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DistKV
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Welcome to `DistKV <https://github.com/smurfix/distkv>`__!

DistKV is a master-less distributed key-value storage system. It
circumvents the CAP theorem by assuming that keys are usually only changed
by one node. It is resistant to partitioning and intended to be always-on;
it might delay – but will not lose – updates even in a partitioned network.

DistKV comes with several batteries included:

* Basic user management, pattern-based ACLs

* Strong typing, code- and/or `JSON Schema`-based

* Data mangling

* Background code execution

* Seamless recovery even if only one master is running

* a MQTT 3.1 back-end that stores persistent data in DistKV,
  based on hbmqtt

API
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DistKV offers an efficient msgpack-based interface to access data and to
change internal settings. Most configuration is stored inside DistKV
itself.

Stored data are **not** forced to be strings or binary sequences, but can
be anything that `MsgPack` supports. Keys to storage are multi-level and
support string, integer/float, and list keys.


Non-Features
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DistKV does not support data partitioning. Every node stores the whole
data set and can instantly deliver mostly-uptodate data.

DistKV does not have a disk-based storage backend; periodic snapshots and
event logs can be used to quickly restore a system, if necessary.

Status
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DistKV is mostly stable. There are a lot of corner cases that don't
have tests yet

TODOs:
* some services (esp. command line tools and runners) are under-tested
* there's no good API for errors

Changelog
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0.35: allow forgetting nodes (if they have no data attached)

0.30: major API refactoring: paths are now separate objects

