MongoDB README
Welcome to MongoDB!
Components
mongod
- The database server.mongos
- Sharding router.
Download MongoDB
- https://www.mongodb.com/try/download/community
- Using homebrew
brew tap mongodb/brew
- Using docker image
docker pull mongo
Download the MongoDB Shell
- https://www.mongodb.com/try/download/shell
- Using homebrew
brew install mongosh
Building
See Building MongoDB.
Running
For command line options invoke:
$ ./mongod --help
To run a single server database:
$ sudo mkdir -p /data/db
$ ./mongod
$
$ # The mongosh shell connects to localhost and test database by default:
$ ./mongosh
test> help
Installing Compass
You can install compass using the install_compass
script packaged with MongoDB:
$ ./install_compass
This will download the appropriate MongoDB Compass package for your platform and install it.
Drivers
Client drivers for most programming languages are available at https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/applications/drivers/.
Bug Reports
See https://github.com/mongodb/mongo/wiki/Submit-Bug-Reports.
Packaging
Packages are created dynamically by the buildscripts/packager.py script. This will generate RPM and Debian packages.
Learn MongoDB
- Documentation - https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/
- Developer Center - https://www.mongodb.com/developer/
- MongoDB University - https://learn.mongodb.com
Cloud Hosted MongoDB
https://www.mongodb.com/cloud/atlas
Forums
https://mongodb.com/community/forums/
Technical questions about using MongoDB.
https://mongodb.com/community/forums/c/server-dev
Technical questions about building and developing MongoDB.
LICENSE
MongoDB is free and the source is available. Versions released prior to October 16, 2018 are published under the AGPL. All versions released after October 16, 2018, including patch fixes for prior versions, are published under the Server Side Public License (SSPL) v1. See individual files for details which will specify the license applicable to each file. Files subject to the SSPL will be noted in their headers.
Mongo DB
Project Details
- mongodb/mongo
- Other
- Last Updated: 4/30/2025
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