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RethinkDB
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RethinkDB
Free
Open-source database; self-hosted
Read 8 Oct 2026 · rethinkdb.com
On the record
- API
- The public ReQL API includes commands such as connect, run, table, joins, reconfigure and HTTP access.rethinkdb.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Architectures
- The server supports x86_64, ARM and s390x on Unix-like platforms plus Windows Subsystem for Linux 2; macOS DMG packages are x86_64 only.rethinkdb.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Atomicity limit
- Operations are not atomic across multiple keys, so the documentation says RethinkDB is not an ACID database.rethinkdb.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Authentication
- Users and permissions are supported, but passwords are sent in plaintext unless TLS is enabled.rethinkdb.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Changefeeds
- Changefeeds let applications subscribe to updates on query results as data changes.rethinkdb.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Community SDKs
- The project lists community drivers for C#, C++, Clojure, Dart, Elixir, Erlang, Go, Haskell, Lua, PHP, Rust, Swift and other languages.rethinkdb.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Company founded
- The RethinkDB company was founded in 2009 and open-sourced version 1.2 in 2012.en.wikipedia.org · read 15 Oct 2026
- Company shutdown
- The original company announced on October 5, 2016 that it was shutting down after failing to build a sustainable business.rethinkdb.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Consistency
- RethinkDB supports single, majority and outdated read modes, with hard or soft durability and majority or single write acknowledgements.rethinkdb.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Current release
- The homepage identifies RethinkDB 2.4.4 as the latest release.rethinkdb.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Documentation
- The documentation includes quickstarts, tutorials, API references, cookbooks, administration, deployment, troubleshooting, integrations and architecture sections.rethinkdb.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Drivers
- Official client drivers are listed for JavaScript, Ruby, Python, and Java, with community-supported drivers for additional languages.rethinkdb.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Durability
- The FAQ says writes are not acknowledged until safely committed to disk by default.rethinkdb.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Extensibility
- Developers can implement drivers using the documented ReQL wire protocol and ql2.proto definitions.rethinkdb.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Failover
- Automatic failover requires at least three servers, at least three replicas and a majority of voting replicas available.rethinkdb.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Funding
- Wellfound reports $12.2 million raised across four rounds, with the latest listed round dated November 25, 2013.wellfound.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Historical headquarters and size
- Wellfound lists the company location as Mountain View and historical size as 11–50 employees.wellfound.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Official documentation covers Elasticsearch, RabbitMQ, Rails, publish-subscribe systems, Node.js libraries and multiple ORMs.rethinkdb.com · read 15 Oct 2026
