What is CouchDB? #3: Community & Ecosystem

This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on dev.to

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  1. couch_potato

    Ruby persistence layer for CouchDB.

    New libraries, wrappers and utilities are being built for CouchDB all the time for everything from Ruby to Python. It’s not surprising, given how exceptionally well it handles the use cases it’s best at, and what a reliable all-purpose database it is. Here is a short collection of our most recommended:

  2. SurveyJS

    SurveyJS: Build JSON-Driven Surveys and Forms with Full Data Control. Add the SurveyJS UI components to your JS app (React/Angular/Vue3). Securely collect and analyze data without sending it to 3rd-party servers. Fully customizable, works with any backend, and ideal for data-heavy apps. Learn more.

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  3. py-couchdb

    Modern pure python CouchDB Client.

    New libraries, wrappers and utilities are being built for CouchDB all the time for everything from Ruby to Python. It’s not surprising, given how exceptionally well it handles the use cases it’s best at, and what a reliable all-purpose database it is. Here is a short collection of our most recommended:

  4. couchdb-minihosting

    A set of scripts to host your own CouchDB with minimal effort

    CouchDB Minihosting

  5. nanoid

    A tiny (118 bytes), secure, URL-friendly, unique string ID generator for JavaScript

    NanoID

  6. couchdb-bootstrap

    Bootstrap CouchDB projects: configure, setup security, deploy ddocs and create users.

    CouchDB Bootstrap from jo, Schmidt — bootstrap CouchDB server from CLI or API.

  7. crypto-pouch

    plugin for encrypted pouchdb/couchdb databases

    Crypto-Pouch from calvinmetcalf, Calvin Metcalf — plugin to encrypt a POuchDB database.

  8. LightCouch

    Active fork of LightCouch CouchDB Java client wrapper

    LightCouch from IndabaConsultores — a Java client for a CouchDB database.

  9. 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.

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  10. couchbackup

    Cloudant backup and restore library and command-line utility

    CouchBackup from IBM — a command-line utility that backs up a CouchDB to a text file.

  11. coucharchive

    Create and restore backups of a whole CouchDB server, with simple tar.gz files

    coucharchive from adrienverge, Adrien Vergé — create and restore backups of a whole CouchDB server or cluster.

  12. couchcopy

    Couchcopy from tolteck — create an archive of a running CouchDB node

  13. supercouch

    CouchDB extension to store stateful data in Redis from your view function

    SuperCouch from j3k0, Jean-Christophe Hoelt — Write CouchDB views to Redis with Sorted Sets.

  14. couch-photon

    An alternative CouchDB admin panel

    couch-photon from ermouth — an alternative CouchDB admin panel with all standard and a lot of unique features.

  15. PSCouchDB

    Advanced CLI for CouchDB server

    PSCouchDB from MatteoGuardini, Matteo Guadrini aka GU — advanced CLI for CouchDB server

  16. couchapp-go

    Command-line tool for pushing a folder structure into a CouchDB design document.

    couchapp-go from kangu — a command-line tool for parsing a folder structure and uploading its contents as a JSON document into a CouchDB database.

  17. spiegel

    Scalable replication and change listening for CouchDB

    spiegel from Hedgeoff, Geoff Cox — scalable replication and change listening for CouchDB.

  18. Kivik

    Common interface to CouchDB or CouchDB-like databases for Go and GopherJS

    Kivik from go-kivik — a common interface to CouchDB or CouchDB-like databases.

  19. chaise

    An async CouchDB python client library

    chaise from teahouse-hosting — an async CouchDB python client library.

  20. couch-to-postgres

    Node libary to stream CouchDB changes into PostgreSQL

    couch-to-postgres from sysadminmike — Node library to stream CouchDB changes into PostgreSQL with a simple client example.

  21. hammock-sync

    A CouchDB Sync Client for Android

    hammock-sync from hammock-sync — a CouchDB sync client for Android.

  22. couchdb-helm

    Apache CouchDB Helm Chart

    For Kubernetes — CouchDB has made Helm charts available. You can find more testing assets on GitHub.

  23. InfluxDB

    InfluxDB – Built for High-Performance Time Series Workloads. InfluxDB 3 OSS is now GA. Transform, enrich, and act on time series data directly in the database. Automate critical tasks and eliminate the need to move data externally. Download now.

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NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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