What It Is

axiomatic is a command-line tool for creating, configuring, and inspecting an axiom database.

Three commonly used axiomatic subcommands are start, stop, and status:

exarkun@kunai:~/Scratch/Run/demo$ ls
my.axiom
exarkun@kunai:~/Scratch/Run/demo$ axiomatic -d my.axiom/ start
exarkun@kunai:~/Scratch/Run/demo$ axiomatic -d my.axiom/ status
A server is running from the Axiom database 'my.axiom/', PID 11376.
exarkun@kunai:~/Scratch/Run/demo$ axiomatic -d my.axiom/ stop
exarkun@kunai:~/Scratch/Run/demo$ axiomatic -d my.axiom/ status
There is no server running from the Axiom database 'my.axiom/'.
exarkun@kunai:~/Scratch/Run/demo$ 

What Else It Can Do

axiomatic is pluggable. Third-parties can extend its behavior. For example, Mantissa provides a plugin which allows you to install Offerings.