Full SQL engine, vector search, graph database, full-text search — all in one tiny, fast, zero-dependency C library. PostgreSQL wire-compatible.
Community edition is free forever. No feature flags, no license nags — just the full engine.
142 keywords, JOINs, CTEs, window functions, subqueries, prepared statements, stored procedures, triggers, full ACID compliance.
Built-in HNSW index. Top-10 in 0.1 ms. L2, cosine, and inner-product distance. 4,096-dim support. No extension needed.
RELATE, edge traversal, BFS shortest path, AI context graphs — all in SQL. 1.3 B edges/sec.
BM25 ranking, inverted index, snippet highlighting. Query in the same SQL statement as relational data.
Real-time push notifications at 14.9 M events/sec. Subscribe to INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE on any table.
Snapshot isolation, savepoints, instant crash recovery, foreign keys with CASCADE/SET NULL/RESTRICT — data always consistent.
Full PG v3 wire protocol. Connect with psql, psycopg2, JDBC, pgAdmin, DBeaver — zero code changes.
JSON over HTTP. 8-panel management console: Dashboard, SQL, Tables, Graph, Vector, Users, Monitor, Deploy.
Pure C11. No OpenSSL, no Boost, no runtime. Ships as a single ~154 KB binary. Starts in <2 seconds.
All numbers are from make all. Run them yourself — they're embedded in the test suite.
Measured on a standard Linux VM. Source: make all output, embedded in test suites 2–4.
# Download and build
curl -sSL https://absolutedb.com/install.sh | bash
cd absdb
make release # Single binary, zero deps
# Interactive CLI
./bin/absdb # In-memory mode
./bin/absdb mydb.db # File-backed mode
# Start the server (PostgreSQL wire + REST API)
./bin/absdb-server
# → Listening on :5432 (PG wire) and :8080 (HTTP)
# Connect with psql
psql -h localhost -p 5432 -U $(whoami)Same binary for all tiers — your DM Data Vault licence key activates capabilities. Full comparison →