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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. LokiJS vs. RocksDB vs. SQLite vs. TDSQL for MySQL

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonRocksDB  Xexclude from comparisonSQLite  Xexclude from comparisonTDSQL for MySQL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryIn-memory JavaScript DBMSEmbeddable persistent key-value store optimized for fast storage (flash and RAM)Widely used embeddable, in-process RDBMSA high-performance distributed database management system with features such as automatic sharding, intelligent operation and maintenance, elastic scalability without downtime, and enterprise-grade security. It is highly compatible with MySQL.
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document storeKey-value storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score3.65
Rank#85  Overall
#11  Key-value stores
Score114.32
Rank#10  Overall
#7  Relational DBMS
Score0.85
Rank#205  Overall
#95  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orggithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSrocksdb.orgwww.sqlite.orgwww.tencentcloud.com/­products/­dcdb
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqltechfort.github.io/­LokiJSgithub.com/­facebook/­rocksdb/­wikiwww.sqlite.org/­docs.htmlwww.tencentcloud.com/­document/­product/­1042
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffFacebook, Inc.Dwayne Richard HippTencent
Initial release20142014201320002013
Current release9.2.1, May 20243.46.0  (23 May 2024), May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source infoBSDOpen Source infoPublic Domaincommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononoyes
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaScriptC++C
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linuxserver-lesshosted
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyes infodynamic column typesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenononoyes infonot rigid because of 'dynamic typing' concept.yes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesnoyes infovia viewsnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.nonoyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supportedyes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJavaScript APIC++ API
Java API
ADO.NET infoinofficial driver
JDBC infoinofficial driver
ODBC infoinofficial driver
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJavaScriptC
C++
Go
Java
Perl
Python
Ruby
Actionscript
Ada
Basic
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Forth
Fortran
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
PL/SQL
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
Scheme
Smalltalk
Tcl
C
C#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoView functions in JavaScriptnonoyes
Triggersyesyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonehorizontal partitioningnoneAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneyesnoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleyesACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infovia file-system locksyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnonononoUsers with fine-grained authorization concept

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