Database tools with data
A directory of databases, ORMs, GUIs, and infrastructure — with live GitHub stats and real benchmark numbers, not marketing copy.
13 tools · 6 sections · 1 benchmark
- 454k
- stars
- 103k
- top · supabase
- 4,359
- peak tps · poolers
§ 01 · The Index
13 tools · Ranked by stars
All databases, ranked.
- 01
Supabase
An open-source Firebase alternative built on Postgres — auth, realtime, storage, and edge functions.
Postgres platform103k - 02
Redis
An in-memory data structure store used as a cache, queue, and pub/sub broker.
Key-value74k - 03
ClickHouse
An open-source columnar database for real-time analytics on very large datasets.
Analytical47k - 04
DuckDB
An in-process analytical SQL database — "SQLite for analytics."
Analytical38k - 05
CockroachDB
A distributed, strongly-consistent SQL database with Postgres-wire compatibility, designed to survive failures.
Relational32k - 06
DragonflyDB
A drop-in Redis replacement with significantly higher per-node throughput.
Key-value30k - 07
MongoDB
A document database with flexible schemas, horizontal scaling, and a polished managed offering.
Document28k - 08
TimescaleDB
A Postgres extension that turns it into a high-performance time-series database.
Time-series23k - 09
Neon
Serverless Postgres with branching, scale-to-zero, and storage/compute separation.
Postgres platform22k - 10
PostgreSQL
The world's most advanced open-source relational database.
Relational21k - 11
Citus
A Postgres extension that distributes tables across a cluster for horizontal scale-out.
Postgres platform12k - 12
MySQL
The world's most widely deployed open-source relational database.
Relational12k - 13
SQLite
A self-contained, serverless, zero-configuration, transactional SQL database engine — and the most widely deployed database in the world.
Relational9.6k
§ 02 · The Numbers
2026-05-19
PgBouncer vs Pgcat under pgbench.
How two open-source Postgres connection poolers handle 10–200 concurrent clients on the same hardware.
Methodology · pgbench TPC-B at scale 10, 4 client counts × 3 repeats × 30s, against Postgres 16 in Docker.
Read the full report →- Throughput
- 2,316
- tps · PgBouncer @ 100
- Avg latency
- 43.18
- ms · PgBouncer @ 100
- Direct @ 100
- 4,138
- tps · baseline
- Pgcat @ 100
- 3,876
- tps · runner-up
§ 03 · Head-to-Head
78 pairs · 6 picked
Popular comparisons.
- 01 PostgreSQL — MySQL The open-source SQL standoff.Compare →
- 02 PostgreSQL — MongoDB Relational vs document.Compare →
- 03 Redis — DragonflyDB The classic vs the Rust contender.Compare →
- 04 ClickHouse — DuckDB Distributed columnar vs embedded.Compare →
- 05 Neon — Supabase Two flavors of serverless Postgres.Compare →
- 06 PostgreSQL — CockroachDB Single-node vs distributed.Compare →
§ 04 · Sections
6 categories
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Set in Fraunces and IBM Plex. GitHub data refreshed from the public API; benchmarks executed locally with the methodology open-sourced in /bench.