# RethinkDB

Open-source document database that pushes query results to applications in realtime.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/rethinkdb/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-30
Listed since: 2026-10-30

## Record

### Links

- home: https://rethinkdb.com
- repository: https://github.com/rethinkdb/rethinkdb
- docs: https://rethinkdb.com/docs/
- x: https://twitter.com/rethinkdb
- discord: https://discord.gg/tvz4sMP
- forum: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/rethinkdb

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: The Linux Foundation
- maintainerType: foundation
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2011
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: database
- hosting: binary
- language: cpp
- runtime: binary
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: not applicable
- adminUi: yes
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: docker image

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: Apache-2.0

### Releases

- currentMajor: 2
- latestReleaseDate: 2023-12-11

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 27006
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 142
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- name: https://rethinkdb.com/ (read 2026-10-30)
- urls: https://rethinkdb.com/ (read 2026-10-30)
- urls: https://github.com/rethinkdb/rethinkdb (read 2026-10-30)
- urls: https://rethinkdb.com/docs/ (read 2026-10-30)
- maintainer: https://github.com/rethinkdb/rethinkdb/blob/main/COPYRIGHT (read 2026-10-30)
- maintainerType: https://github.com/rethinkdb/rethinkdb/blob/main/COPYRIGHT (read 2026-10-30)
- category: https://rethinkdb.com/ (read 2026-10-30)
- language: https://github.com/rethinkdb/rethinkdb (read 2026-10-30)
- runtime: https://rethinkdb.com/docs/install/ (read 2026-10-30)
- currentMajor: https://github.com/rethinkdb/rethinkdb/releases/tag/v2.4.4 (read 2026-10-30)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/rethinkdb/rethinkdb/releases/tag/v2.4.4 (read 2026-10-30)
- firstRelease: https://github.com/rethinkdb/rethinkdb/releases/tag/v0.1 (read 2026-10-30)
- license: https://github.com/rethinkdb/rethinkdb/blob/main/COPYRIGHT (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://rethinkdb.com/docs/install/ (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://github.com/rethinkdb/rethinkdb/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://rethinkdb.com/docs/install/ (read 2026-10-30)
- runsAs: https://rethinkdb.com/docs/start-on-startup/ (read 2026-10-30)
- adminUi: https://rethinkdb.com/docs/administration-tools/ (read 2026-10-30)
- githubStargazers: https://github.com/rethinkdb/rethinkdb (read 2026-10-30)
- contributors: https://github.com/rethinkdb/rethinkdb (read 2026-10-30)

## Notes

RethinkDB is an open-source document database built for realtime web applications. It is C++ software that the project distributes as official packages, as an official Docker image and as source to build with make.

The server runs as a long-lived process, and the [documentation](https://rethinkdb.com/docs/start-on-startup/) describes setting it up as a system service. A web interface manages the cluster, and access is controlled through users, permissions and scopes. The Linux Foundation holds the copyright in the code.

## Worth knowing

The project's website and documentation date from an earlier period than the repository, which has recent commits. The docs may describe older behavior than the current code.

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