OrbitDB Alternatives

OrbitDB is described as 'Serverless, distributed, peer-to-peer database. OrbitDB uses IPFS as its data storage and IPFS Pubsub to automatically sync databases with peers. It's an eventually consistent database that uses CRDTs for conflict-free database merges making OrbitDB an excellent' and is an app in the file sharing category. There are more than 100 alternatives to OrbitDB for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, Self-Hosted and Web-based apps. The best OrbitDB alternative is SQLite, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like OrbitDB are PostgreSQL, MySQL Community Edition, MariaDB and MongoDB.

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  1. Triplit icon
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    A full-stack, syncing database that runs on both server and client. Pluggable storage (indexeddb, sqlite, durable objects), syncs over websockets, and works with your favorite framework (React, Solid, Vue, Svelte).

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  2. The Apache Cassandra database is the right choice when you need scalability and high availability without compromising performance.

    51 Apache Cassandra alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Amazon Web Services
    • Google Cloud Platform
    • Microsoft Azure
     
  3. Firebird icon
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    Firebird is a relational database offering many ANSI SQL-92 features that runs on Linux, Windows, and a variety of Unix platforms. Firebird offers excellent concurrency, high performance, and powerful language support for stored procedures and triggers.

    47 Firebird alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
  4. ArangoDB icon
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    ArangoDB database is an open-source NoSQL solution with a flexible data model for documents, graphs, and key-values.

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. FerretDB icon
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    FerretDB (formerly MangoDB) is an open-source proxy, which converts MongoDB wire protocol queries to SQL, and uses PostgreSQL as a database engine.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  6. Azure Cosmos DB is a NoSQL document database service designed from the ground up to natively support JSON and JavaScript directly inside the database engine. It’s the right solution for web and mobile applications when predictable throughput, low latency, and flexible query are...

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
  7. CockroachDB icon
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    Cockroach is a distributed key/value datastore which supports ACID transactional semantics and versioned values as first-class features. The primary design goal is global consistency and survivability, hence the name.

    95 CockroachDB alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  8. RxDB icon
     30 likes

    RxDB (short for Reactive Database) is a NoSQL-database for JavaScript Applications like Websites, hybrid Apps, Electron-Apps and NodeJs. Reactive means that you can not only query the current state, but subscribe to all state-changes like the result of a query or even a single...

    32 RxDB alternatives

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    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • Self-Hosted
     
  9. YDB icon
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    YDB is an open source Distributed SQL Database that combines high availability and scalability with strong consistency and ACID transactions.

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
  10. Couchbase icon
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    Couchbase is the NoSQL database market share leader, with production deployments at AOL, Deutsche Post, NTT Docomo, Salesforce.com, Turner Broadcasting Systems, Zynga and hundreds of other organizations worldwide.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  11.  2 likes

    SnapJSON is a lightweight, open-source ORM for Node.js that uses simple JSON files as a datastore.

    7 snapjson alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Node.JS
     
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