Documentation library

Every published document, grouped by topic.

README.md

• NornicDB Documentation Hub

advanced

• Advanced Topics
• Embeddings
• Local GGUF Embedding Executor: Implementation Plan
• Voyage AI
• K-Means Clustering
• GPU K-Means Clustering for High-Dimensional Embeddings
• Metal Atomic Float Fix - Quick Reference
• NornicDB Eval Harness

ai agents

• AI Agents & Integration
• Agent Preamble
• Using NornicDB with Cursor Chat Modes

api reference

• API Reference
• APOC integer GCD and LCM
• Bolt / PackStream Compatibility (NornicDB)
• NornicDB Complete Functions Index
• OpenAPI/Swagger Specification
• Go storage label counts

architecture

• Architecture
• Clustering Architecture & Roadmap
• Cognitive SLM Architecture (Heimdall)
• Composite database implementation notes
• Cypher Parser Modes
• Embedding Search Architecture
• Embedding Search Examples
• Embedding Search Flow Diagrams
• Embedding Search (Index)
• Embedding Search
• Graph-RAG: Typical Distributed vs NornicDB In-Memory
• Indexing Memory on Large Datasets
• Knowledge-Policy Scoring Pipeline (Pre-Visibility)
• Knowledge-Policy Visibility Layer and Deindex
• Multi-Database Architecture Reference
• NornicDB Multi-Database Support
• MVCC Lifecycle and Background Work Architecture
• ARM64 NEON SIMD Acceleration
• The Norns: NornicDB's Namesake
• Best-in-Class Observability for NornicDB
• Plugin System Architecture
• Qdrant Collection-to-Database: Architecture Diagrams
• Query embedder readiness
• Remote graph entity values
• Replication Architecture
• Search procedure node materialization
• Secure Search Continuation Architecture
• NornicDB Architecture
• Vector checkpoint integrity and recovery
• Property names across storage boundaries

bolt javascript compat.md

• PackStream Integer Encoding for JavaScript Compatibility

changelog.md

• Changelog

changes before 1.1.x.md

• changes before 1.1.x

compliance

• Compliance & Security
• Audit Logging
• Background Workers, MVCC, and Audit Evidence
• Encryption
• GDPR Compliance
• HIPAA Compliance
• Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
• SOC2 Compliance

contributing.md

• Contributing

development

• Develop with NornicDB
• Access metadata writes
• Account state Go API in v1.4.4
• APOC and query-result ownership
• Catalog mutation contexts
• Catalog visibility ownership review
• Code Style
• Contributing to NornicDB
• Count-store visibility
• Cypher preparation contexts
• Explicit source stages for Go readers
• Durable cache publication: duplicate review
• Embed NornicDB in a Go application
• Composite participant lifecycle in v1.4.4
• Full-text index Go API
• Maintained full-text ownership review (#1683 / NOR-148)
• Registered Go function context and observations for v1.5.0
• Large GPU build qualification
• Graphify relationship transaction conflict
• GraphML export Go API
• Equality-index publication
• Index reads and cancellation in v1.4.4
• K-Means Clustering Testing Guide
• Rendering localized Go messages and errors
• Exact JSON strings at graph boundaries
• Louvain context API for v1.4.4
• macOS configuration preservation verification
• Multi-Database End-to-End Test Guide
• Node runtime metadata
• Plugin host metadata API migration
• Go procedure node-image contracts
• Acknowledged writes, replay and recovery integrity (PR #1690)
• Replicated entity commits in v1.4.4
• Reveal scope lease handles
• Schema creation APIs in Go
• Development Setup
• Bulk storage reads carry the caller context
• Storage preparation contexts
• Storage read delivery
• Testing Guide
• Transactional node deletion
• Transaction data snapshots and live visibility
• Verification memory and interruption diagnostics
• Work admission and shutdown completion

encryption

• CMEK Setup Guide
• Compliance Evidence Export
• HSM Integration Notes

features

• Features
• APOC Functions
• APOC procedure capability audit (v1.4.3)
• Heimdall SLM Quality Control for Auto-TLP
• Auto-TLP: Automatic Relationship Inference
• Autocomplete Plugin Feature
• Cross-Encoder Reranking
• NornicDB Feature Flags
• GPU Acceleration
• Link Prediction Integration Guide
• MCP Tools Quick Reference
• Knowledge-Layer Scoring and Visibility
• Plugin System
• Stored Procedure Runtime and Transaction Script Extensions
• Vector Embeddings

generated

• Stored-entity census

getting started

• Getting Started
• Docker Deployment Guide
• Your First Queries
• Docker Image Quick Reference
• Getting Started with NornicDB
• Docker platform examples
• Windows CUDA Setup with yzma

issues index.md

• NornicDB Issue Index

latest untagged.md

• Latest (Untagged) Changelog

managed services.md

• Managed services

migration notice.md

• Breaking Change: Storage Encoding Migration (Pre-v1.0)

neo4j migration

• Neo4j Migration
• NornicDB Cypher Compatibility
• Neo4j vs NornicDB Feature Audit

nornicdb vs neo4j tradeoffs.md

• NornicDB vs Neo4j — Tradeoffs

observability

• Knowledge Policy Metrics Reference

operations

• Operations Guide
• nornicdb-admin
• Backup and restore
• CLI Commands
• Cluster Security
• Configuration Guide
• Deployment Guide
• Docker Operations Guide
• Durability and crash recovery
• Environment Variables Reference
• Low-memory storage profile
• Memory accounting and limits
• NornicDB Metrics Reference
• Monitoring
• MVCC Lifecycle and Compaction
• Recovery format compatibility
• Reverse Proxy and TLS Termination
• Scaling
• Storage Serialization (gob vs msgpack)
• Transaction Memory Limits
• Troubleshooting
• WAL snapshots, compaction, and retention

packaging

• NornicDB Packaging & Distribution
• Docker Deployment Plan
• Linux Deployment Plan
• macOS Deployment Plan
• Raspberry Pi Deployment Plan
• Windows Deployment Plan

performance

• Performance
• NornicDB vs Neo4j — Northwind Benchmark Comparison
• FalkorDB — Northwind Benchmark Report
• LadybugDB — Northwind Benchmark Report
• Memgraph — Northwind Benchmark Report
• Neo4j — Northwind Benchmark Report
• NornicDB (ANTLR parser) — Northwind Benchmark Report
• NornicDB — Northwind Benchmark Report
• NornicDB Parser Modes — Northwind Query Latency (default vs ANTLR)
• Northwind Benchmark Sweep — All Engines
• Parser asymptotic study: Nornic vs ANTLR
• shortestPath benchmark — 500K nodes / ~3.97M edges
• Historical NornicDB vs Neo4j Performance Benchmark
• Concurrent entity writer qualification
• HNSW construction recall
• Hot Path Query Cookbook
• NornicDB HTTP API vs Neo4j Performance Comparison
• HTTP Server Performance Optimization Options
• HTTP/2 Support
• Hybrid Query Benchmarks
• MaxConcurrentStreams Comparison: 100 vs 250
• pprof Quick Guide
• Database-scoped replication projection cost
• Retained-result ownership qualification
• Retrieval Recall Benchmark
• NornicDB Search Methodology
• Single Request Performance Benchmark
• Explicit transaction indexed-read qualification
• Traversal seed cost qualification (NOR-414)
• v1.5.0 RC correction measurements
• Vector checkpoint validation costs
• Write-Behind Adaptive Buffer

privacy.md

• Documentation analytics

project details.md

• Project details

property key dictionary.md

• Property-Key Dictionary (Storage V2)

release notes since v1.0.11.md

• Release Notes — Since v1.0.11

release notes v1.4.1 draft.md

• Release Notes — v1.4.1 (Draft)

research

• Evaluation Plan
• paper
• Related Work — Expanded Notes

security

• Security Guide
• RBAC Entitlements Reference
• HTTP Request Security
• LLM & AST Security Patterns
• Per-Database RBAC and Lockout Recovery
• Query analysis and result-cache decisions

skills

• NornicDB Consumer Skills
• NornicDB Bolt Client (Cypher API)
• NornicDB Cypher Query Shapes (Hot-Path Cookbook)
• Tuning NornicDB Decay Profiles
• NornicDB gRPC (Qdrant + NornicSearch)
• NornicDB Knowledge-Layer Policies (Cypher API)
• Managed Embeddings (Cypher API)
• Migrating from Neo4j to NornicDB
• Promotion Profiles & Policies (Cypher API)
• Migrating from Qdrant to NornicDB
• RAG Procedures (Cypher API)
• Vector & Full-Text Search (Cypher API)

start.md

• Quick start

support

• Reply: Config loading, GPU usage, embeddings, and /help behavior

user guides

• User Guides
• BM25 Stemmer Plugins
• Canonical Graph + Mutation Log Guide
• Change Data Capture
• NornicDB Clustering Guide
• NornicDB Complete Working Examples
• Connecting Drivers to NornicDB Bolt
• Cypher Query Language Guide
• Cypher RAG Procedures
• Data Import/Export Guide
• Decay Profiles
• Appendix A: Ebbinghaus-Roynard Bootstrap
• Graph Traversal Guide
• Local code intelligence and optional Git hooks
• GraphQL API Guide
• Heimdall Agentic Loop
• Heimdall AI Assistant
• Heimdall Context & Token Budget Guide
• Database Event Triggers and Automatic Remediation
• Enabling MCP Tools in the Agentic Loop
• Heimdall Plugin Development Guide
• Historical Reads and MVCC Retention
• Hybrid Search
• Re-Implementing Neo4j Infinigraph Topology on NornicDB
• Knowledge-Layer Policies
• Knowledge Policy Tuning and Testing
• Managing NornicDB Constraints
• Multi-Database Support
• MVCC Lifecycle Admin API
• NornicSearch gRPC With Existing Qdrant Drivers
• Open Knowledge Format Interchange
• NornicDB Plugin System
• Promotion Policies
• Node Property Data Types
• Qdrant gRPC Endpoint
• Remote constituent access modes
• Retention Policies
• Search Continuation
• Transactions
• Vector index upgrade and rollback
• Vector Search Guide
• Visibility Suppression and Deindex