InfluxDB is an open source distributed time series database with no external dependencies. It's useful for metrics, events, and analytics with a built in HTTP API so you don't have to write any server side code to get up and running. InfluxDB is designed to answer queries in real-time. That means every data point is indexed as it comes in and is immediately available in queries that should return in < 100ms. It's designed to be scalabe, simple to install and manage, and fast to get data in and out.

Read an overview of the design goals and reasons for the project.

Check out the getting started guide to read about how to install InfluxDB, start writing data, and issue queries in just a few minutes.

See the list of libraries for different langauges. Or see the HTTP API documentation to start writing a library for your favorite language.