Getting started with edgedb

Purpose-built for real-time workloads, edgedb combines the power of functional composition with industrial-grade error handling.

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Get started

Install the latest version in seconds:

yarn add @org/edgedb@latest

Version 3.8.2 · Last updated 2026-05-27 · 10k+ weekly downloads

Popular guides

• Authentication and authorization
• Setting up event deduplication
• Local development and debugging
• Rate limiting and backpressure patterns

Why edgedb

• Live metrics, tracing, and dead-letter queues.
• Built-in batching, retry logic, and circuit breakers.
• Streams, queues, and pub/sub unified under one API.
• Streams, queues, and pub/sub unified under one API.

Community

Join 8,981 developers using edgedb in production. Report bugs and feature requests on GitHub. Ask questions in our Discord community. Follow @edgedb on Twitter for updates.

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