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DBMS > Dolt vs. LokiJS vs. SpaceTime vs. SpatiaLite vs. TimescaleDB

System Properties Comparison Dolt vs. LokiJS vs. SpaceTime vs. SpatiaLite vs. TimescaleDB

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NameDolt  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparisonSpatiaLite  Xexclude from comparisonTimescaleDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA MySQL compatible DBMS with Git-like versioning of data and schemaIn-memory JavaScript DBMSSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.Spatial extension of SQLiteA time series DBMS optimized for fast ingest and complex queries, based on PostgreSQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeSpatial DBMSSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score1.02
Rank#191  Overall
#89  Relational DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score0.03
Rank#392  Overall
#8  Spatial DBMS
Score1.63
Rank#146  Overall
#3  Spatial DBMS
Score4.46
Rank#71  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­dolthub/­dolt
www.dolthub.com
github.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.mireo.com/­spacetimewww.gaia-gis.it/­fossil/­libspatialite/­indexwww.timescale.com
Technical documentationdocs.dolthub.comtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSwww.gaia-gis.it/­gaia-sins/­spatialite_topics.htmldocs.timescale.com
DeveloperDoltHub IncMireoAlessandro FurieriTimescale
Initial release20182014202020082017
Current release5.0.0, August 20202.15.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoMPL 1.1, GPL v2.0 or LGPL v2.1Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoJavaScriptC++C++C
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linuxserver-lessLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyesnumerics, 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 indexesyesyes infovia viewsnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoA subset of ANSI SQL is implementedyesyes infofull PostgreSQL SQL syntax
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
HTTP REST
JavaScript APIRESTful HTTP APIADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
Supported programming languagesAda
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
JavaScriptC#
C++
Python
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java infoJDBC
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infocurrently in alpha releaseView functions in JavaScriptnonouser defined functions, PL/pgSQL, PL/Tcl, PL/Perl, PL/Python, PL/Java, PL/PHP, PL/R, PL/Ruby, PL/Scheme, PL/Unix shell
Triggersyesyesnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneFixed-grid hypercubesnoneyes, across time and space (hash partitioning) attributes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesA database can be cloned to multiple locations and be used there in isolation. Data/schema changes can be pushed/pulled explicitly between locations.noneReal-time block device replication (DRBD)noneSource-replica replication with hot standby and reads on replicas info
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possiblenoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.yesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlOnly one user is configurable, and must be specified in the config file at startupnoyesnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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