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# <img align="right" src="http://jquerymy.com/kod/photon-github.png" /> couch-photon
# <img align="right" src="https://cdn.cloudwall.me/photon/photon-github.svg" /> couch-photon
Photon is an alternative CouchDB admin panel with all standard and a lot of unique features. Photon is a single CouchDB design document with attachments, so it can be installed on any running CouchDB without rebuilding or reconfiguring.

Basic Photon features are shown in a short screencast at [youtu.be/M9ptWXfwMN8](https://youtu.be/M9ptWXfwMN8).
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* Instant search in view results and JSON trees
* JSON editor with JS syntax and out-of-order undo
* Group operations with DBs, ACLs, docs and sync tasks
* View editor with JS, Erlang, Mango and SQL support
* View editor with JS, Erlang, Mango and [SQL](#sql-queries) support
* Node and cluster level stats display and config
* Document revisions structured diff
* Local docs list and view
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The test provides good insights how `q,n` cluster params impact performance. Also, the test shows JS query server costs, and how QS performance depends on sharding options.

## SQL queries

Photon supports a subset of SQL for querying CouchDB, SQL expressions are translated into Mango client-side. Only features allowed by Mango are supported, particularly – no joins are allowed and ordering is limited. Anyway, even a subset of SQL is very handy and concise.

SQL command line and stored queries live in viewindices dropdown.

## Dedicated host

Photon can run as a couchapp on a dedicated domain. To set up Photon for a dedicated host
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