ArangoDB

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ArangoDB is a multi-purpose, open-source database with flexible data models for documents, graphs, and key-values. Build high performance applications using a convenient SQL-like query language or JavaScript/Ruby extensions. Use ACID transaction if you require them. Scale horizontally and vertically with a few mouse clicks.

Key features include:

• Schema-free schemata let you combine the space efficiency of MySQL with the performance power of NoSQL
• Use ArangoDB as an application server and fuse your application and database together for maximal throughput
• JavaScript for all: no language zoo, you can use one language from your browser to your back-end
• ArangoDB is multi-threaded - exploit the power of all your cores
• Flexible data modelling: model your data as combination of key-value pairs, documents or graphs - perfect for social relations
• Free index choice: use the correct index for your problem, be it a skip list or a fulltext search
• Configurable durability: let the application decide if it needs more durability or more performance
• No-nonsense storage: ArangoDB uses all of the power of modern storage hardware, like SSD and large caches
• Powerful query language (AQL) to retrieve data
• Transactions: run queries on multiple documents or collections with optional transactional consistency and isolation
• Replication and Sharding: set up the database in a master-slave configuration or spread bigger datasets across multiple servers
• It is open source (Apache Licence 2.0)

For more in-depth information

• read more on the design goals of ArangoDB
• watch the video - Martin Schoenert, architect of ArangoDB, gives an introduction of what the ArangoDB project is about.
• or give it a try.

For the Impatient

For Mac OSX users: execute

brew install arangodb

For Windows and Linux users: use the installer script or distribution package from our download page.

If the package manager has not already started the ArangoDB server, use

unix> /path/to/sbin/arangod
2012-03-30T12:54:19Z [11794] INFO ArangoDB (version 2.x.y) is ready for business
2012-03-30T12:54:19Z [11794] INFO Have Fun!

/path/to/sbin is OS dependent. It will normally by either /usr/sbin or /user/local/sbin. Point your browser to

http://localhost:8529/

and select Tools / JS Shell. You can now use the Arango shell from within your browser. Alternative, it is available as command-line tool arangosh.

arangosh> db._create("hello");
arangosh> db.hello.save({ world: "earth" });

Congratulations! You have created your first collection called hello and your first document. To verify your achievements, type:

arangosh> db.hello.toArray();

More Information

Please check the Installation Manual for installation and compilation instructions.

The User Manual has an introductory chapter showing the basic operations of ArangoDB.

Or you can use the online tutorial to play with ArangoDB without installing it locally.

Stay in Contact

Please note that there will be bugs and we'd really appreciate it if you report them:

https://github.com/triAGENS/ArangoDB/issues

You can use the Google group for improvements, feature requests, comments

http://www.arangodb.org/community

Citing ArangoDB

Please kindly cite ArangoDB in your publications if it helps your research:

@misc{ArangoDB2014,
   Author = {ArangoDB},
   Title = { {ArangoDB 2.2}: An Open Source multi-purpose database supporting flexible data models for documents, graphs, and key-values.},
   Year  = {2014},
   Howpublished = {\url{http://arangodb.org/}
}