Irmin

Irmin is a distributed database built on the same principles as Git. It can be used as an OCaml library that provides persistent stores with built-in snapshot, branching, merging, history tracking, and reverting mechanisms, similar to a version control system like Git, but for data rather than code.

Release 3.11.0 - %%HOMEPAGE%%

Irmin API

The irmin package defines the public API of Irmin. The module Irmin is this library's entry point.

Backends

Irmin is designed to use a large variety of backends:

• Irmin_mem: An in-memory store provided in the irmin package (this package).
• Irmin_git: A backend that exposes a bidirectional bridge to a Git repository, provided by the irmin-git package.
• Irmin_pack: A space-optimised, on-disk store inspired by Git Packfiles, provided in the irmin-pack package.
• Irmin_mirage: A MirageOS compatible store, provided in the irmin-mirage package.

Helpers and Internal Utilities

irmin.unix

The irmin.unix package provides Irmin related utilities for Unix applications.

The module Irmin_unix is this library's entry point.

irmin.data

This package contains data structure implementations used in the implementation of Irmin. It is exposed only for internal use and does not provide a stable API.

The module Irmin_data is this library's entry point.