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.
44
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.
70
surrealdb
stablev3.2.1
A scalable, distributed, collaborative, document-graph database, for the realtime web
Core Metrics
| dbless | lsmdb | surrealdb | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 36 | 44 | 70 |
| Total Downloads | 3.3K | 6.3K | 1.1M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 83.7K |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 2.0K |
| Releases | 3 | 6 | 111 |
| Last Updated | 661d ago | 104d ago | 3d ago |
| Age | 1y 10m | 3y 1m | 3y 12m |
Health Breakdown
dbless
Maintenance
5
Quality
14
Community
3
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
lsmdb
Maintenance
11
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 | 1.0.0 | 3.2.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | non-standard |
| Dependencies | 6 | 10 | 52 |
| Crate Size | 8KB | 62KB | 190KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 33.3% | 0.9% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 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 2.0K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ dbless has not been updated in over a year.
- •dbless is pre-1.0 — API may change.