Decision Workspace
pickledb vs lsmdb vs nodb
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
52
pickledb
growingv0.5.1
A lightweight and simple key-value store written in Rust, heavily inspired by Python's PickleDB (https://pythonhosted.org/pickleDB/)
46
lsmdb
growingv1.0.0
lsmdb is an efficient storage engine that implements the Log-Structured Merge Tree (LSM-Tree) data structure, designed specifically for handling key-value pairs.
43
nodb
growingv0.2.2
A lightweight and simple key-value store written in Rust.
Core Metrics
| pickledb | lsmdb | nodb | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 52 | 46 | 43 |
| Total Downloads | 1.8M | 6.3K | 5.5K |
| 30d Downloads | 98.8K | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 789 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 7 | 6 | 4 |
| Last Updated | 1491d ago | 56d ago | 718d ago |
| Age | 7y 4m | 2y 11m | 1y 11m |
Health Breakdown
pickledb
Maintenance
3
Quality
16
Community
14
Popularity
7
Documentation
12
lsmdb
Maintenance
13
Quality
9
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
nodb
Maintenance
10
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| pickledb | lsmdb | nodb | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.5.1 | 1.0.0 | 0.2.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 9 | 10 | 12 |
| Crate Size | 27KB | 62KB | 14KB |
| Features | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 33.3% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •pickledb leads with a health score of 52/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •pickledb is depended on by 789 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ pickledb, nodb have not been updated in over a year.
- •pickledb, nodb are pre-1.0 — API may change.