Get started

This guide will help you get started with RisingWave.

Stages
Run RisingWave — Install, start, and connect to RisingWave.
Ingest data — Connect a streaming data source to RisingWave.
Process data RisingWave SQL 101 — A simple yet typical data processing quickstart guide for RisingWave first-timers. Tutorials — A series of guided tours in solving real-world stream processing tasks with simulated data. SQL references — Navigate to SQL references on the sidebar if you are familiar with PostgreSQL and materialized views.
Deliver data — Send processed data to other destinations.

Run RisingWave

RisingWave offers two modes for different testing purposes:

Comparison \ Mode	Playground mode	Full-featured mode
Purpose	Quick tests	Advanced tests and demos
Starts in	A single-node instance	A full-featured, multi-node cluster
Data persistence	Data is stored solely in memory and will not be persisted after the service is terminated.	Data is persisted in storage.
Choose a method to run RisingWave	Run a single-node instance in Local environment Docker	Set up a local cluster with Docker Compose Kubernetes

Currently, RisingWave does not support Windows. Use a macOS or Linux machine to run RisingWave.