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Powerful & superfast database for Swift that's also easy to use. Persist Swift objects quickly and reliably on-device on iOS and macOS.

// objectbox: entity
class Person {
    var id: Id = 0
    var firstName: String = ""
    var lastName: String = ""
    
    init() {}
    
    init(id: Id = 0, firstName: String, lastName: String) {
        self.id = id
        self.firstName = firstName
        self.lastName = lastName
    }
}

let store = try Store(directoryPath: "person-db")
let box = store.box(for: Person.self)

var person = Person(firstName: "Joe", lastName: "Green")
let id = try box.put(person) // Create

person = try box.get(id)!    // Read

person.lastName = "Black"
try box.put(person)          // Update

try box.remove(person.id)    // Delete

let query = try box.query {  // Query
    Person.firstName == "Joe"
    && Person.lastName.startsWith("B")
}.build()
let people: [Person] = try query.find()

Want details? Read the guides or check out the API docs.

Simple but powerful; frugal but fast: The ObjectBox NoSQL database offers an intuitive Swift API that's easy to pick up, fun to work with, and incredibly fast, making it sustainable in many ways. Its frugal recource use (CPU, memory, battery / power) makes ObjectBox an ideal and sustainable choice for iOS apps. So why not give it a try right away? Check out the installation section below. You can also star this repository for later 🌟

🧠 Artificial Intelligence - superfast on-device vector search.
🏁 High performance on restricted devices, like IoT gateways, micro controllers, ECUs etc.
💚 Resourceful with minimal CPU, power and Memory usage for maximum flexibility and sustainability
🔗 Relations: object links / relationships are built-in
💻 Multiplatform: Linux, Windows, Android, iOS, macOS

🌱 Scalable: handling millions of objects resource-efficiently with ease
💐 Queries: filter data as needed, even across relations
🦮 Statically typed: compile time checks & optimizations
📃 Automatic schema migrations: no update scripts needed

And much more than just data persistence
👥 ObjectBox Sync: keeps data in sync between devices and servers
🕒 ObjectBox TS: time series extension for time based data

ObjectBox is available as a CocoaPods pod. See the docs for details and alternative setup options.

If you are new to CocoaPods, check out their website for an introduction and installation instructions.

To add the ObjectBox Swift dependency, add the following line to your Podfile:

  pod 'ObjectBox'

Then run these commands in your project directory to install the ObjectBox framework:

pod install --repo-update
Pods/ObjectBox/setup.rb

Then open your Xcode workspace (.xcworkspace) instead of the Xcode project (.xcodeproj).

Now, you are all set to define your first ObjectBox entities; e.g. check the getting started guide or the example described below.

If pod install fails, try updating CocoaPods first:

gem update xcodeproj && gem update cocoapods && pod repo update

Update the ObjectBox pod and re-run the setup script:

pod repo update
pod update ObjectBox
Pods/ObjectBox/setup.rb

In the Example directory, you'll find a "Notes" example app demonstrating ObjectBox's Swift API. The example comes with two apps: one for iOS and one for macOS. The iOS example is a full GUI application, whereas the macOS example runs a few operations and then exits.

Here's a list of ObjectBox releases, and the Swift versions they were compiled with:

This might be relevant, e.g. when using Carthage. For various reasons, we recommend using the latest version.

For notable and important changes in new releases, read the changelog.

The source code for ObjectBox's Swift binding can be found in the Source folder of this repository.

ObjectBox Swift Database generates code at build time for optimal performance at runtime by avoiding reflection etc. This is automatically done for you and should be transparent. Internally, we use a fork of Sourcery for this.

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Keep in touch: For general news on ObjectBox, check our blog!

ObjectBox is a cross-platform database supporting sustainable app development in multiple native languages:

• Flutter/Dart Database: persist Dart objects & build cross-platform apps using Flutter.
• C and C++ Database: native speed with zero copy access to objects on embedded devices
• Java/Kotlin Database: runs on Android, desktop, and servers.
• Golang Database: great for IoT, data-driven tools, and server applications. also enables porting ObjectBox to other languages.

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