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orbitdb/orbitdb

Peer-to-Peer Databases for the Decentralized Web observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/orbitdb/orbitdb · JavaScript · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

69/100

  • Activity 82
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 3903
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 111
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

8797 stars · 595 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

OrbitDB is a serverless, distributed peer-to-peer database library built on IPFS and Libp2p Pubsub, using Merkle-CRDTs for conflict-free replication. It provides events, documents, and key-value database types and runs in both browsers and Node.js.

Use cases

  • build a peer-to-peer database synced between browsers
  • store JSON documents in a decentralized app
  • use an append-only log as a p2p message queue
  • build a local-first web application with offline sync
  • add distributed key-value storage to a blockchain app
  • sync database state between peers over pubsub

When to choose

  • you need eventually consistent, conflict-free data replication without a central server
  • your app already uses IPFS or libp2p
  • you want local-first or decentralized storage in browser and Node.js

When to avoid

  • you need strong consistency or ACID transactions
  • you need a traditional SQL database with complex queries
  • you require high-throughput centralized storage with guaranteed availability

Facets

library · maturity active

database p2p caching message-queue serialization databases microservices web-development blockchain privacy browser cross-platform ipfs crdt libp2p decentralized-web local-first serverless-database merkle-crdt eventual-consistency nodejs javascript

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