Database clients and drivers

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• pouchdbPouchDB is a pocket-sized database
• @fortedigital/nextjs-cache-handlerNext.js cache handlers
• file-type-checkerDetect and validate file types by their signatures (✨magic numbers✨)
• @liaoliaots/nestjs-redisRedis(ioredis) module for Nest framework (node.js).
• agentdbSelf-learning vector memory for AI agents — single-file .rvf cognitive container with HNSW search, episodic Reflexion memory, causal graph + Cypher, 9 RL algorithms, Thompson Sampling bandit, 41 MCP tools, hybrid (BM25 + dense) retrieval, GNN attention. 1
• pg-listenPostgreSQL LISTEN & NOTIFY that finally works.
• kanel-kyselyKysely extension for Kanel
• @pgkit/clientA strongly-typed postgres client for node.js
• level-option-wrapwrap `opts.{{g,l}{t,e,te},start,end}` arguments with functions
• duckdb-asyncPromise wrappers for DuckDb NodeJS API
• node-firebirdPure JavaScript and Asynchronous Firebird client for Node.js.
• @expo/websqlWebSQL Database API, implemented for Node using sqlite3
• @libsql/kysely-libsqlKysely dialect for libSQL
• @nozbe/watermelondbBuild powerful React Native and React web apps that scale from hundreds to tens of thousands of records and remain fast
• nanoThe official CouchDB client for Node.js
• meteor-node-stubsStub implementations of Node built-in modules, a la Browserify
• schemalintRun linting rules on your database schema. Read the intro to this idea in [this blog post](https://medium.com/@kristiandupont/database-schema-linting-5e83b18dc99a).
• @fastify/redisPlugin to share a common Redis connection across Fastify.
• @slonik/typesA Node.js PostgreSQL client with strict types, detailed logging and assertions.
• @slonik/sql-tagA Node.js PostgreSQL client with strict types, detailed logging and assertions.
• @slonik/driverA Node.js PostgreSQL client with strict types, detailed logging and assertions.
• @slonik/errorsA Node.js PostgreSQL client with strict types, detailed logging and assertions.
• @slonik/utilitiesA Node.js PostgreSQL client with strict types, detailed logging and assertions.
• @slonik/pg-driverA Node.js PostgreSQL client with strict types, detailed logging and assertions.
• better-sqlite3-multiple-ciphersbetter-sqlite3 with multiple-cipher encryption support
• gremlinJavaScript Gremlin Language Variant
• @mongodb-js/mongodb-schemaInfer a probabilistic schema for a MongoDB collection.
• async-ratelimiterSimple async rate limiter for Node.js — promise-friendly limits for APIs and workers.
• rtree-sql.jsSQLite library with support for opening and writing databases, prepared statements, and more. This SQLite library is in pure javascript (compiled with emscripten).
• @libsql/client-wasmlibSQL driver for TypeScript and JavaScript
• dialcacheA TypeScript library that organizes caching into use cases, with runtime control and observability for each one.
• stripe-replit-syncStripe Sync Engine to sync Stripe data to Postgres
• @bull-board/koaA Koa.js server adapter for Bull-Board dashboard.
• arangojsThe official ArangoDB JavaScript driver.
• loopbackLoopBack: Open Source Framework for Node.js
• apicacheAn ultra-simplified API response caching middleware for Express/Node using plain-english durations.
• am-i-a-dependencyCheck if the package is being installed by another package
• @aikidosec/firewallZen by Aikido is an embedded Application Firewall that autonomously protects Node.js apps against common and critical attacks, provides rate limiting, detects malicious traffic (including bots), and more.
• neon-initInitialize Neon projects
• dt-sql-parserSQL Parsers for BigData, built with antlr4
• async-redisLight wrapper over redis_node with first class async & promise support.
• nedbFile-based embedded data store for node.js
• kanel-enum-tablesKanel extension for generating enums from table values
• @effect/sql-pgliteA PGlite toolkit for Effect
• realmRealm by MongoDB is an offline-first mobile database: an alternative to SQLite and key-value stores
• @netlify/databaseTypeScript utilities for interacting with Netlify Database
• @neshca/cache-handlerNext.js self-hosting simplified.
• mdb-readerJavaScript library to read data from Access databases
• safe-squel(safe version) SQL query string builder
• @fastify/postgresFastify PostgreSQL connection plugin

• oracledb vs slonik
• bullmq vs @bull-board/express
• bullmq vs graphile-worker
• @upstash/redis vs @planetscale/database
• @neondatabase/serverless vs @libsql/client