foundationdb

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FoundationDB is a distributed database designed to handle large volumes of structured data across clusters of commodity servers. It organizes data as an ordered key-value store and employs ACID transactions for all operations. It is especially well-suited for read/write workloads, but also has excellent performance for write-intensive workloads. Users interact with the database using API language bindings.

To learn more about FoundationDB, visit [foundationdb.org](https://www.foundationdb.org/)

## Documentation

Documentation can be found online at <https://apple.github.io/foundationdb/>. The documentation covers details of API usage, background information on design philosophy, and extensive usage examples. Docs are built from the [source in this repo](documentation/sphinx/source).

## Forums

[The FoundationDB Forums](https://forums.foundationdb.org/) are the home for most of the discussion and communication about the FoundationDB project. We welcome your participation! We want FoundationDB to be a great project to be a part of, and as part of that, we have established a [Code of Conduct](https://github.com/apple/.github/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md) to define what constitutes permissible modes of interaction.

## Contributing

Contributions to FoundationDB can include contributions to the codebase, sharing your experience and insights with the community on the Forums, or contributing to projects that make use of FoundationDB. Please see the [contributing guide](CONTRIBUTING.md) for more specifics.

## Getting Started

### Latest Stable Releases

The latest stable releases are versions that are recommended for production use, which have been extensively validated via simulation and real cluster tests and used in our production environment.

| Branch   |     Latest Production Release      |  Notes |
|:--------:|:-------------:|------:|
| 7.3      |  [7.3.77](https://github.com/apple/foundationdb/releases/tag/7.3.77) | Supported |
| 7.2      |   | Experimental |
| 7.1      |  [7.1.57](https://github.com/apple/foundationdb/releases/tag/7.1.57)   |   Bug fixes |
| 7.0      |           |   Experimental |
| 6.3      |  [6.3.25](https://github.com/apple/foundationdb/releases/tag/6.3.25) |   Unsupported |

- `Supported` branches are those we actively maintain and will publish new patch releases.
- `Bug fixes` are branches where we still accept bug fixes, but may not publish newer patch releases. The community can build the latest release binaries if needed and is encouraged to upgrade to the `Supported` branches.
- `Experimental` branches are those used for inte