# Terrabase**DB** - The next-generation database
   
## What is TerrabaseDB?
TerrabaseDB (or TDB for short) is an effort to provide the best of key/value stores, document stores and columnar databases - **simplicity, flexibility and queryability at scale**. This project is currently in a pre-alpha stage and is undergoing rapid development.
## Status
**Currently**, TDB is a **persistent key/value store**.
As noted earlier, TerrabaseDB is pre-alpha software and the entire API is subject to major breaking changes, at the moment.
## Platforms
  
## Getting started
We have experimental client and server implementations for the database already.
The releases are uploaded in bundles, for example, `tdb-bundle-v0.2.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.zip` . Each bundle contains `tdb` and `tsh` , that is, the database server and the client command-line tool.
* Download a bundle for your platform from [releases](https://github.com/terrabasedb/terrabase/releases)
* Unzip the downloaded bundle
* Make the files executable (run `chmod +x tdb tsh` on Unix systems)
* Start the database server by running `./tdb`
* Start the client by running `./tsh`
* You can run commands like `SET sayan 17` , `GET cat` , `UPDATE cat 100` or `DEL cat` !
## Goals
* Fast
* Designed to provide safe flexibility
* Multithreaded ✓
* Memory-safe ✓
* Resource friendly ✓
* Scalable
* Simplicity
## Versioning
This project strictly follows semver, however, since this project is currently in the development phase (0.x.y), the API may change unpredictably
## Contributing
**Yes!** - this project **needs you**! We want hackers, like you, from all across the globe to help us create the next-generation database. Read the guide [here](./CONTRIBUTING.md).
## Community
A project which is powered by the community believes in the power of community!
## License
This project is licensed under the [AGPL-3.0 License](./LICENSE).