst first, never rewritten into advice.
- faiss-sys cmake build fails – no Fortran compiler / BLAS not found16 minutes
- OOM killed during parallel compilation3 minutes
- Rust toolchain not installed2 minutes
- protoc not found1 minute
- Install time
- 47 minutes
- Cold machine to finish
- 57 minutes
- Errors hit and fixed
- 4 hit, 4 fixed with no human help
- How the result was proved
- Started 'risingwave playground', connected via pgwire protocol on 127.0.0.1:4566, executed CREATE TABLE, INSERT, SELECT (returned 3 rows), aggregation, and CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW, all succeeded
- Model tokens used
- 1,152,941
- Exact commit tested
- d0fcaa90a5e1
- Container image
- sha256:cdd920bce783
What was not measured
The other half, so you can see exactly how far this evidence goes. A gap is printed as a gap and never filled in.
- Peak GPU memory
- this ran on a CPU machine, so there was no GPU to sample
- Behaviour over a long run
- each attempt uses the smallest documented settings and a fixed time budget, so this measures whether it runs, not how it holds up under load
The end of the recording
The last lines of the terminal session that decided this verdict, exactly as they were recorded.
4. **LLD linker can't find `libblas.so`/`liblapack.so`** — Only `libblas.so.3` exists on the system… 5. **OOM during parallel compilation** — `risingwave_expr_impl` was killed by SIGKILL 9 when buildi… **Total build time:** ~40 minutes cumulative. ## Verification The `risingwave playground` (single-node in-memory mode) was launched and tested via raw PostgreSQL… - `SELECT 1` → returned DataRow ✅ - `CREATE TABLE t1 (id INT PRIMARY KEY, val INT)` → succeeded ✅ - `INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (1,100),(2,200),(3,300)` → succeeded ✅ - `SELECT * FROM t1 ORDER BY id` → returned 3 data rows ✅ - `SELECT COUNT(*), SUM(val) FROM t1` → aggregation succeeded ✅ - `CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW mv1 AS SELECT id, val*2 AS doubled FROM t1` → succeeded ✅ The binary reports `risingwave 3.2.0-alpha (d0fcaa9)` and the pgwire server responds with `server_v…
Replay the whole session, every command from a clean machine to this point.
How it was tested
One agent, one container, no human help. It installs the project the way its own documentation says to, runs it, and fixes what breaks. Everything below is recorded as it happened: the terminal session, the log and the exact commit. The full method.
Strengths and limits
Measured facts, not opinions. How this is written.
What went well
- Reached a running state on a clean machine, with the session recorded.
- Installed in 47 minutes.
- Recovered from all 4 errors without a human stepping in, which says the failures are documented well enough to solve.
- Ran without a GPU, so it does not need one to start.
- Licensed Apache-2.0, as reported by its host.
What did not, or is not known
- Measured once so far. A single attempt shows it can run, not that it runs reliably.
What it is a reasonable choice for
- Trying it on a laptop or a small server: it reached a running state without a GPU.
Also tested, in the same area
Every one of these was installed and run by Argusic on a clean machine. Nothing appears here that was not tested.
Run history
Topics (from GitHub)
apache-icebergdata-engineeringdatabaseetl-pipelineevent-streamingkafkamaterialized-viewpostgresqlruststream-processingwebhook
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[](https://argusic.com/subject/risingwave)Questions
- Does risingwave run?
- Yes. risingwave runs. Argusic installed and launched it on a clean machine in 47 minutes, hitting 4 errors on the way, and recorded the session.
- How did Argusic test risingwave?
- On a fresh, disposable machine, with every command recorded and the repository pinned at commit d0fcaa90a5e1. One attempt is recorded, and the full method is on the methodology page.
- What did it cost to test risingwave?
- The run that produced this verdict cost $0.26: real compute and model cost, not a list price per million tokens. It is recorded on that run's page.
- How long does risingwave take to install?
- 47 minutes in the run that decided this verdict, from a clean machine to a running state. That is one measured attempt, not an average.
- Does risingwave need a GPU?
- Not to start. Argusic reached a running state on a machine with no GPU.
- What goes wrong when installing risingwave?
- 4 things broke in the recorded run, and 4 were fixed without human help. Each one, and the time it cost, is listed on this page.
- Where is the evidence for risingwave?
- The recorded run is on this page, each linking to its full log and terminal recording, stored with a sha256 fingerprint so it cannot be quietly altered.