RocksDB Alternatives

RocksDB is described as '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' and is an app. There are nine alternatives to RocksDB for Linux, Mac, Windows, Android and iPhone. The best RocksDB alternative is LevelDB, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like RocksDB are Berkeley DB, Kyoto Cabinet, Tokyo Cabinet and QDBM.

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RocksDB alternatives page was last updated Jun 1, 2025
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  1. LevelDB

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    LevelDB is a fast key-value storage library written at Google that provides an ordered mapping from string keys to string values.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android

    LevelDB VS RocksDB

     

    • LevelDB is the most popular Windows, Android, Mac & Linux alternative to RocksDB.

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

    • LevelDB is Free and Open SourceRocksDB is also Free and Open Source

  2. Berkeley DB

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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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

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  4. Kyoto Cabinet

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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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • JP flagJapan

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

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  5. Tokyo Cabinet

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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

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • JP flagJapan

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

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  6. QDBM

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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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • JP flagJapan

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

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  7. upscaledb

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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

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone

    upscaledb Features

    1.  Embedded analytics

    upscaledb VS RocksDB

     

    • upscaledb is the most popular iPhone alternative to RocksDB.

    • upscaledb is Free and Open SourceRocksDB is also Free and Open Source

  9. GDBM

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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

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

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  10. LMDB icon

    LMDB

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    An ultra-fast, ultra-compact, crash-proof key-value embedded data store.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    LMDB Features

    1.  Embeddable

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  11. Fjall icon

    Fjall

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

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux

    Fjall Features

    1.  Rust
    2.  Embeddable

    Fjall VS RocksDB

     
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