12 Feb 2016

Javascript datastores

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javascript database datastore

I am currently looking into javascript based libraries that will allow me to do in-browser queries, similar to how a server-side application would query a NoSQL database.

In order to pick the most appropriate database for my project, I first search for available solutions online. Then, I build a comparison table like the one below in order to determine the most popular database and its current health.

Repository Watch Stars Forks Last commit Open issues Open PR
pouchdb/pouchdb 245 5730 630 2016-02-12T17:23:21Z 128 8
google/lovefield 173 4143 195 2016-02-11T05:59:09Z 17 1
louischatriot/nedb 167 3680 237 2016-02-11T11:23:44Z 19 8
typicode/lowdb 87 2833 96 2016-02-09T21:16:31Z 9 3
techfort/LokiJS 102 1800 167 2016-02-08T19:18:40Z 64 0
coresmart/persistencejs 89 1586 226 2015-09-08T18:47:06Z 66 14
typicaljoe/taffydb 100 1309 215 2016-01-07T22:21:06Z 57 16
agershun/alasql 60 927 107 2016-02-09T15:35:07Z 250 0
Irrelon/ForerunnerDB 25 439 33 2016-02-12T16:20:29Z 17 0