boltdb/bolt
An embedded key/value database for Go. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: archived
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4639
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 3106
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
14643 stars · 1546 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Bolt is a pure Go embedded key/value database inspired by LMDB, offering a small API for getting and setting values with full transactional support. It is stable and production-proven but officially unmaintained, with users directed to the CoreOS fork bbolt.
Use cases
- embed a simple key-value store in a Go application without running a database server
- persist small amounts of structured data locally with ACID transactions
- store configuration or state for Go tools and services
- build single-binary applications that need reliable local storage
- iterate over keys with prefix and range scans in an embedded store
When to choose
- you need a simple, dependency-free embedded key/value store in Go
- you want a fixed, stable API and file format with years of production use
- your dataset fits on a single machine and doesn't need a database server
When to avoid
- you need active maintenance, bug fixes, or new features - use bbolt instead
- you need a client-server database or SQL queries
- you need high write concurrency from many processes
Facets
library · maturity maintenance
database serialization databases developer-tools go cross-platform embedded-database key-value-store pure-go lmdb-inspired unmaintained bbolt-successor
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/boltdb/bolt · fetched 2026-08-28 · 827bb3b18c0b
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| boltdb/bolt | main | 10 |
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