GUN Alternatives

GUN is described as 'Open source, realtime, graph database written entirely in JavaScript and built using peer-to-peer algorithms, making it surprisingly fault tolerant and easy to get started with' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to GUN for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Self-Hosted, Windows, Android and iPhone apps. The best GUN alternative is Meteor, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like GUN are RxDB, SignalDB, remoteStorage and iroh.

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  1. Meteor icon

    Meteor

     49 likes

    Meteor is a set of new technologies for building top-quality web apps in a fraction of the time. It is built around Smart Packages: little bundles of code that can run on a client, inside a cloud service, or both, and that can manage their lifetime inside the modern distributed...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     

    • Most users think Meteor is a great GUN alternative.

    • Meteor is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to GUN.

    • Meteor is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to GUN.

    • Meteor is Free and Open SourceGUN is also Free and Open Source
  2. RxDB icon

    RxDB

     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

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • Self-Hosted
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    • Almost everyone thinks RxDB is a great GUN alternative.

    • RxDB is the most popular Web-based, Android & Self-Hosted alternative to GUN.

    • RxDB is Freemium and Open SourceGUN is Free and Open Source
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    SignalDB

     5 likes

    SignalDB is a client-side database with a MongoDB-like interface and TypeScript support. It allows easy data management, reactivity and persistence on the client side, with plans for future replication capabilities.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • React
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  5. remoteStorage icon

    remoteStorage

     26 likes

    An open protocol for per-user storage on the Web.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  6. iroh icon

    iroh

     2 likes

    Iroh is a protocol for syncing & moving bytes. Bytes of any size, on any device. At its core, it's a peer-2-peer network built on a magic socket that establishes QUIC connections between peers. Peers request and provide blobs of opaque bytes that are incrementally...

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Rust
    • Docker
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  7. Git LFS icon

    Git LFS

     1 like

    Git Large File Storage (LFS) replaces large files such as audio samples, videos, datasets, and graphics with text pointers inside Git, while storing the file contents on a remote server.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
    • Git
     
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    AWS Amplify

     2 likes

    AWS Amplify is a complete solution that lets frontend web and mobile developers easily build, ship, and host full-stack applications on AWS, with the flexibility to leverage the breadth of AWS services as use cases evolve. No cloud expertise needed.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Amazon Web Services
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    • AWS Amplify is the most popular SaaS alternative to GUN.

    • AWS Amplify is Freemium and ProprietaryGUN is Free and Open Source
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    FeathersJS

     13 likes

    Feathers is a real-time, micro-service web framework for NodeJS that gives you control over your data via RESTful resources, sockets and flexible plug-ins.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Node.JS
     
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    Feathers JS is a REST application framework (and slow to boot), not a distributed database.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • FeathersJS is Free and Open SourceGUN is also Free and Open Source
  11. ApyHub icon

    ApyHub

     1 like

    ApyHub offers powerful yet simple-to-use APIs that provide standard data & essential functionalities, helping developers save time and boost efficiency. ApyHub is ideal for developers who are tired of lengthy development cycles and multiple external library integrations.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    • ApyHub is the most popular commercial alternative to GUN.

    • ApyHub is Paid and ProprietaryGUN is Free and Open Source

  12. ShareDB

     2 likes

    Realtime database backend based on Operational Transformation (OT).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
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  13. Bluzelle Decentralized DB icon

    Bluzelle Decentralized DB

     7 likes

    Bluzelle is a decentralized and open source database powered by PBFT Consensus Engine. It is a NoSQL key-value store database. Learn about trustless computing and discover the benefits of a decentralized by joining our Beta testing for free.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Java Mobile
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    deployd

     15 likes

    API development tool for Web and Mobile developers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
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