BaseX is light-weight, easy to use, and runs out of the box.
The only prerequisite is Java 11 or higher. We recommend the distributions from Adoptium.

BaseX107.jar

Core Package

  • XML DBMS
  • XQuery Processor
  • Client/Server
  • BaseX GUI

BaseX107.zip

ZIP Package

  • XML DBMS
  • XQuery Processor
  • Client/Server
  • BaseX GUI
  • RESTXQ Web Apps
  • Startup Scripts
  • Libraries
  • DBA: Database Administration

BaseX107.exe

Windows Installer

  • XML DBMS
  • XQuery Processor
  • Client/Server
  • BaseX GUI
  • RESTXQ Web Apps
  • Startup Scripts
  • Libraries
  • DBA: Database Administration

BaseX107.war

Web Archive

  • XML DBMS
  • XQuery Processor
  • Client/Server
  • RESTXQ Web Apps
  • Libraries
  • DBA: Database Administration

Other Distributions

MacOS Packages

If Homebrew is installed:

$ brew install basex
$ basex