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Whether you’re new to Fauna or an experienced Fauna developer, this documentation gives you the how-to guidance and reference information needed for building database applications powered by the FQL query language.

Get started

If you are new to Fauna or migrating from an earlier version, these resources can get you up to speed quickly.

Quick start

Try these tutorials for an introduction to Fauna basics. You can run queries from the Dashboard or programmatically, using a Fauna driver.

Get started

Migration checklist

Existing FQL v4 client applications continue to work with FQL v10 documents and schema but learn what changes you should be aware of.

FQL v4 migration

Developers

Get comprehensive reference and how-to guides for building sophisticated applications.

FQL

Use the FQL query language to read, write, and manage documents using familiar programming paradigms.

FQL language

The language reference covers the syntax and lexical elements of the full FQL language.

FQL language reference

Built-in functions

Get detailed API reference information for FQL functions and data definitions.

API Reference

Cookbook

Work through tutorials that explore FQL language concepts and programming techniques.

Cookbook

Supported drivers

Choose a programming language driver to start querying Fauna from your application code:

JavaScript

JavaScript

Python

Python

Go

Go

Admin guides

Set up, manage, and configure built-in Fauna solutions.

Region Groups

Learn about where your data resides and how to choose a Region Group.

Region Groups

Plans and billing

Understand the available service plans and your monthly billing metrics.

Plans and billing

Backups

Learn how to reliably back up and restore your database schema and documents.

Backups

Team management

Set up and manage the people who use your Fauna project.

Team management

Security

Securely manage Fauna account access.

Security

Multifactor authentication

Set up and use multifactor authentication to improve the security of your Fauna account.

Multifactor authentication

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