LevelDB Alternatives

LevelDB is described as 'Fast key-value storage library written at Google that provides an ordered mapping from string keys to string values' and is an app in the development category. There are nine alternatives to LevelDB for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, Android and iPhone apps. The best LevelDB alternative is Berkeley DB, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like LevelDB are Kyoto Cabinet, QDBM, Tokyo Cabinet and Fjall.

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LevelDB alternatives page was last updated Jun 1, 2025
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    Berkeley DB (BDB) is a software library that provides a high-performance embedded database for key/value data., Berkeley DB is the most widely used database toolkit in the world, with hundreds of millions of deployed copies.

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    • FreeOpen Source

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    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Berkeley DB VS LevelDB

     
    • Berkeley DB is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to LevelDB.

    • Berkeley DB is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to LevelDB.

    • Berkeley DB is Free and Open SourceLevelDB is also Free and Open Source
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    Kyoto Cabinet is a library of routines for managing a database. The database is a simple data file containing records, each is a pair of a key and a value. Every key and value is serial bytes with variable length.

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    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • JP flagJapan

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Kyoto Cabinet VS LevelDB

     
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    QDBM is a library of routines for managing a database. The database is a simple data file containing records, each is a pair of a key and a value. Every key and value is serial bytes with variable length. Both binary data and character string can be used as a key and a value.

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    • FreeOpen Source

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    • JP flagJapan

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

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    Tokyo Cabinet is a library of routines for managing a database. The database is a simple data file containing records, each is a pair of a key and a value. Every key and value is serial bytes with variable length.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • JP flagJapan

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Tokyo Cabinet VS LevelDB

     
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    Fjall is a log-structured embeddable key-value storage engine written in Rust. It features:

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    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux

    Fjall Features

    1.  Rust
    2.  Embeddable

    Fjall VS LevelDB

     
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    GNU dbm (or GDBM, for short) is a library of database functions that use extensible hashing and work similar to the standard UNIX dbm. These routines are provided to a programmer needing to create and manipulate a hashed database.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

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    Upscaledb is a software library that provides a high-performance embedded database for key/value data., It is written in C/C++ with API bindings for Java, Python, .NET, Erlang and other languages. Upscaledb databases have "types" (i.e.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone

    upscaledb Features

    1.  Embedded analytics

    upscaledb VS LevelDB

     
    • upscaledb is the most popular Android & iPhone alternative to LevelDB.

    • upscaledb is Free and Open SourceLevelDB is also Free and Open Source
  8. LMDB icon
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    An ultra-fast, ultra-compact, crash-proof key-value embedded data store.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

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    • US flagUnited States

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    LMDB Features

    1.  Embeddable

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    RocksDB is an embeddable persistent key-value store for fast storage. RocksDB can also be the foundation for a client-server database but our current focus is on embedded workloads.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted

    RocksDB VS LevelDB

     
    • RocksDB is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to LevelDB.

    • RocksDB is Free and Open SourceLevelDB is also Free and Open Source
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