RocksDB

RocksDB is an embeddable persistent key-value store for fast storage, developed at Facebook (Meta) based on LevelDB. It uses a Log-Structured Merge (LSM) tree design optimized for fast, low-latency storage on flash and RAM. RocksDB provides a C++ library with language bindings for Java, Python, Ruby, Rust, and other languages, and is widely used as the storage engine inside databases, data streaming systems, and distributed key-value stores.

RocksDB publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include RocksDB, Key-Value Store, Embedded Database, Storage Engine, and Open Source.

The RocksDB catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

RocksDB’s developer surface includes documentation, getting-started guide, code examples, engineering blog, and 9 more developer resources.

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35.9/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 5/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1

AccessFreemium

2 APIs

RocksDBKey-Value StoreEmbedded DatabaseStorage EngineOpen Source

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Contract Quality 4.4 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 4.3 / 20

Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20

Operational Transparency 4.1 / 13

Governance 8.3 / 12

Discoverability 6.9 / 10

Agent readiness — 5/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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APIs 2

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Rocksdb Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

JSON Schema 2

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Examples 2

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Documentation 3

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

JSONSchema

JSONSchema

JSONSchema

JSONSchema

Design & Contract 3

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

JSONStructure

JSONStructure

JSONLDContext

JSONLDContext

Vocabulary

Vocabulary

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubRepository

GitHubRepository

Examples

Examples

PackageManager

PackageManager

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: rocksdb
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/rocksdb.png
name: RocksDB
description: RocksDB is an embeddable persistent key-value store for fast storage, developed at Facebook (Meta) based on LevelDB.
  It uses a Log-Structured Merge (LSM) tree design optimized for fast, low-latency storage on flash and RAM. RocksDB provides
  a C++ library with language bindings for Java, Python, Ruby, Rust, and other languages, and is widely used as the storage
  engine inside databases, data streaming systems, and distributed key-value stores.
type: Index
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rocksdb/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
- RocksDB
- Key-Value Store
- Embedded Database
- Storage Engine
- Open Source
created: '2025-01-01'
modified: '2026-05-02'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: rocksdb:rocksdb-embedded-api
  name: RocksDB Embedded API
  description: RocksDB C++ library API providing key-value storage operations including Get, Put, Delete, Merge, iterators,
    snapshots, column families, transactions, compaction, and backup. The primary interface for embedding RocksDB in applications
    as a persistent key-value store.
  tags:
  - Key-Value Store
  - Embedded Database
  - Storage Engine
  - C++
  - Open Source
  humanURL: https://rocksdb.org/
  baseURL: https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb
  properties:
  - url: https://rocksdb.org/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb/wiki
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://rocksdb.org/docs/getting-started.html
    type: GettingStarted
  - url: https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb
    type: GitHubRepository
  solutions:
  - Fast Storage Engine
  - Embedded Database
  - Write-Heavy Workloads
  - Time-Series Storage
  - Log-Structured Storage
  features:
  - Key-Value Operations (Get, Put, Delete, Merge)
  - Column Families
  - Transactions and ACID Properties
  - Snapshots and Iterators
  - Compaction (Leveled, Universal, FIFO)
  - Write-Ahead Log (WAL)
  - Backup and Restore
  - Compression Support
  - TTL (Time to Live)
  - BlobDB for Large Values
  - Rate Limiting
  - Block Cache
  - Direct I/O
  - Statistics and Monitoring
- aid: rocksdb:rocksjava-api
  name: RocksJava API
  description: Official Java bindings for RocksDB providing full access to the RocksDB feature set from Java applications.
    Used in distributed systems like Apache Kafka Streams, Flink, and Cassandra as the underlying storage engine.
  tags:
  - Key-Value Store
  - Java
  - Embedded Database
  - Storage Engine
  humanURL: https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb/wiki/RocksJava-Basics
  baseURL: https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb
  properties:
  - url: https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb/wiki/RocksJava-Basics
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb
    type: GitHubRepository
  - url: https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.rocksdb/rocksdbjni
    type: PackageManager
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/rocksdb-domain-security.yml
- url: https://rocksdb.org/
  type: Website
- url: https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb
  type: GitHubRepository
- url: https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb/wiki
  type: Documentation
- url: https://rocksdb.org/docs/getting-started.html
  type: GettingStarted
- url: https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb/tree/main/examples
  type: Examples
- url: https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.rocksdb/rocksdbjni
  type: PackageManager
- url: json-schema/rocksdb-options-schema.json
  type: JSONSchema
- url: json-schema/rocksdb-key-value-schema.json
  type: JSONSchema
- url: json-structure/rocksdb-options-structure.json
  type: JSONStructure
- url: json-ld/rocksdb-context.jsonld
  type: JSONLDContext
- url: vocabulary/rocksdb-vocabulary.yml
  type: Vocabulary
- url: https://rocksdb.org/feed.xml
  type: Blog
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

RocksDB

Kin Score

APIs 2

RocksDB Embedded API

RocksJava API

Pricing Plans 1

Rocksdb Plans Pricing

Rate Limits 1

Rocksdb Rate Limits

FinOps 1

Rocksdb Finops

Semantic Vocabularies 1

Rocksdb Context

Spectral Rules 1

RocksDB API Rules

JSON Schema 2

RocksDB Key-Value Entry

RocksDB Options

JSON Structure 1

Rocksdb Options Structure

Examples 2

Rocksdb Get Example

Rocksdb Put Example

Security Posture 1

Rocksdb Domain Security

Resources