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System Properties Comparison BoltDB vs. DataFS vs. JSqlDb vs. LokiJS vs. TimescaleDB

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NameBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonTimescaleDB  Xexclude from comparison
JSqlDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionAn embedded key-value store for Go.All data is stored inside objects which are linked by so-called link attributes. Objects consist of classes which can be extended and de-extended at runtime. Graphs can be defined with a struct.JavaScript Query Language Database, stores JavaScript objects and primitivesIn-memory JavaScript DBMSA time series DBMS optimized for fast ingest and complex queries, based on PostgreSQL
Primary database modelKey-value storeObject oriented DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Document storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score0.74
Rank#220  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score0.06
Rank#354  Overall
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score4.64
Rank#71  Overall
#4  Time Series DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­boltdb/­boltnewdatabase.comjsqldb.org (offline)github.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.timescale.com
Technical documentationdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xsptechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdocs.timescale.com
DeveloperMobiland AGKonrad von BackstromTimescale
Initial release20132018201820142017
Current release1.1.263, October 20220.8, December 20182.13.0, November 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT LicensecommercialOpen SourceOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoJavaScriptC
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
WindowsLinux
macOS
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)schema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesnononumerics, strings, booleans, arrays, JSON blobs, geospatial dimensions, currencies, binary data, other complex data types
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.nonononoyes
Secondary indexesnononoyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonononoyes infofull PostgreSQL SQL syntax
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
JavaScript APIADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
Supported programming languagesGo.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
JavaScriptJavaScript.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java infoJDBC
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnofunctions in JavaScriptView functions in JavaScriptuser defined functions, PL/pgSQL, PL/Tcl, PL/Perl, PL/Python, PL/Java, PL/PHP, PL/R, PL/Ruby, PL/Scheme, PL/Unix shell
Triggersnono, except callback-events from server when changes happenednoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneProprietary Sharding systemnonenoneyes, across time and space (hash partitioning) attributes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenonenoneSource-replica replication with hot standby and reads on replicas info
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infousing RocksDByes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoWindows-Profilenofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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