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System Properties Comparison BoltDB vs. Dolt vs. LokiJS

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NameBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonDolt  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn embedded key-value store for Go.A MySQL compatible DBMS with Git-like versioning of data and schemaIn-memory JavaScript DBMS
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Score0.74
Rank#220  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score0.96
Rank#193  Overall
#90  Relational DBMS
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Websitegithub.com/­boltdb/­boltgithub.com/­dolthub/­dolt
www.dolthub.com
github.com/­techfort/­LokiJS
Technical documentationdocs.dolthub.comtechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperDoltHub Inc
Initial release201320182014
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageGoGoJavaScript
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesno
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 indexesnoyesyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesno
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
HTTP REST
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesGoAda
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infocurrently in alpha releaseView functions in JavaScript
Triggersnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneA database can be cloned to multiple locations and be used there in isolation. Data/schema changes can be pushed/pulled explicitly between locations.none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possible
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
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.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoOnly one user is configurable, and must be specified in the config file at startupno

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