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Nitrite is a server-less embedded database ideal for desktop, mobile or small web applications. It's an open source, self-contained database. It supports both in-memory and file based persistent store.
No, Nitrite is not an RDBMS. It's a NoSQL database. It's a document store with support for indexing, full-text search, event listeners, embedded and in-memory modes, encryption, and many other features.
Nitrite is a NoSQL document store, whereas SQLite is an RDBMS. Nitrite is a document store, whereas SQLite is a relational store. Nitrite has pure Java, Dart implementations, whereas SQLite has C/C++ implementation and native bindings are needed for other languages.
Nitrite Java is supported on all platforms where Java is supported. Nitrite Flutter is supported on all platforms where Dart is supported.
Nitrite is a good choice for desktop, mobile or small web applications. It's a good choice for applications where you don't want to install a separate database server. It's a good choice for applications where you want to store data in-memory.
Nitrite is highly performant, though it heavily depends on the underlying storage backend implementation. A JMH benchmark of Nitrite for Java is available here where you can find its performance amongst various storage backends against SQLite.
No, Nitrite doesn't support replication over network. It's a server-less embedded database. If you are looking for replication, you can subscribe to collection events using CollectionEventListener and replicate the data over network.
Nitrite DataGate Server is now deprecated. It's no longer maintained due to lack of interest from the community. If you are looking for it to be revived, please vote here. If enough people are interested, it will be revived.
Nitrite Explorer is now deprecated. It's no longer maintained due to lack of interest from the community. If you are looking for it to be revived, please vote here. If enough people are interested, it will be revived.
If you find any issues in the documentation, please raise an issue here.
If you have any suggestions or questions about Nitrite, please start a discussion here.
Nitrite is licensed under Apache License 2.0. It's free to use in both commercial and non-commercial applications. If you are using Nitrite in your commercial application, please consider donating to the project.
If you like Nitrite and want to support the project, please consider donating to the project. You can donate via GitHub Sponsors.