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title: InfluxDB OSS v1 documentation
description: Overview of documentation available for InfluxDB.
url: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v1/
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product: InfluxDB OSS v1
version: v1
publisher: InfluxData
canonical: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v1/
date: '2026-02-27T09:46:57-06:00'
lastmod: '2026-02-27T09:46:57-06:00'
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This page documents an earlier version of InfluxDB OSS.[InfluxDB 3 Core](/influxdb3/core/) is the latest stable version.

InfluxDB is a [time series database](https://www.influxdata.com/time-series-database/) designed to handle high write and query loads.
InfluxDB OSS v1 is purpose-built to handle any use case involving large amounts
of timestamped data and is an integral component of the[TICK stack](https://influxdata.com/time-series-platform/).

Common use cases include:

* Infrastructure and DevOps monitoring
* Application metrics and performance monitoring
* IoT sensor data collection
* Real-time analytics
* Events handling

#### InfluxDB Cloud 1 users

**InfluxDB Cloud 1** (InfluxCloud 1.x) is based on InfluxDB
Enterprise v1. Use the[Enterprise v1 documentation](/enterprise_influxdb/v1/) instead.

* **InfluxDB Cloud 1 Support**:[help.influxcloud.net](https://help.influxcloud.net)
* **Migrate**: Consider[migrating to InfluxDB 3](/platform/#migration-to-influxdb-3)(Enterprise, Cloud Serverless, or Cloud Dedicated) with v1 API
  compatibility

## Key features

InfluxDB v1.12 supports the following features for working with time series data.

* Custom high performance datastore written specifically for time series data.
  The TSM engine allows for high ingest speed and data compression
* Written entirely in Go.
  It compiles into a single binary with no external dependencies.
* Simple, high performing write and query HTTP APIs.
* Plugins support for other data ingestion protocols such as Graphite, collectd, and OpenTSDB.
* Expressive SQL-like query language tailored to easily query aggregated data.
* Tags allow series to be indexed for fast and efficient queries.
* Retention policies efficiently auto-expire stale data.
* Continuous queries automatically compute aggregate data to make frequent queries more efficient.

InfluxDB OSS v1 runs on a single node.
If you require high availability to eliminate a single point of failure, consider [InfluxDB 3 Enterprise](/influxdb3/enterprise/),
InfluxDB’s next generation that supports multi-node clustering, allows infinite series cardinality without impact on overall database performance, and
brings native SQL support and improved InfluxQL performance.