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DBMS > PouchDB vs. SQLite vs. Typesense vs. WakandaDB

System Properties Comparison PouchDB vs. SQLite vs. Typesense vs. WakandaDB

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NamePouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonSQLite  Xexclude from comparisonTypesense  Xexclude from comparisonWakandaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBWidely used embeddable, in-process RDBMSA typo-tolerant, in-memory search engine optimized for instant search-as-you-type experiences and developer productivityWakandaDB is embedded in a server that provides a REST API and a server-side javascript engine to access data
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSSearch engineObject oriented DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.28
Rank#115  Overall
#21  Document stores
Score114.32
Rank#10  Overall
#7  Relational DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#210  Overall
#14  Search engines
Score0.03
Rank#364  Overall
#17  Object oriented DBMS
Websitepouchdb.comwww.sqlite.orgtypesense.orgwakanda.github.io
Technical documentationpouchdb.com/­guideswww.sqlite.org/­docs.htmltypesense.org/­docswakanda.github.io/­doc
DeveloperApache Software FoundationDwayne Richard HippWakanda SAS
Initial release2012200020152012
Current release7.1.1, June 20193.45.3  (15 April 2024), April 20242.7.0 (April 29, 2019), April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen SourceOpen Source infoPublic DomainOpen Source infoGPL V3Open Source infoAGPLv3, extended commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptCC++C++, JavaScript
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)server-lessLinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyes infodynamic column typesschema-free infopre-defined schema optionalyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyes infonot rigid because of 'dynamic typing' concept.yesyes
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 indexesyes infovia viewsyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supportednono
APIs and other access methodsHTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
ADO.NET infoinofficial driver
JDBC infoinofficial driver
ODBC infoinofficial driver
RESTful HTTP APIRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptActionscript
Ada
Basic
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Forth
Fortran
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
PL/SQL
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
Scheme
Smalltalk
Tcl
.Net infocommunity maintained
Clojure infocommunity maintained
Dart infocommunity maintained
Go infocommunity maintained
Java infocommunity maintained
JavaScript
Perl infocommunity maintained
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust infocommunity maintained
Swift infocommunity maintained
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresView functions in JavaScriptnonoyes
Triggersyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
noneMulti-source replication using RAFTnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infovia file-system locksyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoyes

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