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. LiteDB icon
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    LiteDB is an open-source, MongoDB-like database that requires no configuration and is mobile-ready. It's a serverless database delivered in a single DLL under 450kb, fully written in .NET C# managed code and compatible with .NET 4.5 and NETStandard 2.0.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. FaunaDB icon
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    Fauna is a flexible, developer-friendly, transactional database delivered to you as a secure, web-native API.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  3.  1 like

    This is a fork of Redis 7.2.4 following the announcement that Redis would switch to a non-free license.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Docker
    • Self-Hosted
     
  4. NosDB icon
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    NosDB is a 100% native .NET Open Source NoSQL Database (released under the Apache 2.0 License). NosDB is extremely fast and linearly scalable and allows your .NET applications to handle extreme transaction loads (XTP).

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. The GridGain In-Memory Data Fabric is a proven software solution, which enables high-performance transactions, real-time streaming and fast analytics in a single, comprehensive data access and processing layer.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. Database Labs icon
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    A Postgres Database as a Service platform so you can focus on writing your app, not on becoming a database administrator.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
     
  7. CrateDB icon
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    CrateDB is an open source SQL database with a ground-breaking distributed design:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. IBM DB2 icon
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    DB2 offers industry leading performance, scale, and reliability on your choice of platform from Linux to z/OS. DB2 supports storing XML and relational data and offers SQL PL and PL/SQL procedural languages.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. Clustrix icon
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    Clustrix is the leading scale-out SQL database engineered for the cloud. With Clustrix, you can scale transaction throughput, run real-time analytics, and simplify operations.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  10. VoltDB icon
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    VoltDB is a blazingly fast NewSQL database system. It is specifically designed to run on modern scale-out architectures - fast, inexpensive servers connected via high-speed data networks.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  11. EJDB icon
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    EJDB 2.0 — Embeddable JSON Database engine C library. Simple XPath like query language (JQL). Websockets / Android / iOS / React Native / Flutter / Java / Dart / Node.js bindings.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  12. Datomic icon
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    Datomic is a database of flexible, time-based facts, supporting queries and joins, with elastic scalability, and ACID transactions.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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