BadgerDB Documentation
BadgerDB is an embeddable, persistent, and fast key-value (KV) database written in pure Go. It is the underlying database for Dgraph, a fast, distributed graph database. It’s meant to be a performant alternative to non-Go-based key-value stores like RocksDB.
Quickstart Guide
A single page quickstart guide to get started with BadgerDB
Resources
Additional resources and information
Design
Design goals behind BadgerDB
Projects using Badger
A list of known projects that use BadgerDB
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Badger
Embeddable, persistent, and fast key-value database that powers Dgraph
Changelog
The Changelog is kept fairly up-to-date.
- Badger v1.0 was released in Nov 2017, and the latest version that is data-compatible with v1.0 is v1.6.0.
- Badger v2.0 was released in Nov 2019 with a new storage format which won’t be compatible with all of the v1.x. Badger v2.0 supports compression, encryption and uses a cache to speed up lookup.
For more details on our version naming schema please read Choosing a version.
Contribute
Get started with contributing fixes and enhancements to Badger and related software.
Our Community
Badger is made better every day by the growing community and the contributors all over the world.
Discuss Badger on the official community.