Use this tag for questions about Apache Derby, an Apache DB subproject. Derby is an open source relational database implemented entirely in Java and available under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
Apache Derby, an Apache DB subproject, is an open source relational database implemented entirely in Java and available under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
Some key advantages include:
- a small footprint
- Java, JDBC, and SQL standards
- embedded Java-based solutions in addition to traditional client/server support
- and easy of installation and deployment.
From Java 6 onward a version of Derby is included in the JDK.