PouchDB VS localForage

Compare PouchDB vs localForage and see what are their differences.

localForage

💾 Offline storage, improved. Wraps IndexedDB, WebSQL, or localStorage using a simple but powerful API. (by localForage)
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PouchDB localForage
8 27
16,257 24,228
0.3% 0.9%
9.2 0.0
7 days ago 3 months ago
JavaScript JavaScript
Apache License 2.0 Apache License 2.0
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PouchDB

Posts with mentions or reviews of PouchDB. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-12-28.

localForage

Posts with mentions or reviews of localForage. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-23.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing PouchDB and localForage you can also consider the following projects:

Dexie.js - A Minimalistic Wrapper for IndexedDB

WatermelonDB - 🍉 Reactive & asynchronous database for powerful React and React Native apps ⚡️

store.js - Cross-browser storage for all use cases, used across the web.

RxDB - A fast, local first, reactive Database for JavaScript Applications https://rxdb.info/

svelte-persisted-store - A Svelte store that persists to localStorage

LokiJS - javascript embeddable / in-memory database

Cookies - JavaScript Client-Side Cookie Manipulation Library

sql.js - A javascript library to run SQLite on the web.

js-cookie - A simple, lightweight JavaScript API for handling browser cookies