Elusion DataFrame / Data Engineering Library by DataBora

DataFrame / Data Engineering Library with familiar syntax like ones we love: PySpark and SQL, focused on user experience, spead and accuracy.

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Verdict 46/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 3/5 setup difficulty Last release 3 months ago

Self-host Elusion DataFrame / Data Engineering Library on hetzner CAX11 for $4.13/mo.

Health score
46 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
3 /5
External DB / setup
GitHub stars
137
4 forks

About Elusion DataFrame / Data Engineering Library

From the project's README at github.com/DataBora/elusion. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.

[](https://crates.io/crates/elusion) [](https://crates.io/crates/elusion) [](https://docs.rs/elusion) [](https://github.com/DataBora/elusion/blob/main/LICENSE)

Elusion is an END-TO-END Data Engineering library, built on DataFrame Queries executed via a single-node DataFusion query engine. Designed for in-memory data formats such as CSV, EXCEL, JSON, XML, PARQUET, DELTA. With connectors for Microsoft Fabric - OneLake, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Azure Blob Storage, FTP/FTPS, Postgres Database, MySql Database, and REST API's for creating JSON files files that can be seamlessly integrated into DataFrames. Additionally, it supports advanced query result caching through Redis and Native cashing. As a final step, DataFrame outputs can be exported to HTML Report with automated Date and Category filtering.

Health score breakdown

6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

activity
17
maturity
82
community
57
security
70
sustainability
58
adoption
15

Adoption signals

Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.

SignalValueSource
GitHub stars 137 github.com/DataBora/elusion
GitHub forks 4 github.com/DataBora/elusion
CRATES downloads (last month) 71 elusion

Release & maintenance

Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.

Project age1.6 yearssince Dec 2024
Last commit3 months agoApr 2, 2026
Releases shipped22last: 3 months ago
Funding links3declared by maintainers

Self-hosting cost across providers

Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.

ProviderPlanSpecsMonthly
hetzner CAX11 2c · 4GB · 40GB $4.13 USD Deploy →
vultr VC2 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5 USD Deploy →
linode Nanode 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5.12 USD Deploy →
digitalocean Basic Regular 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $6 USD Deploy →

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