SurrealDB

# SurrealDB

> Last updated: 2026-04-14

> SurrealDB is a high-performance, scalable multi-model database that unifies documents, graphs, and vectors in a single engine with built-in real-time capabilities, knowledge graph modelling, security, and AI features.

## SurrealDB

SurrealDB is a scalable, multi-model database that natively unifies documents, graphs, and vectors in a single engine. Written in Rust for high performance, SurrealDB provides full ACID guarantees that ensure data accuracy and consistency. It is not a wrapper around multiple databases — it is a single engine with native support for multiple data models, including relational, document, graph, and knowledge graph structures. It uses SurrealQL, a query language that blends ideas from SQL, NoSQL, and graph query languages into one syntax.

SurrealDB provides built-in real-time subscriptions, event triggers, and record and field-level security permissions that make it possible to connect directly from client applications without a backend. It includes AI-native features such as vector search and ML model inference. SurrealDB can be deployed in-memory, as an embedded library, on a single node, as a distributed cluster, or as a fully managed cloud service through SurrealDB Cloud.

- [SurrealDB features](https://surrealdb.com/features)
- [SurrealDB documentation](https://surrealdb.com/docs/surrealdb)
- [SurrealDB Cloud](https://surrealdb.com/cloud)

## Surrealist

Surrealist is the official visual database management IDE for SurrealDB. It is available as a web application at app.surrealdb.com and as a desktop application for macOS, Windows, and Linux. Surrealist provides a complete environment for querying, exploring, and managing SurrealDB databases without needing the command line.

Surrealist includes a query editor with syntax highlighting, formatting, and saved queries. It offers a schema designer for visual table, field, and index management, an interactive graph visualisation for exploring data relationships, and a table and record explorer for browsing and editing data without writing queries. Additional capabilities include authentication management, a functions editor, auto-generated API documentation, a personal sandbox for prototyping, local database serving on desktop, and a built-in Sidekick AI assistant.

- [Surrealist](https://surrealdb.com/surrealist)
- [Surrealist web app](https://app.surrealdb.com)
- [Surrealist documentation](https://surrealdb.com/docs/surrealist)

## SurrealQL

SurrealQL is the query language for SurrealDB. It combines SQL-like syntax with graph traversals, document operations, and vector search in a single language. Its native graph operators enable knowledge graph queries, while built-in vector search supports AI RAG and GraphRAG pipelines. SurrealQL is designed to feel familiar to SQL users while providing native multi-model capabilities that go beyond what traditional query languages offer.

SurrealQL eliminates the need for traditional SQL …