Decision Workspace
dbless vs lsmdb vs surrealdb
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
36
dbless
growingv0.2.0
A simple key-value store for rust apps that don't need a full-flagged database.
37
lsmdb
growingv0.4.1
lsmdb is an efficient storage engine that implements the Log-Structured Merge Tree (LSM-Tree) data structure, designed specifically for handling key-value pairs.
70
surrealdb
stablev3.0.5
A scalable, distributed, collaborative, document-graph database, for the realtime web
Core Metrics
| dbless | lsmdb | surrealdb | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 36 | 37 | 70 |
| Total Downloads | 3.3K | 6.3K | 741.7K |
| 30d Downloads | 5 | 5 | 61.7K |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 1.4K |
| Releases | 3 | 5 | 97 |
| Last Updated | 553d ago | 1004d ago | today |
| Age | 1y 6m | 2y 9m | 3y 8m |
Health Breakdown
dbless
Maintenance
5
Quality
14
Community
3
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
lsmdb
Maintenance
4
Quality
9
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
surrealdb
Maintenance
19
Quality
18
Community
15
Popularity
7
Documentation
11
Technical Details
| dbless | lsmdb | surrealdb | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 0.4.1 | 3.0.5 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | non-standard |
| Dependencies | 6 | 2 | 54 |
| Crate Size | 8KB | 27KB | 177KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 40.0% | 1.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •surrealdb leads with a health score of 70/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •surrealdb is depended on by 1.4K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ dbless, lsmdb have not been updated in over a year.
- •dbless, lsmdb are pre-1.0 — API may change.