Argon - MongoDB Time Machine 🚀

Travel through time in your MongoDB database. Branch, restore, and experiment without fear.

What is Argon?

Argon gives MongoDB superpowers with Git-like branching and time travel. Create instant database branches, restore to any point in history, and never lose data again.

🎯 Key Benefits

• ⚡ Instant Branches - Clone your entire database in 1ms (not hours)
• ⏰ Time Travel - Query your data from any point in history with 220,000+ queries/sec
• 🔄 Safe Restore - Preview changes before restoring
• 💾 Zero Storage Cost - Branches share data efficiently with 90% compression
• 🔌 Drop-in Compatible - Works with existing MongoDB code
• 🚀 Enterprise Performance - 26x faster time travel queries after latest optimizations
• ✅ Comprehensive Testing - Extensive test coverage ensuring reliability
• 🗜️ Smart Compression - Automatic WAL compression reduces storage by 80-90%

Quick Demo

# Install
brew install argon-lab/tap/argonctl    # macOS
npm install -g argonctl                 # Cross-platform
Step 1: Import your existing MongoDB (like "git clone")
argon import database --uri "mongodb://localhost:27017" --database myapp --project myapp
✅ Your data now has time travel capabilities!
Step 2: Use Argon like Git for your database
argon branches create test-env           # Branch like "git checkout -b"
argon time-travel query --project myapp --branch main --lsn 1000
Step 3: Disaster recovery made simple
argon restore preview --time "1 hour ago"
argon restore reset --time "before disaster"

Git-Like Workflow for MongoDB

🔄 Step 1: Import ("git clone" for databases)

# Bring your existing MongoDB into Argon
argon import preview --uri "mongodb://localhost:27017" --database myapp
argon import database --uri "mongodb://localhost:27017" --database myapp --project myapp
✅ Your existing data now has time travel capabilities!

🧪 Step 2: Branch ("git checkout -b")

# Create branches for testing, staging, experiments
argon branches create staging --project myapp
argon branches create experiment-v2 --project myapp
Full database copies created instantly 🚀

📊 Step 3: Time Travel ("git log" for data)

# See your data's history
argon time-travel info --project myapp --branch main
argon time-travel query --project myapp --branch main --lsn 1000
Compare data across time like Git commits

🚨 Step 4: Restore ("git reset" for disasters)

# "Someone deleted all users!"
argon restore reset --time "5 minutes ago"
Crisis averted in seconds, not hours

How It Works

Argon intercepts MongoDB operations and logs them to a Write-Ahead Log (WAL), enabling:

• Instant branching via metadata pointers
• Time travel by replaying operations
• Zero-copy efficiency

Installation

# CLI
brew install argon-lab/tap/argonctl    # macOS
npm install -g argonctl                 # Node.js
pip install argon-mongodb               # Python SDK
From Source
git clone https://github.com/argon-lab/argon
cd argon/cli && go build -o argon

Documentation

• 📖 Quick Start Guide
• 🛠️ API Reference
• 💡 Use Cases
• 🏗️ Architecture

Community

• 🤝 Community Guide - Get involved!
• 📋 Roadmap - See what's coming
• 🐛 Report Issues
• 💬 Discussions
• 🏗️ Contributing - Help build Argon
• 📧 Contact

--- Tranlated By Open Ai Tx | Last indexed: 2025-07-21 ---