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CouchDB
An open-source, NoSQL document-oriented database that is optimized for interactive applications, it provides a fast key-value store and JSON document, that focuses on the ease of use.
| First released | 2005 |
| Developed by | Damien Katz |
| Latest stable version | CouchDB 3 |
| Open-source | Yes |
| Used by | BBC, Mozilla, TomBoy |
Interesting facts
CouchDB can be viewed as a web application server; To implement this idea, CouchDB has a built-in web server, and the program code, like the data, is stored in the same database. To automate the work with applications, the CouchApp utility is used.