> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://tashmet.gitbook.io/tashmet/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://tashmet.gitbook.io/tashmet/getting-started/readme.md).

# Introduction

## What is this?

Tashmet is a javascript database that provides an interface that as closely as possible tracks the interface of MongoDB. Basically Tashmet leverages the power of the excellent aggregation framework [mingo](https://github.com/kofrasa/mingo) together with concepts like databases and collections to provide a MongoDB-like experience in pure javascript.

## Why?

The primary motivation for this framework, and what really makes it powerful, is the ability to work with documents on your filesystem, be they json, yaml or other formats. Since custom operators are supported, an aggregation pipeline can also involve steps for doing things like transforming markdown to html or writing output to the file system. These features alone makes Tashmet an excellent backbone in a project such as a static site generator.

## Basic concepts

Just like MongoDB, Tashmet is built on a client/server architecture but with the additional option to short-loop that gap with a connection to a storage engine in the same process.

The connection medium between client and server (or storage engine) is referred to as the proxy.


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