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DBMS > Apache Derby vs. EJDB vs. LokiJS

System Properties Comparison Apache Derby vs. EJDB vs. LokiJS

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NameApache Derby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonEJDB  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Embeddable document-store database library with JSON representation of queries (in MongoDB style)In-memory JavaScript DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeDocument store
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Score4.12
Rank#69  Overall
#37  Relational DBMS
Score0.14
Rank#331  Overall
#46  Document stores
Score0.41
Rank#263  Overall
#41  Document stores
Websitedb.apache.org/­derbygithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdbgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJS
Technical documentationdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmlgithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdb/­blob/­master/­README.mdtechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperApache Software FoundationSoftmotions
Initial release199720122014
Current release10.17.1.0, November 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoGPLv2Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageJavaCJavaScript
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMserver-lessserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infostring, integer, double, bool, date, object_idno
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.yesno
Secondary indexesyesnoyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnono
APIs and other access methodsJDBCin-process shared libraryJavaScript API
Supported programming languagesJavaActionscript
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
Objective-C
Pike
Python
Ruby
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored ProceduresnoView functions in JavaScript
Triggersyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesno infotypically not needed, however similar functionality with collection joins possibleno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnono infoatomic operations within a single collection possible
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoRead/Write Locking
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes 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 controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnono

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