RxDB

A fast, local first, reactive Database for JavaScript Applications https://rxdb.info/ (by pubkey)

RxDB Alternatives

Similar projects and alternatives to RxDB

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RxDB reviews and mentions

Posts with mentions or reviews of RxDB. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-17.
  • Ask HN: How Can I Make My Front End React to Database Changes in Real-Time?
    8 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 17 Apr 2024
    I'm interested in this problem also!

    I think there is a large overlap with projects that market/focus on offline-first experiences.

    AFAIK this problem can be solved by:

    1) Considering a client-side copy of the database that gets synced with the remote DB. This is an approach [PowerSync](https://www.powersync.com/) and [ElectricSql](https://electric-sql.com/) and [rxdb](https://rxdb.info/) take!

  • You can't leak users' data if you don't hold it
    2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 30 Mar 2024
    Hey, after I posted that, I went and gave a second look online to see if I could find something that would allow me to develop a local-first app with offline persistence and syncing capabilities.

    I ended up finding some possibilities out there that could potentially help me build stuff. One of them is RxDB [1], which offers WebRTC syncing - you'd still need a signaling server, I suppose, but all sensitive information could be synced E2E-encrypted via WebRTC.

    Then there's CRDT's [2], which is a universe that turned out to have multiple possibilities that match (at least partially) my needs. In particular, the next thing I want to take a look at is cr-sqlite [3], which might be just thing I needed to kick-off some side-projects.

    I'm posting here cause I just found some hope of not needing to build a traditional client-server app and having to deal with all the hassle involved in securing a server (and with fear that my efforts could be not good enough), and I thought someone else could benefit from getting to know these things.

    [1] https://rxdb.info/

  • SignalDB: Bringing Meteor-Like Reactivity to the Modern Age
    1 project | dev.to | 26 Oct 2023
    About a year ago, I discovered a cool offline-first framework called RxDB. Initially, I thought that on the frontend side, this was exactly what I had been searching for over the past years. After tinkering around and even using it in production for some time, I realized that it wasn't well-suited for my intended use. RxDB was initially created as an RxJS layer for PouchDB with a server replication interface. Over time, other storage types besides PouchDB were introduced (e.g., IndexedDB, SQLite) and the replication interface became more sophisticated. The replication interface is really cool and exactly what I wanted. The biggest problem I have with RxDB is that it is so tightly coupled with RxJS. While RxJS is technically very powerful, it offers a dreadful developer experience. It's really hard to understand at first and integrating it into an existing codebase, which isn't using RxJS, is tedious.
  • Show HN: ElectricSQL, Postgres to SQLite active-active sync for local-first apps
    10 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 20 Sep 2023
    Congrats to the team. Once I’ve tried https://rxdb.info/ and it wasn’t funny at all to do the remote replication (PG) and to deal with conflicts. I do need to check this out!
  • What is the best DB for offline-first?
    3 projects | /r/reactnative | 14 Sep 2023
    RxDB (Open Source but paid plugins)
  • RxDB VS signaldb - a user suggested alternative
    2 projects | 1 Aug 2023
  • RxDB: The Local Database for JavaScript Applications
    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 12 Jun 2023
  • RxDB - The local Database for JavaScript Applications
    1 project | /r/node | 12 Jun 2023
  • Best offline&local database to use with electron?
    2 projects | /r/electronjs | 11 Jun 2023
  • Offline First
    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 18 May 2023
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pubkey/rxdb is an open source project licensed under Apache License 2.0 which is an OSI approved license.

The primary programming language of RxDB is TypeScript.


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