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Kai


Kai is a open-source distributed key-value database, which is inspired by Amazon's Dynamo. Same as DynamoDB, it is developed for high scalability and validity of Web sites. goo home, a Japanese social networking service of more than 10 million users, is using Kai as a successful example of Kai. Because it is hard to get the search result of the Kai database through the current Web search Engine. It is suggested to search Kai with another keyword, such as erlang, sourceforge, or dynamo.[03]

Source Code
https://sourceforge.net/projects/kai/[01]
Country of Origin
JP
Start Year
2008
End Year
2014
Project Type
Open Source
Written in
Erlang
Embeds / Uses
Kyoto Cabinet
Inspired By
DynamoDB
Operating Systems
BSD, Linux, Windows

Database Entry

Kai


Kai is a open-source distributed key-value database, which is inspired by Amazon's Dynamo. Same as DynamoDB, it is developed for high scalability and validity of Web sites. goo home, a Japanese social networking service of more than 10 million users, is using Kai as a successful example of Kai. Because it is hard to get the search result of the Kai database through the current Web search Engine. It is suggested to search Kai with another keyword, such as erlang, sourceforge, or dynamo.[03]

History[03]


The Kai open-source project started in May 2008 and hosted on sourceforge.net. By May of 2009, 4 versions were released and the latest version is Kai-0.4.0. Most of the developers involved in the project were from Japan and the name of Kai is from the name of one of the developers' hometown.

Data Model


Citations

3 sources
  1. kai download | SourceForge.net sourceforge.net
  2. https://sourceforge.net/p/kai/wiki/Home sourceforge.net Spam — Check Archive
  3. kai / Wiki / Introduction sourceforge.net
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