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!CHAPTER What is ArangoDB?
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For installation instructions, please refer to the
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[Installation Manual](../Installing/README.md).
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As you know from the introduction ArangoDB is a multi-purpose open-source Database. Following you can see the Key features or look at the programs in the ArangoDB package.
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Key features include:
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- *Schema-free schemata*: Let you combine the space efficiency of MySQL with
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the performance power of NoSQL
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- *Application server*: Use ArangoDB as an application server and fuse your application and
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database together for maximal throughput
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- *JavaScript for all*: No language zoo, you can use one language from your
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browser to your back-end
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- *Flexible data modeling*: Model your data as combination of key-value pairs,
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documents or graphs - perfect for social relations
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- *Free index choice*: Use the correct index for your problem, may it be a skip
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list or a fulltext search
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- *Configurable durability*: Let the application decide if it needs more
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durability or more performance
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- *No-nonsense storage*: ArangoDB uses all of the power of modern storage
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hardware, like SSD and large caches
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- *Powerful query language* (AQL) to retrieve data
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- *Transactions*: Run queries on multiple documents or collections with
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optional transactional consistency and isolation
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- *Replication*: Set up the database in a master-slave configuration
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- It is open source (*Apache Licence 2.0*)
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For more in-depth information:
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- Read more on the
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[Design Goals](http://www.arangodb.org/2012/03/07/avocadodbs-design-objectives)
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of ArangoDB
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- [Watch the video](http://vimeo.com/36411892): Martin Schönert,
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architect of ArangoDB, gives an introduction of what the ArangoDB project
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is about
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- Or give it a [try](http://www.arangodb.org/try)
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!SECTION ArangoDB programs
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The ArangoDB package comes with the following programs:
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- _arangod_: The ArangoDB database daemon. This server program is
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intended to run as daemon process and to server the various clients
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connection to the server via TCP / HTTP. See [Details about the ArangoDB Server](../FirstSteps/Arangod.md)
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- _arangosh_: The ArangoDB shell. A client that implements a
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read-eval-print loop (REPL) and provides functions to access and
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administrate the ArangoDB server. See [Details about the ArangoDB Shell](../FirstSteps/Arangosh.md).
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- _arangoimp_: A bulk importer for the ArangoDB server
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See [Details about Arangoimp](../Arangoimp/README.md).
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- _arangodump_: A tool to create backups of an ArangoDB database. See
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[Details about Arangodump](../Arangodump/README.md).
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- _arangorestore_: A tool to reload data from a backup into an ArangoDB database.
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See [Details about Arangorestore](../ArangoRestore/README.md).
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- _foxx-manager_: A shell script to administer Foxx applications.
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See [Foxx Manager](../FoxxManager/README.md)
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- _arango-dfdb_: A datafile debugger for ArangoDB. It is intended to be
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used primarily during development of ArangoDB. See @ref DbaManualDatafileDebugger
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