NeDB

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NeDB is a lightweight embedded document DBMS written in JavaScript. It supports Node.js, nw.js, Electron, and web browser environments. It is designed to be partially compatible with MongoDB's JSON-based query API. NeDB is useful for storing small amounts of data in memory. When the amount of data exists the bounds of what NeDB can hold effectively, switching to MongoDB is intended to be straightforward because it uses the same API.

History

In May 2013, Louis Chatriot began developing a lightweight embeddable and in memory database system that used a subset of the MongoDB API. It was completed in 2017 and now is on GitHub where individuals can contribute to the project by fixing several bugs but no additional features are being implemented.

Concurrency Control

Not Supported

NeDB does not support currency because each process receives it's own copy of the database and there is no way to sync the views that two separate processes have of the database. Additionally, Javascript is inherently single-threaded resulting in no concurrency.

Indexes

AVL-Tree

NeDB supports indexing and helps provide a sufficient speed boost. It allows for indexing of any field, including those in nested documents. An index can be created at any point, even after data has been inserted, although it is most efficient if done when the application is started because the index is created synchronously. The time to create an index is quite fast so it doesn't impact startup time too much, for example it takes 35ms for a database containing 10,000 documents. Additionally, indexes allow for the database to perform fast reads and writes. The amount is approximately 5,000 writes and 25,000 reads per second.

Stored Procedures

Not Supported

Query Interface

Custom API

The JavaScript API is a subset of MongoDB.

Data Model

Document / XML

Joins

Not Supported

NeDB does not support joins because it is not a relational database but rather a document store database.

Storage Architecture

In-Memory

The DBMS reads the entire database into memory. It can then flush out all changes on shutdown.

Checkpoints

Not Supported

Logging

Not Supported

NeDB does not support logging because all data is stored in memory. However, a NeDB logger has been created that can be used to insert documents into a NeDB-readable database.