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Welcome to the FoundationDB community! 👋

FoundationDB has been trusted in production by companies like Apple, Snowflake, Adobe, and Tigris Data to power their most critical infrastructure. Our community brings together engineers, researchers, and enthusiasts who are passionate about building reliable distributed systems.

Whether you're just getting started or you're a seasoned contributor, there's a place for you here.

  • Discord

    Chat with the community in real-time. Get help, share ideas, and connect with other users.

    Join Discord

  • Forums

    In-depth discussions, announcements, and Q&A with maintainers and experts.

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  • GitHub

    Browse the code, report issues, or submit pull requests.

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  • Stack Overflow

    Find answers to technical questions or help others.

    Browse Questions

Learn from the Community

Explore talks, papers, and resources created by and for the FoundationDB community.

  • Conference Talks

    Watch presentations from FoundationDB Summit, SIGMOD, and meetups.

    Browse Talks

  • Research Papers

    Read the SIGMOD Best Paper and other technical publications.

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  • Contribute

    Learn how to contribute code, documentation, or ideas.

    Get Started

  • Build from Source

    Build FoundationDB from source code. Prerequisites, CMake options, and troubleshooting.

    Build Guide

  • Tools & Integrations

    Discover community bindings, operators, and monitoring tools.

    Explore Tools

Who Uses FoundationDB?

FoundationDB powers mission-critical systems at scale:

Company Use Case
Apple iCloud services through CloudKit—serving hundreds of millions of users
Snowflake Metadata management for their cloud data warehouse
Adobe Identity graph database for customer data platform
Tigris Data Global metadata storage for their cloud platform
Apache CouchDB Optional FDB-backed storage engine

Official Layers

Build specialized databases on FoundationDB's transactional core:

  • Record Layer

    Structured records with schema evolution, secondary indexes, and complex queries. Powers Apple's CloudKit.

    GitHub

  • Document Layer

    MongoDB-compatible API built on FoundationDB's transactional guarantees.

    GitHub

Project Description Link
fdb-kubernetes-operator Official Kubernetes operator for FDB
foundationdb-rs Rust bindings
fdb-dotnet-client .NET bindings
fdb_exporter Prometheus metrics exporter

View all community projects

Stay Updated

Get Involved

The FoundationDB community thrives because of contributors like you. Here's how to get started:

  1. Say hello — Introduce yourself in Discord or the forums
  2. Learn — Watch conference talks and read the SIGMOD paper
  3. Contribute — Check out our contribution guide and find good first issues
  4. Share — Blog about your experience, present at meetups, or help answer questions

We're excited to have you! 🚀