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Top 14 Rust embedded-database Projects
- Project mention: Stoolap: High-performance embedded SQL database in pure Rust | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-12-11
In the same area, I am tracking the Rust rewrite of sqlite by Turso [1]. The big advantage is the file format compatibility.
[1] https://github.com/tursodatabase/turso
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cozo
A transactional, relational-graph-vector database that uses Datalog for query. The hippocampus for AI!
There used to be a similarly names one called CozoDB[0] which was pretty awesome but it looks like its development significantly slowed down.
[0] https://github.com/cozodb/cozo
- Project mention: Garage – An S3 object store so reliable you can run it outside datacenters | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-12-19
Sounds like a perfect fit for https://slatedb.io/ -- it's just that (an embedded, rust, KV store that supports transactions).
It's built specifically to run on object storage, currently relies on the `object_store` crate but we're consdering OpenDAL instead so if Garage works with those crates (I assume it does if its S3 compatible) it should just work OOTB.
- Project mention: Show HN: RisingLight – OLAP Database in Rust with SQL Support | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-03-10
- Project mention: Garage – An S3 object store so reliable you can run it outside datacenters | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-12-19
- Project mention: Show HN: Tonbo – an embedded database for serverless and edge runtimes | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-12-17
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InfluxDB
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native_db
Drop-in, fast, embedded database for multi-platform apps (server, desktop, mobile). Sync Rust types effortlessly.
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Raphtory
Scalable graph analytics database powered by a multithreaded, vectorized temporal engine, written in Rust
Project mention: Show HN: HelixDB – Open-Source Vector-Graph Database for AI Applications (Rust) | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-05-13Shameless plug: If you're exploring graph+vector databases, check out https://github.com/Pometry/Raphtory/ — with a full Python SDK and built-in support for most common graph algorithms.
It’s built in Rust with native vector support. The open-source version is in-memory, but the commercial version supports disk-based scaling (we tested it with a 3TB graph on an M1 MacBook + insert all 100x faster than existing GraphDBs).
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- Project mention: Building High-Performance Time-Series Applications with tsink: A Rust Embedded Database | dev.to | 2025-09-14
Ever struggled with storing millions of sensor readings, metrics, or IoT data points efficiently? I built tsink (GitHub repo) out of frustration with existing solutions when my monitoring system needed to handle 10 million data points per second without breaking a sweat. Let me share why I created this Rust library and how it solves real time-series challenges.
- Project mention: Iroh: A library to establish direct connection between peers | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-06-25
Iroh is intriguing. Dumbpipe is magical, and its implementation is easy to understand. I use dumbpipe daily to expose cross-stream (https://github.com/cablehead/xs) stores I run on different servers to my local laptop's `xs` client.
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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).
Rust embedded-database discussion
Rust embedded-database related posts
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Garage – An S3 object store so reliable you can run it outside datacenters
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Show HN: Tonbo – an embedded database for serverless and edge runtimes
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Stoolap: High-performance embedded SQL database in pure Rust
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Show HN: SierraDB – A Distributed Event Store Built in Rust
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PSA: Libxslt is unmaintained and has 4 unpatched security bugs
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The first alpha of Turso: The next evolution of SQLite
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Turso Database is a project to build the next evolution of SQLite
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Index
What are some of the best open-source embedded-database projects in Rust? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | turso | 15,730 |
| 2 | cozo | 3,778 |
| 3 | slatedb | 2,547 |
| 4 | risinglight | 1,801 |
| 5 | fjall | 1,416 |
| 6 | tonbo | 1,232 |
| 7 | PoloDB | 1,156 |
| 8 | native_db | 658 |
| 9 | Raphtory | 554 |
| 10 | surrealkv | 457 |
| 11 | jammdb | 279 |
| 12 | tsink | 193 |
| 13 | xs | 129 |
| 14 | solomon-db | 49 |
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