TARANTOOL(1)             Lua application server and database management system


NAME
       tarantool - a Lua application server and a database management system

SYNOPSIS
           tarantool [OPTIONS] [SCRIPT [ARGS]]

DESCRIPTION
       Tarantool is a Lua application server fully compatible with Lua 5.1.

       It includes a mature database to persist, replicate and recover
       application state and a curated set of Lua modules for networking, I/O,
       messaging, data formats and more.

       It is designed to let developers quickly create efficient, reliable and
       powerful micro-services and backend applications for the Internet.

       Key features:

       o   Fully compatible with Lua 5.1.

       o   Coroutines and asynchronous I/O to implement high-performance
           lock-free access to data.

       o   ACID transactions.

       o   ANSI SQL, Lua stored procedures and triggers.

       o   Authentication and access control.

       o   Master-master replication and automatic sharding.

OPTIONS
       You can use these options before (or instead of) the interpreted
       'SCRIPT' name:

       -h, --help
           Display the help screen and exit.

       -V, -v, --version
           Print the program version and exit.

       -e EXRP
           Execute the string 'EXPR'.

       -l NAME
           Require the library 'NAME'.

       -i  Enter the interactive mode after executing 'SCRIPT'.

       --  Stop handling options.

       -   Execute stdin and stop handling options.

SEE ALSO
       tarantoolctl(1), Tarantool documentation at http://tarantool.org

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2010-2021 Tarantool AUTHORS: please see AUTHORS file.

--name=tarantool                  2025-11-07                      TARANTOOL(1)