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The HTTP REST API gives easy and intuitive access to CouchDB. It integrates seamless into any HTTP infrastructure like caches and proxies. All you need to get going is a browser.
CouchDB’s multi-master, peer-to-peer replication with automatic conflict detection is ideal for synchronizing data on the web. It enables a stellar online and offline web experience.
CouchDB comes with an easy to program JavaScript MapReduce engine that lets you run powerful, incremental analysis over your data while building super fast indexes for later queries.
CouchDB is written in Erlang, a language geared towards fault tolerance, distribution and concurrency. Being crushed by waves of users from Slashdot and Digg is a thing of the past with CouchDB.
CouchDB’s storage system is built to keep your data absolutely safe while treating disks and SSDs nicely. CouchDB never corrupts your data and doesn’t need consistency checks after server outages.
CouchDB is developed at the Apache Software Foundation under the permissive & business-friendly Apache 2.0 License. It’s development process is open, transparent & vibrant.
CouchDB is tiny and fits easily on mobile devices. It saves your battery life by keeping data offline. Native web-synchronization ensures you never lose track of your digital belongings.
Everybody loves CouchDB, from high profile users and customers like the BBC and Canonical with Ubuntu to individual developers who just want to get work done, CouchDB is a first choice.
CouchDB and its community have one encompassing motto: Relax. — CouchDB gets out of your way and lets you focus on the important things and that should not always be work.