Exasol Personal

Learn about Exasol Personal – the free, fully functional edition of Exasol for individual use.

What is Exasol Personal?

Exasol Personal gives you a full Exasol database for personal use. Run it locally on macOS, Linux, or Windows, or deploy it into your own AWS, Azure, Exoscale, or STACKIT account.

Exasol Personal is a fully functional version with no limits on data or features except that it only supports a single user. It’s the same database you’ll run in production, free for you to learn, prototype, and build on.

The Exasol Launcher installs and manages the database from the command line. It can provision infrastructure, start and stop deployments, display connection details, and open SQL or shell sessions.

Quick start

To install and run Exasol Personal locally on macOS, Linux, or Windows, follow these steps.

  1. Install the Exasol Launcher:

    Copy 
    curl https://downloads.exasol.com/exasol-personal/installer.sh | sh

    The installer places the exasol binary in ~/.local/bin. If that directory is not in PATH, follow the instructions printed by the installer.

  2. Install and start the database:

    Copy 
    exasol install local

  3. Connect to your database:

    Copy 
    exasol connect

  4. Type any SQL statement terminated by ;. For example, test your connection with SELECT 1;.

    See the SQL reference for the full syntax.

Next steps

To learn more about how to install and run Exasol Personal in your favorite cloud or on your local machine, connect to the database and load data, manage your deployments, work with UDFs and script languages, and more, explore the Exasol Personal pages on GitHub.