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NameTiDB
DescriptionTiDB is an open source distributed SQL database that supports Hybrid Transactional/Analytical Processing (HTAP) workloads. It is MySQL compatible and features horizontal scalability, strong consistency, and high availability.
Primary database modelRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score5.14
Rank#75  Overall
#41  Relational DBMS
Websitepingcap.com
Technical documentationdocs.pingcap.com/­tidb/­stable
DeveloperPingCAP, Inc.
Initial release2016
Current release7.6.0, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceno
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageGo, Rust
Server operating systemsLinux
Data schemeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.no
Secondary indexesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes
APIs and other access methodsGORM
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
SQLAlchemy
Supported programming languagesAda
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno
Triggersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by key range)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesUsing Raft consensus algorithm to ensure data replication with strong consistency among multiple replicas.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infowith TiSpark Connector
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infofull support since version 6.6
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.no
User concepts infoAccess controlFine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
More information provided by the system vendor
TiDB
Specific characteristics

TiDB is an advanced open-source, distributed SQL database for modern application developmentTiDB powers business-critical transactional applications with a streamlined tech stack, elastic scaling, real-time analytics, and continuous access to data—all in a single distributed database. TiDB’s distributed architecture provides horizontal scalability, high availability, distributed ACID transactions, and MySQL compatibility, while its unique mixed workload processing layer enables real-time analytics. With TiDB's advanced capabilities, growing companies can focus on the future without worrying about complex data infrastructure management or tedious application innovation cycles. TiDB has four deployment options (community, serverless, dedicated, and self-hosted) and an education offering (PingCAP University).

Competitive advantages
- HORIZONTAL SCALING: TiDB grants total transparency into your data workloads without manual sharding.
- HIGH AVAILABILITY: TiDB guarantees auto-failover and self-healing for continuous access to data.
- STRONG CONSISTENCY: TiDB maintains ACID transactions when distributing data globally.
- MIXED WORKLOAD PROCESSING: TiDB's streamlined tech stack makes it easier to produce real-time analytics.
- MYSQL COMPATIBILITY: Enjoy the most MySQL-compatible distributed SQL database on the planet.
- MULTI-CLOUD: With TiDB, you can deploy database clusters anywhere in the world.
- OPEN SOURCE: Unlock business innovation with a database that's 100% open source.
- ROBUST SECURITY: TiDB protects your data with enterprise-grade encryption both in-flight and at-rest.

TiDB's SQL layer separates compute from storage to make scaling simpler, delivering a true cloud-native architecture. Next, the Placement Drive (PD) layer functions just like a full-time DBA, monitoring millions of shards and performing hundreds of operations per minute. Finally, TiDB's storage layer, consisting of row and column-based storage engines, offers built-in high availability and strong consistency that can auto-scale to hundreds of nodes and petabytes of data.

Typical application scenarios

TiDB is ideal for transactional applications that require extreme scalability and reliability.

Common use cases include:

  • System of record (product catalog, financial ledger, transactions, orders)
  • Serving layer for customer-facing applications
  • Single view for real-time operational insights
  • General purpose database
Key customers

Block, Pinterest, Catalyst, Bolt, Flipkart, Capcom, Shopee (E-commerce), JD Cloud & AI (Cloud Computing), Zhihu (Knowledge Sharing), VNG (Mobile Payments), Xiaomi (Consumer Electronics), Jinri Toutiao (Mobile News Platform), Dailymotion (Media and Entertainment), Qunar.com (Travel), YOOZOO GAMES (Gaming), FUNYOURS JAPAN (Gaming), 360 Financial (FinTech) [See Customer Stories]

Market metrics
34K+ GitHub stars
5K+ members in TiDB Community Slack
1K+ community contributors
3K+ production adopters
Licensing and pricing models

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Recent citations in the news

How a new database architecture supports scale and reliability in TiDB
11 March 2024, InfoWorld

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14 November 2023, AWS Blog

PingCAP Showcases Marquee Solution TiDB and Leads Industry Conversations on Open-Source Innovation at FinTech Festival India 2024
15 March 2024, The Week

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