Decision Workspace
smolldb vs surrealdb vs surrealdb-core
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
35
smolldb
growingv0.4.2
This is a small in-memory key-value database, which can be easly backed up in a file and later loaded from it
70
surrealdb
stablev3.0.5
A scalable, distributed, collaborative, document-graph database, for the realtime web
66
surrealdb-core
stablev3.0.5
A scalable, distributed, collaborative, document-graph database, for the realtime web
Core Metrics
| smolldb | surrealdb | surrealdb-core | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 35 | 70 | 66 |
| Total Downloads | 7.6K | 741.7K | 673.2K |
| 30d Downloads | 8 | 61.7K | 62.7K |
| Dependents | 0 | 1.4K | 120 |
| Releases | 6 | 97 | 97 |
| Last Updated | 1023d ago | today | today |
| Age | 3y 3m | 3y 8m | 2y 1m |
Health Breakdown
smolldb
Maintenance
4
Quality
11
Community
3
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
surrealdb
Maintenance
19
Quality
18
Community
15
Popularity
7
Documentation
11
surrealdb-core
Maintenance
19
Quality
17
Community
12
Popularity
7
Documentation
11
Technical Details
| smolldb | surrealdb | surrealdb-core | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.4.2 | 3.0.5 | 3.0.5 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | non-standard | non-standard |
| Dependencies | 3 | 54 | 115 |
| Crate Size | 8KB | 177KB | 1.5MB |
| Features | 0 | 17 | 16 |
| Yanked % | 16.7% | 1.0% | 1.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | 1.65.0 | — | — |
| 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.
- •⚠ smolldb has not been updated in over a year.
- •smolldb is pre-1.0 — API may change.