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InfluxDB [](https://travis-ci.org/influxdb/influxdb)
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> NOTE: The master branch of InfluxDB is undergoing a significant refactor for
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> v0.9.0. If you need to build a working copy of InfluxDB, please use the
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> [`0.8.6`](https://github.com/influxdb/influxdb/releases/tag/v0.8.6) tag.
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InfluxDB is an open source **distributed time series database** with
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**no external dependencies**. It's useful for recording metrics,
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events, and performing analytics.
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It has a built-in HTTP API so you don't have to write any server side
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code to get up and running.
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InfluxDB is designed to be scalable, simple to install and manage, and
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fast to get data in and out.
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It aims to answer queries in real-time. That means every data point is
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indexed as it comes in and is immediately available in queries that
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should return in < 100ms.
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## Quickstart
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* Understand the [design goals and motivations of the project](http://influxdb.com/docs/v0.8/introduction/overview.html).
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* Follow the [getting started guide](http://influxdb.com/docs/v0.8/introduction/getting_started.html) to find out how to install InfluxDB, start writing data, and issue queries - in just a few minutes.
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* See the
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[list of libraries for different languages](http://influxdb.com/docs/v0.8/client_libraries/javascript.html),
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or check out the
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[HTTP API documentation to start writing a library for your favorite language](http://influxdb.com/docs/v0.8/api/reading_and_writing_data.html).
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## Building
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You don't need to build the project to use it. Pre-built
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[binaries and instructions to install InfluxDB are here](http://influxdb.com/docs/v0.8/introduction/installation.html). That's
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the recommended way to get it running. However, if you want to
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contribute to the core of InfluxDB, you'll need to build. For those
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adventurous enough, you can
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[follow along on our docs](http://github.com/influxdb/influxdb/blob/master/docs/contributing.md)
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