site nav Close FAQ Docs API Community Blog RethinkDB FAQ Docs API Community Blog hero for the realtime web Install RethinkDB → hero-notes Latest release: RethinkDB 2.4.2 (Night Of The Living Dead) 23k stars on GitHub @rethinkdb on Twitter intro in realtime When your app polls for data, it becomes slow, unscalable, and cumbersome to maintain. RethinkDB is the open-source, scalable database that makes building realtime apps dramatically easier. What is RethinkDB? go r.table( 'game' ).orderBy( 'score' ).limit( 3 ).changes() Top player scores 1. 2. 3. Streaming RethinkDB results... examples realtime Web apps like Google Docs , Trello , and Quora pioneered the realtime experience on the web. With RethinkDB, you ...