RethinkDB is a free and open-source, distributed document-oriented database originally created by the company of the same name. The database stores JSON documents with dynamic schemas and is designed to facilitate pushing real-time updates for query results to applications. Initially seed funded by Y Combinator in June 2009, the company announced in October 2016 that it had been unable to build a sustainable business and its products would be entirely open-sourced without commercial support.
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SignificanceAn early document database built for pushing real-time query updates to applications, now maintained by the Linux Foundation. 1 Sources
1. Wikipedia: RethinkDB
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RethinkDB is a free and open-source, distributed document-oriented database originally created by the company of the same name.
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