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DBMS > BoltDB vs. chDB vs. LokiJS vs. SwayDB

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

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NameBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonchDB  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn embedded key-value store for Go.An embedded SQL OLAP Engine powered by ClickHouseIn-memory JavaScript DBMSAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storage
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSDocument storeKey-value store
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
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Score0.80
Rank#215  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score0.07
Rank#376  Overall
#158  Relational DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score0.04
Rank#387  Overall
#61  Key-value stores
Websitegithub.com/­boltdb/­boltgithub.com/­chdb-io/­chdbgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSswaydb.simer.au
Technical documentationdoc.chdb.iotechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperSimer Plaha
Initial release2013202320142018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageGoJavaScriptScala
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
server-lessserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonono
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 indexesnoyes infovia viewsno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoClose to ANSI SQL (SQL/JSON + extensions)nono
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript API
Supported programming languagesGoBun
C
C++
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
JavaScriptJava
Kotlin
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoView functions in JavaScriptno
Triggersnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleAtomic 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
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnonono

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