eXist-db is a high-performance open source native XML database—a NoSQL document database and application platform built entirely around XML technologies. The main homepage for eXist-db can be found at exist-db.org. This is the GitHub repository of eXist source code, and this page links to resources for downloading, building, and contributing to eXist-db, below.

The eXist-db community has adopted the Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct.

We hold an open Community Call each week on Monday, from 19:30-20:30 CET. The meetings are posted to this public Google Calendar.

If you wish to participate, please join the #community channel on our Slack workspace (invitation link below). Pinned to that channel is a link to the upcoming meeting's agenda, which contains the link to the call, as well as a link to timeanddate.com to look up the time of the meeting for your local time zone.

The notes of past Community Calls are located here.

• Homepage: https://exist-db.org
• Binaries: https://exist-db.org/exist/apps/homepage/index.html#download
• Documentation: https://exist-db.org/exist/apps/doc
• Book: https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/exist/9781449337094/
• Packages: https://exist-db.org/exist/apps/public-repo
• Source code: https://github.com/eXist-db/exist
• Git clone URL: git://github.com/eXist-db/exist.git
• Mailing list: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/exist-open
• Slack: https://exist-db.slack.com

New developers may find the notes in BUILD.md and CONTRIBUTING.md helpful to start using and sharing your work with the eXist community.

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