What is Genji?

Genji is a document-oriented, embedded, SQL database written in Go.

It combines the power of SQL with the versatility of documents to provide a maximum of flexibility with no compromise.

Here is a list of Genji’s main features:

• SQL and documents: Use a powerful SQL language designed for documents as first-class citizen.
• Flexible schemas: Define your table with strict schemas, partial schemas, or no schemas at all.
• Transaction support: Fully serializable transactions with multiple readers and single writer. Readers don’t block writers and writers don’t block readers.

Concepts

Genji’s main concepts are not new and semantics have been chosen to match as much as possible what is already existing in other databases:

• Table: A collection of documents
• Schema: A list of constraints that apply on all or certain fields of every documents of the table.
• Document: A list of fields
• Field: A key-value pair