Microsoft SQL Server Compact is described as 'Data storage, web application deployment, and support for mobile devices are just a few of the features of SQL Server 2008 R2 Compact' and is an app. There are four alternatives to Microsoft SQL Server Compact for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Self-Hosted, .NET Framework and Mac apps. The best Microsoft SQL Server Compact alternative is SQLite, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Microsoft SQL Server Compact are CompactView, DoltLite and SQL Compact Query Analyzer.
SQLite is a software library that implements a self-contained, serverless, zero-configuration, transactional SQL database engine. SQLite is the most widely deployed SQL database engine in the world. The source code for SQLite is in the public domain.
CompactView is a viewer for Microsoft® SQL Server® Compact Edition (SQLCE) database files (*.sdf).
A SQLite fork that replaces the B-tree storage engine with a content-addressed prolly tree, giving Git-like version control on a SQL database. The parser, planner, and VDBE stay upstream-derived above SQLite's btree.
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