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Fusing extreme performance and tranquility of ease-of-use, RavenDB offers **above-the-roof developer experience**. While we take the heavy lifting of managing your data (and a lot more..) on our shoulders, you can focus on your system and application code.\n\n## We're \n\n- Completely open-source (AGPLv3)\n\n- Fully ACID & Secure by default\n\n- Equipped with state-of-art web UI\n\n- Continuously growing for 15+ years\n\n- Trusted by major Fortune500 companies \n\n- Supporting all major platforms - Linux, MacOS, Windows, Containers, Raspberry Pi\n\n- Offering great on-premise experience and also a DBaaS solution - [RavenDB Cloud](https://ravendb.net/cloud)\n\n- Growing [Developers Community](https://discord.com/invite/ravendb), hosting events and talks  \n\n- Hosting booths at many major conferences - [take a look](https://ravendb.net/events) where to meet us\n\n\n## Get your hands-on 🧑‍💻\n\n#### Quick tryout 🔌\n- Plug-in to RavenDB now - http://live-test.ravendb.net/\n\n#### RavenDB Cloud ☁️\n- Get your [free instance here](https://cloud.ravendb.net/pricing)\n\n#### Linux, MacOS, Windows⚡\n- [Download](https://ravendb.net/download), extract, and execute `run.sh`/`run.ps1`. \n\n#### Docker 🐳\n- Start RavenDB container -  `docker run --rm -it ravendb/ravendb:latest -p 8080:8080`\n\n\n#### .deb package 🐧\n- Install with `apt`! Manual is here - [.deb installation guide](https://ravendb.net/docs/article-page/7.2/csharp/start/installation/gnu-linux/deb)\n\n\n#### More details 🎒💿\n- For advanced setup guide, visit [Getting Started](https://ravendb.net/docs/start/getting-started). For Studio manual, check [Overview](https://ravendb.net/docs/studio/overview). \n\n\n<h2 align=\"left\">🏗️ SDKs </h2>\n<h4 align=\"left\">\n    Official\n    <br/> \n    <a href=\"https://www.nuget.org/packages/RavenDB.Client/\">.NET </a> |\n    <a href=\"https://github.com/ravendb/ravendb-nodejs-client\"> Node.JS </a> |\n    <a href=\"https://github.com/ravendb/ravendb-python-client\"> Python </a> |\n    <a href=\"https://github.com/ravendb/ravendb-jvm-client\"> Java  </a> |\n    <a href=\"https://github.com/ravendb/ravendb-php-client\"> PHP </a> |\n    <a href=\"https://github.com/ravendb/ravendb-go-client\"> Golang </a> |\n    <a href=\"https://github.com/ravendb/ravendb-cpp-client\"> C++ </a> |\n    <a href=\"https://github.com/ravendb/ravendb-ruby-client\"> Ruby </a> \n    </br></br>\n    Community\n    </br>\n    <a href=\"https://github.com/YgorCastor/ravix\"> Elixir </a>\n    <br/><br/>\n</h4>\n\n##  RavenDB Management Studio 🐦‍⬛\n<img src=\"docs/image.png\" alt=\"\">\n\n\n## Content & Learning \n- [RavenDB vs MongoDB: Check the full comparison](https://ravendb.net/ravendb-vs-mongodb)\n- [RavenDB Book](https://ravendb.net/book) 💙\n- [RavenDB Bootcamp](https://ravendb.net/learn/bootcamp):  fast, free, and self-directed learning course.\n- [RavenDB Founder - Oren's Blog 💡](https://ayende.com/blog/)\n- [RavenDB Official YouTube Channel](https://www.youtube.com/@ravendb_net)\n\n\n## Contributing & releases \n- [Latest improvements](https://ravendb.net/docs/article-page/7.2/csharp/start/whats-new), updated weekly.\n- [Contribution guidelines](./CONTRIBUTING.md) f","github_created_at":"2010-03-02T11:05:30+00:00","created_at":"2026-07-11T11:33:13.64384+00:00","updated_at":"2026-08-23T00:01:15.547362+00:00","categories":[{"slug":"vector-databases","name":"Vector Databases","url":"https://www.graphcanon.com/categories/vector-databases","markdown_url":"https://www.graphcanon.com/categories/vector-databases.md","api_url":"https://www.graphcanon.com/api/graphcanon/categories/vector-databases"}],"tags":[{"slug":"csharp","name":"csharp"},{"slug":"document-database","name":"document-database"},{"slug":"full-text-search","name":"full-text-search"},{"slug":"indexing","name":"indexing"},{"slug":"nosql","name":"nosql"},{"slug":"vector-search","name":"vector-search"}],"trust":{"provenance":{"is_fork":false,"github_id":542714,"owner_type":"Organization","methodology":"github_public_v1","parent_repo":null,"near_duplicate_slugs":[]},"computed_at":"2026-08-23T00:01:14.738Z","maintenance":{"label":"Very active","score":96,"methodology":"github_public_v1","releases_90d":9,"days_since_push":1,"last_release_at":"2026-07-22T09:59:18Z","stars_delta_30d":15,"open_issues_delta_30d":1},"security_summary":{"status":"no_lockfile","scanner":null,"low_count":0,"high_count":0,"last_scan_at":"2026-07-11T11:33:14.894Z","medium_count":0,"scan_profile":"none","critical_count":0}},"capability_facts":{"scan":{"source":"repo_scan","observed_at":"2026-08-23T00:01:15.273Z"},"languages":{"value":["c#"],"source":"github.language","observed_at":"2026-08-23T00:01:15.273Z"},"license_spdx":{"value":"Other","source":"github.license","observed_at":"2026-08-23T00:01:15.273Z"}},"decision_facts":{"hosting":null,"pricing":null,"requirements":null,"constraints":null,"when_to_use":["- When your application requires strong transactional guarantees (ACID) and is already leveraging the C#/.NET ecosystem","- For projects that demand robust full-text search capabilities integrated seamlessly within a document database"],"when_not_to_use":["- If you are seeking solutions specifically optimized for vector search, as RavenDB's focus is broader on general document storage capabilities with full-text and not primarily on vector similarities","- When your team prefers development environments outside the .NET framework or when integrating with systems that require minimal dependence on proprietary tools"],"source":"enrich:decision_facts","observed_at":"2026-07-15T08:57:27.012Z"},"constraint_facets":null,"decision_summary":[{"label":"Adopt for","value":"RavenDB shines with ACID transactions in document databases built on .NET."}]}}