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DBMS > BoltDB vs. HarperDB vs. JaguarDB vs. LokiJS

System Properties Comparison BoltDB vs. HarperDB vs. JaguarDB vs. LokiJS

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NameBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonJaguarDB  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn embedded key-value store for Go.Ultra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.Performant, highly scalable DBMS for AI and IoT applicationsIn-memory JavaScript DBMS
Primary database modelKey-value storeDocument storeKey-value store
Vector DBMS
Document store
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Score0.74
Rank#220  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score0.55
Rank#248  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#60  Key-value stores
#13  Vector DBMS
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Websitegithub.com/­boltdb/­boltwww.harperdb.iowww.jaguardb.comgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJS
Technical documentationdocs.harperdb.io/­docswww.jaguardb.com/­support.htmltechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperHarperDBDataJaguar, Inc.
Initial release2013201720152014
Current release3.1, August 20213.3 July 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT Licensecommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoGPL V3.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageGoNode.jsC++ infothe server part. Clients available in other languagesJavaScript
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Linuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-freedynamic schemayesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyes infoJSON data typesyesno
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.nononono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like data manipulation statementsA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infobut no views, foreign keys, triggersno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
JDBC
ODBC
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesGo.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoCustom Functions infosince release 3.1noView functions in JavaScript
Triggersnononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedMulti-source replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesAtomic execution of specific operationsnono infoatomic operations within a single collection possible
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, using LMDByesyes 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.noyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users and rolesrights management via user accountsno

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