Get started with QuestDB from the binaries
This guide shows how to install and use QuestDB from the binaries.
QuestDB comes with a script questdb.sh
for Linux/FreeBSD and an executable
questdb.exe
for Windows. If you are looking for macOS, please check our
Homebrew section.
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DownloadYou can find the latest binaries on the Get QuestDB page. The release notes are on our GitHub release page.
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Prerequisites#
"Any (no JVM)" versionThe file is named:
This binary is around or less than 4MB.
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Java 11When using this binary you will need to have Java 11 installed locally. You can check which version is already installed on your system with:
If you do not already have Java installed, download and install the package for your operating system. We support:
- AdoptOpenJDK
- Amazon Corretto
- OpenJDK
- Oracle Java
Other Java distributions are most likely working but we are not running tests on them.
JAVA_HOME
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The environment variable JAVA_HOME
needs to be set to your JDK's installation
folder.
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Your operating system versionThe file is named:
- Linux
- FreeBSD
- Windows
This binary weights around 20MB, this depends on your operating system.
When using this binary, you do not need anything on your machine, the Java runtime is packaged directly with QuestDB.
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Extract the tarball- Any (no JVM)
- Linux
- FreeBSD
- Windows
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Next stepsOnce you extracted the tarball, you are ready to use QuestDB. Navigate to our command-line options page to learn more about its usage.