RocksDB

aid: rocksdb
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