# Datomic Local for datomic.api

**URL:** <https://forum.datomic.com/t/datomic-local-for-datomic-api/2377>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [February 7, 2024, 12:10pm UTC](https://forum.datomic.com/t/datomic-local-for-datomic-api/2377 "2024-02-07T12:10:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![maxweber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@maxweber](https://forum.datomic.com/u/maxweber)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2024, 5:45am UTC](https://forum.datomic.com/t/datomic-local-for-datomic-api/2377/5 "2024-02-22T05:45:21Z")

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One thing I forgot is that Datomic Local includes the Datomic client API, while the other variant with the embedded storage would require to spin up an additional Datomic peer server to be able to use the client API.

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