Software:RethinkDB
| Initial release | 24 July 2009 [1] |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 2.4.2
/ April 25, 2022 |
| Written in | C++, Python, Java, JavaScript, Bash |
| Operating system | Unix, Linux, OS X, Windows, BSD |
| Available in | English |
| License | Apache License 2.0[1] |
| Website | rethinkdb |
RethinkDB is a free and open-source, distributed document-oriented database originally created by the company of the same name. The database stores JSON documents with dynamic schemas, and is designed to facilitate pushing real-time updates for query results to applications. Initially seed funded by Y Combinator in June 2009,[2] the company announced in October 2016 that it had been unable to build a sustainable business and its products would be entirely open-sourced without commercial support.[3]
The CNCF (Cloud Native Computing Foundation) then purchased the rights to the RethinkDB source code and contributed it to the Linux Foundation.[4]
History
RethinkDB was founded in 2009, and open-sourced at version 1.2 in 2012.[5] In 2015, RethinkDB released version 2.0, announcing that it was production-ready.[6] On October 5, 2016, the company announced it was shutting down, transitioning members of its engineering team to Stripe, and would no longer offer production support.[7][8] On February 6, 2017, The Cloud Native Computing Foundation purchased the rights to the source code and relicensed it under the Apache License 2.0.[9][10]
ReQL
RethinkDB uses the ReQL query language, an internal (embedded) domain-specific language officially available for Ruby, Python, Java[11] and JavaScript (including Node.js). It has support for table joins, groupings, aggregations and functions. There are also unofficial, community-supported drivers for other languages, including C#, Clojure, Erlang, Go, Haskell, Lua, and PHP.
Popularity
According to the DB-Engines ranking, as of February 2016, it was the 46th most popular database.[12]
Comparison with other document databases
A distinguishing feature of RethinkDB is the first class support for real-time change feeds. A change query returns a cursor which allows blocking or non-blocking requests to keep track of a potentially infinite stream of real-time changes.[13]
Fork
Due to seeming stagnation, RethinkDB was forked by members of the community on May 17, 2018. [14] The new project, called RebirthDB, is also hosted on GitHub. The project later merged back with the original repository.[15]
See also
References
- ↑ Jeremy Zawodny, RethinkDB: Rethinking the Database using Modern Assumptions[Usurped!], Linux Magazine, August 24, 2009
- ↑ Jason Kincaid (July 28, 2009). "YC-Funded RethinkDB, A MySQL Storage Engine Built From The Ground Up For Solid State Drives". TechCrunch. https://techcrunch.com/2009/07/28/yc-funded-rethinkdb-a-mysql-storage-engine-built-from-the-ground-up-for-ssds/.
- ↑ "Stripe hires engineering team behind failed database startup". FinTech Global. October 6, 2016. http://fintechroundup.com/stripe-acquires-team-behind-nosql-database-startup-rethinkdb/.
- ↑ "RethinkDB joins the Linux Foundation". https://rethinkdb.com/blog/rethinkdb-joins-linux-foundation/.
- ↑ "RethinkDB is out: an open-source distributed database" (in en-us). https://www.rethinkdb.com/blog/rethinkdb-12-release/.
- ↑ "RethinkDB releases first production version of its real-time database" (in en-us). 14 April 2015. http://siliconangle.com/blog/2015/04/14/rethinkdb-releases-first-production-version-of-its-real-time-database/.
- ↑ Akhmechet, Slava (2016-10-05). "RethinkDB is shutting down - RethinkDB". https://rethinkdb.com/blog/rethinkdb-shutdown/.
- ↑ Mewes, Daniel (2016-10-05). "Removed production support link from README :(". https://github.com/rethinkdb/rethinkdb/commit/2cfc76a754ede73d039884924b7c6ae91843ac6b.
- ↑ "RethinkDB joins The Linux Foundation - RethinkDB". https://rethinkdb.com/blog/rethinkdb-joins-linux-foundation/.
- ↑ "CNCF Purchases RethinkDB Source Code and Contributes It to The Linux Foundation Under the Apache License - Cloud Native Computing Foundation" (in en-US). Cloud Native Computing Foundation. 2017-02-06. https://www.cncf.io/blog/2017/02/06/cncf-purchases-rethinkdb-source-code-contributes-linux-foundation-apache-license.
- ↑ "Introducing the official RethinkDB Java client driver - RethinkDB". https://rethinkdb.com/blog/official-java-driver/. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
- ↑ "DB-Engines Ranking". db-engines.com. http://db-engines.com/en/ranking. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
- ↑ "Changefeeds in RethinkDB". https://www.rethinkdb.com/docs/changefeeds/. Retrieved 2 Dec 2016.
- ↑ "GitHub discussion to fork RethinkDB". https://github.com/rethinkdb/rethinkdb/issues/6659. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
- ↑ "RebirthDB will merge to RethinkDB · RethinkDB" (in en). Spectrum. 2018-09-05. https://spectrum.chat/thread/0d28e226-c240-465b-b67c-1b1be2cdb58a.
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