---
obj: application
website: https://surrealdb.com
repo: https://github.com/surrealdb/surrealdb
---

# SurrealDB
SurrealDB is a powerful, cloud-native, multi-model database built for modern application development. It supports relational, document, graph, vector, and real-time data access, all via a unified SQL-like query language called SurrealQL. There is also a GUI called Surrealist.

## Multi-Model Support
- **Relational**: Traditional table structure with foreign key-like linking.
- **Document**: JSON-based records with schema-less flexibility.
- **Graph**: Native support for linked data using edges and nodes.
- **Vector**: Built-in similarity search for AI/ML use cases.
- **Real-time**: Subscriptions and change feeds.
- **Time-Series & Search**: Native support for time-ordered and full-text queries.

## SurrealQL
SurrealQL blends the familiarity of SQL with document/graph features.

```sql
-- Create a user
CREATE user:john SET name = 'John Doe', email = 'john@example.com';

-- Read a record
SELECT * FROM user:john;

-- Create a relationship (graph)
RELATE user:john->friend->user:jane;

-- Search by text
SELECT * FROM article WHERE content CONTAINS 'database';

-- Vector similarity search
SELECT * FROM embeddings WHERE vector <-> [0.1, 0.2, 0.3] LIMIT 3;
```

## Compose

```yml
services:
    surrealdb:
        ports:
            - 80:8000
        volumes:
            - /local-dir:/container-dir
        image: surrealdb/surrealdb:latest
        command: start --user root --pass root rocksdb:/container-dir/mydatabase.db
```