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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Hypertable vs. JSqlDb vs. LokiJS

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Hypertable vs. JSqlDb vs. LokiJS

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonHypertable  Xexclude from comparisonJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparison
Hypertable has stopped its further development with March 2016 and is removed from the DB-Engines ranking.JSqlDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryAn open source BigTable implementation based on distributed file systems such as HadoopJavaScript Query Language Database, stores JavaScript objects and primitivesIn-memory JavaScript DBMS
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Wide column storeDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Document store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Websitealasql.orgjsqldb.org (offline)github.com/­techfort/­LokiJS
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqltechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffHypertable Inc.Konrad von Backstrom
Initial release2014200920182014
Current release0.9.8.11, March 20160.8, December 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoGNU version 3. Commercial license availableOpen SourceOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++JavaScript
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows infoan inofficial Windows port is available
Linux
macOS
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenononono
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.nonono
Secondary indexesnorestricted infoonly exact value or prefix value scansnoyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.nonono
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIC++ API
Thrift
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScriptJavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonofunctions in JavaScriptView functions in JavaScript
Triggersyesnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneselectable replication factor on file system levelnonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenono infoatomic operations within a single collection possible
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyes infousing RocksDByes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnonono

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