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What is happening to Robo 3T?

3T is halting development work on Robo 3T and we are setting the code repository to read-only. Users can continue to download the application but we recommend that they download Studio 3T Free to evaluate it.

Why is work on Robo 3T being halted?

Robo 3T is deeply based on the Mongo shell client. This older client has been deprecated in MongoDB 5.0 and is not expected to be maintained in the future. The new Mongosh client is a Node-based tool and is not compatible with the current Robo 3T architecture. Studio 3T took the decision to create a free edition of their tool suite to replace Robo 3T which matched the functionality and would be able to track future MongoDB developments. You can read more about this on the Robo 3T blog.

Can I run Robo 3T and Studio 3T Free side by side?

Yes. Studio 3T Free will also import your Robo 3T connection settings. As 3T has been responsible for Robo 3T, we have ensured that they work well alongside each other.

Dmitry Schetnikovich, CEO & co-founder of Paralect, the creators of Robo 3T (formerly Robomongo)

“I know the guys at 3T well and I know they’ll do a great job of taking Robomongo forward — I can’t wait to see the tool develop further through their backing and the support of the great Robomongo community!”

Robomongo is Robo 3T

The Robo 3T (formerly Robomongo) tool has been acquired by 3T Software Labs, the creators of the MongoDB client Studio 3T (formerly MongoChef).

3T will continue development of Robo 3T in parallel with its own MongoDB GUI and the good news is that it will be making Robo 3T free for all users from now on. This is an exciting new step for Robo 3T and its community, which will benefit users and the wider MongoDB ecosystem. Click here to read Dmitry’s blog explaining the reasons behind the deal and check the FAQ.

Click here to find out more about why Robomongo is changing its name.

Innovative and inspiring project

Since it was launched, Robo 3T (formerly Robomongo) has provided an open source MongoDB tool that provides innovative functionality to meet the needs of enthusiasts and the wider community.

Embeds real MongoDB shell

Robo 3T (formerly Robomongo) doesn't emulate the MongoDB shell, it embeds the same engine and environment, that is a part of mongo shell. Currently it embeds the latest MongoDB 3.2 shell.

Robo 3T provides real query auto-completion

Provides real autocompletion

Robo 3T (formerly Robomongo) not only analyzes the semantic of the code, but also executes it in an internal JavaScript VM, allowing us to give you a runtime autocompletion that is impossible to obtain statically.

Robo 3T's lightweight UX experience is thanks to its asynchronous, non-blocking UI

Fully asynchronous, non-blocking UI

All operations that you perform on MongoDB are done asynchronously and do not block main application thread. This makes Robo 3T (formerly Robomongo) feel light and snappy.

★ More than 5,500 stars on GitHub ★

And growing daily...

Robo 3T (formerly Robomongo) is the No. 34 repository on GitHub, written on C++. We are proud to have such community recognition, even when compared to world-famous projects, such as Google's LevelDB and Facebook RocksDB.

Robo 3T (formerly Robomongo) is in top 0.008% of all repositories on GitHub, regardless of technology. Don't take our word for it, and explore GitHub's C++ repositories and all repositories.

Free and open source, forever!

Robo 3T (formerly Robomongo) will always be free and open source no matter you use it for education, your hobby project or for commercial needs.

Built on top of the established, powerful and open source projects, Robo 3T (formerly Robomongo) is grateful to the worldwide community of creative and open minded people that support the tool. We are also happy to give something back to you.

It doesn't matter whether you want to use Robo 3T (formerly Robomongo) for education, your hobby project or for commercial use — Robo 3T (formerly Robomongo) will always be free and open source.

MongoDB

The document-oriented database that we all fell in love with. Robo 3T (formerly Robomongo) integrates with MongoDB's shell to give you full power over stock tools.

www.mongodb.org

Qt

Cross-platform application framework that is used to create native application for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.

www.qt.io

Boost

Set of libraries for the C++ programming language. It is used both by the MongoDB database and Robo 3T (formerly Robomongo).

www.boost.org

SpiderMonkey

JavaScript engine, that is used by the MongoDB shell prior to 2.4 version.

MDN - SpiderMonkey

Scintilla

Powerful source code editor and viewer, that is specially designed to handle tens of megabytes of text as efficiently as possible.

www.scintilla.org

Esprima

High performance, standard-compliant JavaScript parser, written in JavaScript. Used by Robo 3T (formerly Robomongo) to understand code semantic.

www.esprima.org

Valgrind

Instrumentation framework, that helps Robo 3T (formerly Robomongo) to avoid memory leaks and threading issues.

www.valgrind.org

CMake

Popular cross-platform build system, designed to build, test and package software.

Robo 3T is now Studio 3T

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