redb
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The facts
Each one read from redb's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API
- Its API is zero-copy, thread-safe, and based on BTreeMap.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Concurrency
- MVCC allows concurrent readers and a writer without blocking.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Data structure
- It stores data in a collection of copy-on-write B+trees.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Documentation
- The project links to its Rust API documentation on docs.rs.checked 7 Oct 2026
- License
- The repository lists Apache-2.0 and MIT licenses.checked 8 Oct 2026
- No standard library
- With the std feature disabled and experimental-api-5 enabled, redb can build without the standard library; this mode requires alloc, panic = "abort", and a target with atomic compare-and-swap.checked 7 Oct 2026
- No standard library mode
- With experimental-api-5 enabled, redb can be built without std; this mode requires alloc, panic = abort, and a target with atomic compare-and-swap.checked 8 Oct 2026
- No standard library storage
- In no_std mode there is no filesystem, so storage must be supplied by implementing StorageBackend.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Product
- redb is a portable, high-performance embedded key-value store written in pure Rust.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Recovery
- The project describes redb as crash-safe by default.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Release status
- The project describes redb as stable and maintained, with a stable file format.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Savepoints
- It supports savepoints and rollbacks.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Status
- The project says redb is stable and maintained, and that its file format is stable.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Storage
- Data is stored in a collection of copy-on-write B+trees.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Storage backend
- In no_std mode, storage is supplied by implementing StorageBackend and passing it to Builder::create_with_backend().checked 8 Oct 2026
- Transactions
- redb supports fully ACID-compliant transactions.checked 8 Oct 2026
The company
- Maker
- The project homepage credits Christopher Berner.checked 7 Oct 2026
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