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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. BoltDB vs. LokiJS vs. OrigoDB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. BoltDB vs. LokiJS vs. OrigoDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryAn embedded key-value store for Go.In-memory JavaScript DBMSA fully ACID in-memory object graph database
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Key-value storeDocument storeDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score0.80
Rank#215  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score0.06
Rank#380  Overall
#50  Document stores
#19  Object oriented DBMS
Websitealasql.orggithub.com/­boltdb/­boltgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSorigodb.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqltechfort.github.io/­LokiJSorigodb.com/­docs
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffRobert Friberg et al
Initial release2014201320142009 infounder the name LiveDB
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptGoJavaScriptC#
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)BSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenononoUser defined using .NET types and collections
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.nononono infocan be achieved using .NET
Secondary indexesnonoyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.nonono
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJavaScript API.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptGoJavaScript.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoView functions in JavaScriptyes
Triggersyesnoyesyes infoDomain Events
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenonehorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronized
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenonenoneSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenonenone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonodepending on model
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageyesno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes infoWrite ahead log
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnononoRole based authorization

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