Origins

Origins is an open source bi-temporal database for storing and retrieving facts about the state of things. It supports "time-travel" queries, aggregate views, and change detection.

• This project is in an alpha stage of development.
• Interested in working on a temporal database written in Go? Get in touch!
• For more information consult the documentation.
• Learn how you can contribute.

Docker

Run in-memory Origins HTTP service.

docker run -p 49110:49110 dbhi/origins http

Use the BoltDB storage engine with a volume.

docker run \
    -p 49110:49110 \
    -v <host-dir>:/data \
    dbhi/origins http \
    --storage=boltdb \
    --path=/data/origins.boltdb

Development

Environment

Install Go

brew on OS X.

brew install go

Otherwise follow these instructions.

Install Go dependencies

make install

Testing

Ensure the test dependencies are installed:

make test-install

Then run:

make test

Building

To the build the origins command in ./cmd/origins locally, simply run:

make build

To build binaries for each platform, ensure the build dependencies are installed:

make build-install

Then run:

make build