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Top 7 C++ storage-engine Projects
- Project mention: Ask HN: What "trick of the trade" took you too long to learn? | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-08-04
Wanted to share what I think is a great example of this https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb/blob/main/util/ribbon_al...
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InfluxDB
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redpanda
Redpanda is a streaming data platform for developers. Kafka API compatible. 10x faster. No ZooKeeper. No JVM!
Project mention: Top Open-Source Data Engineering Tools- Unravelling the Best in 2026 | dev.to | 2025-12-10Redpanda
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MariaDB
MariaDB server is a community developed fork of MySQL server. Started by core members of the original MySQL team, MariaDB actively works with outside developers to deliver the most featureful, stable, and sanely licensed open SQL server in the industry. (by MariaDB)
Installing MariaDB/MySQL system tables in '/var/mysql' ... OK Two all-privilege accounts were created. One is root@localhost, it has no password, but you need to be system 'root' user to connect. Use, for example, sudo mariadb The second is _mysql@localhost, it has no password either, but you need to be the system '_mysql' user to connect. After connecting you can set the password, if you would need to be able to connect as any of these users with a password and without sudo See the MariaDB Knowledgebase at https://mariadb.com/kb You can start the MariaDB daemon with: /etc/rc.d/mysqld start Please report any problems at https://mariadb.org/jira The latest information about MariaDB is available at https://mariadb.org/. Consider joining MariaDB's strong and vibrant community: https://mariadb.org/get-involved/
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curve
Curve is a sandbox project hosted by the CNCF Foundation. It's cloud-native, high-performance, and easy to operate. Curve is an open-source distributed storage system for block and shared file storage. (by opencurve)
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tinykvpp
Horizontally scalable, highly available, key-value storage service with distributed transaction support written in C++
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Stream
Stream - Scalable APIs for Chat, Feeds, Moderation, & Video. Stream helps developers build engaging apps that scale to millions with performant and flexible Chat, Feeds, Moderation, and Video APIs and SDKs powered by a global edge network and enterprise-grade infrastructure.
NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).
C++ storage-engine discussion
C++ storage-engine related posts
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Ask HN: What "trick of the trade" took you too long to learn?
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Bloom Filters
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RocksDB 9.5.2 – SupplyChainAttackPoC for Meta BB
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The Hallucinated Rows Incident
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In-memory vs. disk-based databases: Why do you need a larger than memory architecture?
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Local file non relational database with filter by value
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Rocksdb over network
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Index
What are some of the best open-source storage-engine projects in C++? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | RocksDB | 31,226 |
| 2 | redpanda | 11,480 |
| 3 | MariaDB | 6,803 |
| 4 | curve | 2,375 |
| 5 | TileDB | 2,006 |
| 6 | speedb | 998 |
| 7 | tinykvpp | 4 |
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