Stairtower: Database server for JSON documents

Stairtower is a database server for schema-free, JSON documents. It’s built on React, uses a restful API, and is entirely written in PHP.

Stairtower is a (experimental) database server for schema-free, JSON documents, that provides a restful API and is entirely written in PHP.

The software is in alpha state an early alpha state and not ready for production. The biggest parts of the API are defined and major parts are covered by unit tests. Nevertheless there is much to improve.

For more information see stairtower.cundd.net

Installation

1. Get the source code

git clone https://github.com/cundd/pos.git stairtower
cd stairtower

1. Install requirements

Get Composer:

curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php

Install the libraries:

php composer.phar update

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