Documentation

What's it all about?

• Frequently asked questions
  • Intro FAQ – read this if you're new to distributed databases
  • Architecture FAQ – information about technical design for programmers familiar with distributed systems
  • Pragmatic FAQ – read this if you need to do something specific with RethinkDB
• RethinkDB compared to other databases
  • Find out how RethinkDB compares to MongoDB
  • See our take on what makes RethinkDB different

Get started

• Screencast – watch a quick overview of the ReQL query language, sharding, replication, and more
• Quickstart – install RethinkDB and start running queries in thirty seconds
• Installation
  • Server installation – install with a package manager
  • Client drivers – access RethinkDB from Ruby, Python, or Node.js
  • Building from source – it's easier than you think

User guides

• Ten minute guide – learn about table joins, sharding, data aggregation, and map/reduce
• Administration guide – learn how to grow and shrink the cluster, shard tables, and replicate data
• Cluster setup guide – learn how to run RethinkDB on system startup and organize nodes into clusters

Reference manuals

• ReQL command reference for Python | Ruby | Javascript

Tutorials

• Analyzing superheroes
• Analyzing presidential elections

Examples

Python:

• Todo list – a simple Todo list built using RethinkDB, Flask, and Backbone.js
• Web.py blog – the web.py example blog using RethinkDB
• Todo list – basic Todo list using Bottle, Ember.js, and RethinkDB

Node.js:

• Chat app – a Node.js chat app using socket.io, express, passport, and RethinkDB

Ruby:

• Pastie – a simple Pastie app built using RethinkDB and Sinatra

If you have example apps to share with us, let us know!