DBMS > LokiJS vs. OpenQM vs. Realm vs. SpaceTime

System Properties Comparison LokiJS vs. OpenQM vs. Realm vs. SpaceTime

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Description

In-memory JavaScript DBMS

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A DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core Data

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Primary database model

Secondary database models

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Score	7.41
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Score	0.03
Rank	#392	Overall
	#8	Spatial DBMS

Website

github.com/techfort/LokiJS

www.rocketsoftware.com/products/rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/rocket-open-qm

realm.io

www.mireo.com/spacetime

Technical documentation

techfort.github.io/LokiJS

realm.io/docs

Developer

Rocket Software, originally Martin Phillips

Realm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019

Mireo

Initial release

2014

1993

2014

2020

Current release

3.4-12

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

GPLv2, extended commercial license available

Open Source

commercial

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

JavaScript

C++

Server operating systems

server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)

AIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows

Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows

Linux

Data scheme

schema-free

yes

with some exceptions

yes

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

yes

Secondary indexes

yes

via views

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

A subset of ANSI SQL is implemented

APIs and other access methods

JavaScript API

RESTful HTTP API

Supported programming languages

JavaScript

.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python

.Net
Java

with Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift

C#
C++
Python

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

View functions in JavaScript

yes

runs within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessary

Triggers

yes

Change Listeners

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

none

yes

none

Fixed-grid hypercubes

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

none

yes

none

Real-time block device replication (DRBD)

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

yes

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

none

Immediate Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

atomic operations within a single collection possible

ACID

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

Serialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.

yes

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

In-Memory realm

User concepts

Access control

Access rights can be defined down to the item level

yes

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