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Introduction

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Introduction

Welcome to the EventStoreDB documentation.

EventStoreDB is a modern data platform that bridges technology and business processes, giving software teams unprecedented insights into the events that drive their organization forward. This documentation provides an in-depth overview of EventStoreDB’s key features and concepts, along with comprehensive instructions for installation, configuration, and operational management.

EventStoreDB is licensed under Event Store License v2 (ESLv2), meaning that anyone can access and use it, but enterprise features are only enabled with a valid license key.

Note

Although the source code for EventStoreDB is available to view, the ESLv2 license is not an OSI-approved Open Source License.

What's new

Find out what's new in this release to get details on new features and other changes.

Getting started

Check the getting started guide for an introduction to EventStoreDB and its features, along with detailed instructions to quickly get started.

Support

EventStoreDB community

Users of EventStoreDB can use the community forum for questions, discussions, and getting help from community members.

Enterprise customers

Customers with a paid subscription can open tickets using the support portal. For additional information on supported versions, users can access Event Store's release and support schedule.

Issues

We openly track most issues in the EventStoreDB repository on GitHub. Before opening an issue, please ensure that a similar issue hasn't been opened already. Also, try searching closed issues that might contain a solution or workaround for your problem.

When opening an issue, follow our guidelines for bug reports and feature requests. By doing so, you will significantly help us to solve your concerns most efficiently.

Protocols, clients, and SDKs

EventStoreDB supports one client protocol, which is described below. The older TCP client API has been deprecated in version 20.2 and removed in version 24.2. The final version with TCP API support is 23.10. More information can be found in our blog post.

Starting with version 24.6, the legacy protocol is available for Event Store customers as a licensed plugin.

Client protocol

The client protocol is based on open standards and is widely supported by many programming languages. EventStoreDB uses gRPC to communicate between the cluster nodes and for client-server communication.

When developing software that uses EventStoreDB, we recommend using one of the official SDKs.

EventStoreDB supported clients

Read more in the gRPC clients documentation.

Community-developed clients

HTTP

EventStoreDB also offers an HTTP-based interface that consists of the REST-oriented API and a real-time subscription feature based on the AtomPub protocol. As it operates over HTTP, this is less efficient, but nearly every environment supports it.

Learn more about configuring the HTTP protocol on the HTTP configuration page.

Deprecation Note

The current AtomPub-based HTTP application API is disabled by default since v20 of EventStoreDB. You can enable it by adding an option to the server configuration. Although we plan to remove AtomPub support from future server versions, the server management HTTP API will remain available. You need to enable the AtomPub protocol to have a fully functioning database user interface.

Learn more about the EventStoreDB HTTP interface in the HTTP documentation.

Community-developed clients