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DBMS > BoltDB vs. LokiJS vs. PouchDB vs. SwayDB

System Properties Comparison BoltDB vs. LokiJS vs. PouchDB vs. SwayDB

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NameBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn embedded key-value store for Go.In-memory JavaScript DBMSJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storage
Primary database modelKey-value storeDocument storeDocument storeKey-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.70
Rank#225  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score0.44
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
Score2.18
Rank#114  Overall
#21  Document stores
Score0.00
Rank#384  Overall
#60  Key-value stores
Websitegithub.com/­boltdb/­boltgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSpouchdb.comswaydb.simer.au
Technical documentationtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSpouchdb.com/­guides
DeveloperApache Software FoundationSimer Plaha
Initial release2013201420122018
Current release7.1.1, June 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen SourceOpen SourceOpen Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageGoJavaScriptJavaScriptScala
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenononono
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 indexesnoyes infovia viewsyes infovia viewsno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononono
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIHTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesGoJavaScriptJavaScriptJava
Kotlin
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoView functions in JavaScriptView functions in JavaScriptno
Triggersnoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenoneEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesno infoatomic operations within a single collection possiblenoAtomic execution of operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnononono

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