# Atomic Server

Self-hostable server for storage, search, sharing and sync of Atomic Data, with a web app and a RESTful API.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/atomic-server/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-23
Listed since: 2026-10-23

## Record

### Links

- home: https://docs.atomicdata.dev
- repository: https://github.com/ontola/atomic-server
- docs: https://docs.atomicdata.dev/atomicserver/installation
- discord: https://discord.gg/a72Rv2P

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Joep Meindertsma
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2020
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: headless-cms, database
- hosting: binary
- language: rust
- runtime: binary
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: database
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: yes
- headlessApi: rest
- templating: unknown
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: unknown
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: docker

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 0
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-09-17

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 1623
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 15
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://docs.atomicdata.dev/ (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/ontola/atomic-server (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://docs.atomicdata.dev/atomicserver/installation (read 2026-10-23)
- maintainer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ontola/atomic-server/develop/LICENSE (read 2026-10-23)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/ontola/atomic-server (read 2026-10-23)
- runtime: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ontola/atomic-server/develop/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- category: https://docs.atomicdata.dev/ (read 2026-10-23)
- category: https://docs.atomicdata.dev/ (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://docs.atomicdata.dev/atomicserver/installation (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://docs.atomicdata.dev/atomicserver/installation (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://docs.atomicdata.dev/atomicserver/installation (read 2026-10-23)
- contentStore: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ontola/atomic-server/develop/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- adminUi: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ontola/atomic-server/develop/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- headlessApi: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ontola/atomic-server/develop/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ontola/atomic-server/develop/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- licenseModel: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ontola/atomic-server/develop/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/ontola/atomic-server/releases (read 2026-10-23)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/ontola/atomic-server/releases (read 2026-10-23)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/ontola/atomic-server/releases (read 2026-10-23)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/ontola/atomic-server (read 2026-10-23)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/ontola/atomic-server/contributors (read 2026-10-23)

## Notes

Atomic Server is a graph database and headless CMS, the reference implementation of the Atomic Data specification. It is the self-hostable server behind atomic.place, a local-first workspace for documents, tables, files, chat and apps. It serves a RESTful API that uses JSON-AD and ships a web app for working with the data. Server, web app, search, database and automatic HTTPS come in one binary, which is installed with Docker, with `cargo install atomic-server`, or from a pre-compiled release.

## Worth knowing

The README marks the project as alpha, with breaking changes expected until 1.0. The hosted atomic.place service can sync with a self-hosted server.

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