ArangoDB v3.7.15 Documentation

    New and eager to try out ArangoDB? Start right away with our beginner’s guide: Getting Started

    The documentation is organized in five handbooks:

    • This manual describes ArangoDB and its features in detail for you as a user, developer and administrator.
    • The explains ArangoDB’s query language AQL.
    • The HTTP handbook describes the internal API of ArangoDB that is used to communicate with clients. In general, the HTTP handbook will be of interest to driver developers. If you use any of the existing drivers for the language of your choice, you can skip this handbook.
    • The includes the documentation of the available official ArangoDB drivers and integrations, and an overview of the community drivers.
    • The ArangoDB Oasis handbook guides you through the user interface of our cloud service to set up organizations, projects and deployments.

    ArangoDB is a native multi-model, 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 extensions. Use ACID transactions if you require them. Scale horizontally and vertically with a few mouse clicks.

    Key features include:

    • Installing ArangoDB on a is as easy as installing an app on your mobile
    • Powerful query language (AQL) to retrieve and modify data
    • Use ArangoDB as an and fuse your application and database together for maximal throughput
    • Transactions: run queries on multiple documents or collections with optional transactional consistency and isolation
    • : set up the database in a master-slave configuration or spread bigger datasets across multiple servers
    • 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
    • JavaScript for all: no language zoo, you can use one language from your browser to your back-end
    • ArangoDB can be easily deployed as a fault-tolerant distributed state machine, which can serve as the animal brain of distributed appliances
    • It is open source (Apache License 2.0)
    • for discussions about ArangoDB in general or to announce your new Foxx App
    • StackOverflow for questions about AQL, usage scenarios etc.
    • , our community chat

    When reporting issues, please describe:

    • the environment you run ArangoDB in
    • the ArangoDB version you use
    • whether you’re using Foxx
    • the client you’re using
    • which parts of the documentation you’re working with (link)
    • what you expect to happen

    We will respond as soon as possible.