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The fastest and simplest library for SQLite3 in Node.js.
7.4K starsJul 29, 2026 pushdata-analysisJavaScriptSQL
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Turso is an in-process SQL database, compatible with SQLite.
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$ npx skills add transact-rs/sqlx#7
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$ npx skills add PRQL/prql#8
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$ npx skills add apache/datafusion#9
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$ npx skills add SeaQL/sea-orm#10
Simple, Elastic-quality search for Postgres
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$ npx skills add paradedb/paradedb#11
Distributed stream processing engine in Rust
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$ npx skills add ArroyoSystems/arroyo#12
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$ npx skills add apache/datafusion-sqlparser-rs#13
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$ npx skills add apache/spark#14
TiDB is built for agentic workloads that grow unpredictably, with ACID guarantees and native support for transactions, analytics, and vector search. No data silos. No noisy neighbors. No infrastructure ceiling.
40K starsJun 20, 2026 pushdata-analysisGoSQL
$ npx skills add pingcap/tidb#15
Feature-rich ORM for modern Node.js and TypeScript, it supports PostgreSQL (with JSON and JSONB support), MySQL, MariaDB, SQLite, MS SQL Server, Snowflake, Oracle DB, DB2 and DB2 for IBM i.
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