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DBMS > LokiJS vs. PouchDB vs. SurrealDB

System Properties Comparison LokiJS vs. PouchDB vs. SurrealDB

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NameLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionIn-memory JavaScript DBMSJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMS
Primary database modelDocument storeDocument storeDocument store
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Score0.38
Rank#268  Overall
#43  Document stores
Score2.08
Rank#116  Overall
#21  Document stores
Score1.01
Rank#181  Overall
#30  Document stores
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Websitegithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSpouchdb.comsurrealdb.com
Technical documentationtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSpouchdb.com/­guidessurrealdb.com/­docs
DeveloperApache Software FoundationSurrealDB Ltd
Initial release201420122022
Current release7.1.1, June 2019v1.5.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen SourceOpen SourceOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaScriptRust
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonoyes
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.nono
Secondary indexesyes infovia viewsyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIHTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
GraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJavaScriptDeno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresView functions in JavaScriptView functions in JavaScript
Triggersyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-lounge
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoatomic operations within a single collection possiblenoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes 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.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoyes, based on authentication and database rules

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