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How Absolute DB delivers ACID-grade durability, sub-millisecond queries, and unified data primitives in under 160 KB.
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Absolute DB vs SQLite vs PostgreSQL — binary size, latency, throughput, memory comparison.
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Cluster benchmarks, replication latency, failover times, multi-region throughput.
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# Prerequisites (Ubuntu/Debian — blank server)
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y gcc make build-essential
# Download and build
curl -sSL https://absolutedb.com/install.sh | bash
cd absdb
make release # single ~154 KB binary, zero deps
# Run
./bin/absdb # interactive CLI
./bin/absdb-server # server (PG wire + REST)# Health check (no extra tools)
curl http://localhost:8080/health
# PostgreSQL client
psql -h localhost -p 5433 -U $(whoami)
# Python
pip install psycopg2-binary
python3 -c "
import psycopg2
conn = psycopg2.connect(
host='localhost', port=5433,
user='myapp') # trust auth — no password needed by default
..."
# Activate PRO/ENT licence
export ADB_LICENSE_KEY=PRO-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX
./build/absdb-server