BoltDB
BoltDB is an embedded key/value database written in Go. It supports fully serializable transactions, ACID semantics, and lock-free MVCC with multiple readers and a single writer. BoltDB uses a single-level, zero-copy, B+tree data storage, which allows fast read access and does not require recovery in the event of a system crash.
History
In 2011, Howard Chu introduced MDB, a memory-mapped database backend for OpenLDAP, later renamed to [LMDB] (https://symas.com/lmdb/technical/)(Lightning Memory-Mapped Database). In 2013, BoltDB was initially started by Ben Johnson as a port of LMDB to Go, but then the two projects diverged as the author of Bolt decided to focus on simplicity and providing the easy-to-use Go API. The goal of BoltDB became to provide a simple, fast, and reliable database for projects that don't require a full database server such as Postgres or MySQL. With BoltDB being stable, its API fixed, and its file format fixed, the author considered the project a success. Leaving it in such a state, the project was abandoned by its author in 2017.
Website
https://github.com/boltdb/bolt
Source Code
https://github.com/boltdb/bolt
Tech Docs
https://godoc.org/github.com/boltdb/bolt
Developer
Ben Johnson
Country of Origin
Start Year
2013
End Year
2017
Project Type
Written in
Supported languages
Inspired By
Operating Systems
Android, BSD, iOS, Linux, OS X, Solaris, Windows