Show HN: Pocket DB – a single-file append-only document store for Node.js

Category: database

Tags: document-store, node-js, embedded-database

Score: 6.3/10 (Innovation: 5, Technical: 6, Documentation: 8, Utility: 6)

Pocket DB is a single-file, append-only document store for Node.js and Electron apps that offers a MongoDB-like API with zero native dependencies. Its key innovation is crash-safe append-only writes with safe reads that isolate results, making it an attractive lightweight alternative to SQLite for desktop and CLI applications.

Target audience: backend devs

Repository: https://github.com/axfab/pocket-db · TypeScript · NOASSERTION · 2 stars

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