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BaseX is very light-weight. It can be run and used in lots of many different ways, such as a:

* [[#Standalone Application|Standalone Application]], using the BaseX comes with a [[#Graphical User InterfaceGUI|Graphical User Interface]] or the that offers you tools for managing, querying and visualizing your data and writing sophisticated applications in XQuery.# You can start BaseX as a standalone [[#Command-Line Client|Command-Line Client]];if you prefer to work in the terminal, or want to do batch processing.* # The [[#Database Server|Database Server]] in a client/server architecture; is the right choice if you have multiple users or clients, orif you use other programming languages and if you don’t require HTTP services.* HTTP server for # The [[#Web Application|Web ApplicationsHTTP Server]] provides [[REST]] and [[WebDAV]] services. With [[RESTXQ]], complex web applications can be built, and the embedded [[DBA]]application allows you to work with BaseX in the browser.# It can also be embedded as a Java library in your applications.

BaseX has been tested on numerous platforms, including Windows (2000, XP, Vista, 7, 10, 11), Mac OS X (10.x , 11.x), Linux (SuSE xxx, Debian, Redhat, CentOS, Ubuntu) and OpenBSD (up to 7.x). It can also be embedded as a library in your own applicationis platform-independent and runs on any system supporting Java.

{| class==Requirements=="wikitable"|-! BaseX Version! Minimum Java Version|-| 10| 11|-| 9| 8|-| 8| 7|-| ''older''| 6|}

BaseX is platformIf you have several versions or distributions installed, you can type {{Code|java -independent and runs version}} on any system that provides an implementation of the [http://www.java.com Java Runtime Environment (JRE)]:* Since <b>Version 9</b> of BaseX, Java 8 is required.* Since <b>Version 8</b>, command-line to check which Java 7 version is required.* Older versions are based on Java 6currently used.

BaseX has been tested The downloads on several platformshttps://www.java.com/ are limited to Java 8. If you are looking for a suitable distribution, including Windows (2000, XP, Vista, 7), Mac OS X (10we recommend the [https://adoptium.net/ JRE packages from Adoptium].x),Linux (SuSE xxxNext, Debian, Ubuntu) and OpenBSD (4[https://basex.x)org/download get a fresh copy of BaseX] from our homepage.The following distributions are available:

The '''Core Package''' is a small very compact JAR file. It contains the BaseX database management system, the XQuery processor, the client/server architecture, and the graphical user interface. It does not require any runs without additional libraries.

In addition, the '''ZIP Package''' and the '''Windows Installer''' contain extra libraries for RESTXQ web applications and other advanced features, [[Start Scripts]], and BaseX's the [[DBA]], a browser-based database administration interface ([[DBA]]).If you unzip or install BaseX, the target directory will contain the following directories:

After BaseX has been unzipped or installed{| class="wikitable"|- valign="top"! Directory! Description|-| {{Code|bin}}| Start scripts (Windows, Linux).|-| {{Code|data}}| The database directory.|-| {{Code|etc}}| Example data: XML sample, [[Catalog Resolver|catalog and DTD files]].|-| {{Code|lib}}| Extra libraries (Jetty, Tagsoup, …).|-| {{Code|lib/custom}}| Directory in which additional JAR files can be placed (such as the following directories will be availableSaxon library).|-| {{Code|repo}}| [[Repository]] for external XQuery modules (the [http://www.xqueryfunctions.com FunctX] library is included as example).|-| {{Code|src}}| Directory for your XQuery scripts and other source data.|-| {{Code|webapp}}| [[Web Application]] directory:home of the RESTXQ web application, REST scripts, and [[DBA]].|}

* {{Code|bin/}}: Start scripts (Windows, Linux).* {{Code|data/}}: Database directory. See [[Configuration]] for more details.* {{Code|etc/}}: Example data: XML sample, Global [[Catalog Resolver|catalog and DTD filesOptions]].* {{Code|lib/}}: Extra libraries (Jetty, Tagsoup, …).* {{Code|lib/custom/}}: Directory, are stored in which additional JAR files can be placed (such as the Saxon library).* {{Code|repo/}}: [[Repository]] for external XQuery modules (the [http://www.xqueryfunctions.com FunctX] library is included as example).* {{CodeConfiguration|src/}}: Directory for your XQuery scripts and other source data.* {{Code|webapp/}}: [[Web Application]] directory: home of the RESTXQ web application, REST scripts, and [[DBAbasex configuration file]].

If BaseX is started via the start scripts or the Windows icons, all JAR files in the {{Code|lib}} directory and its descendant directories will be added to the classpathclass path.

=StartupConcurrent Operations=

* BaseX comes with a [[GUI|graphical user interface]] that offers If you marvellous tools for managing, querying and visualizing your want to perform parallel (XMLconcurrent) data read and write complex applications in XQuery.* If you prefer to work operations on command-line line and want to do batch processingyour databases, you can start must use the client/server architecture or run BaseX as [[#Command-Line Client|standalone command-line client]]a web application.* The [[Database Server]] comes into play if you have multiple users or clients.* The [[Web Application|HTTP Server]] provides [[REST]] and [[WebDAV]] services. With [[RESTXQ]], complex web applications You can be builtsafely open a database in different JVMs (Java virtual machines) for read-only access, and the embedded [[DBA]] application allows you will not encounter any problems when reading from and writing to different databases. Update operations from different JVMs to work with BaseX in the browsersame database will be rejected or may even lead to corrupt databases.

If you want to perform parallel (concurrent) read and write operations More details on your databases, you must use the client/server architecture or deploy BaseX as web application. You concurrency can safely open a database in different JVMs (Java virtual machines) for read-only access, and you will not encounter any problems when reading from and writing to different databases, but update operations from different JVMs to be found on the same database will be rejected or may even lead to corrupt databases[[Transaction Management]] page.

More details on concurrency can be found on the [[Transaction Management]] page;Version 10.0* Update: Switched to Java 11