Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

Below are 21 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Jongo, a RESTful JDBC Interface Server launched in 2011; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Datomic▲73

   Distributed immutable transactional database for the cloud

   2014 · datomic.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   KORE.io▲88

   A fast SPDY capable web server for web development in C

   2015 · kore.io · its alternatives →

3. 3JA
   jq, a lightweight commandline JSON processor▲5

   2012 · stedolan.github.com · its alternatives →

4. 4UP
   Unbounded – Programmable NoSQL Data store▲5

   2020 · unbounded.cloud · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Franchise▲6

   a notebook for sql

   2017 · franchise.cloud · its alternatives →

6. 6DL
   Database Lab – thin Postgres clones for faster development and testing▲7

   2020 · postgres.ai · its alternatives →

7. 7CA
   Clause: an expressive JavaScript contract system, inspired by clojure.spec▲8

   2017 · clause.js.org · its alternatives →

8. 8JD
   JSONified DB backed by a filesystem and Git▲7

   2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

9. 9CA
   Choral, a Java-compatible language for type-safe multiparty protocols▲7

   2020 · choral-lang.org · its alternatives →

10. 10FM
    FreshSQL – Modern, Native, Fast SQL Querying Tool▲5

    2021 · freshsql.com · its alternatives →

11. 11TA
    TinySSE, an SSE server programmable with Lua▲5

    2025 · tinysse.com · its alternatives →

12. 12PA
    Plisqin, an SQL generator written in Racket▲7

    2018 · docs.racket-lang.org · its alternatives →

13. 13IO
    Improving on the Command-Line SQL Experience▲5

    2020 · medium.com · its alternatives →

14. 14AG
    Axolotl – GraphQL Type Safe Server Engine Idea▲5

    2024 · axolotl-docs.vercel.app · its alternatives →

15. 15
    dwata – Manage Databases without knowing SQL (v0.4)▲5

    2020 · dwata.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    An Useful MCP Server▲8

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    borgmatic – simple, configuration-driven backup software for servers▲6

    2019 · torsion.org · its alternatives →

18. 18SB
    SQL Back End for the Static Web and Mobile Apps▲5

    2016 · lite-engine.com · its alternatives →

19. 19JA
    Jhall – A JavaScript Alternative to Dhall▲5

    2020 · npmjs.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Goat, a REST api server in Go▲5

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Bytebase 2.0 – The Gitlab for Database DevOps▲5

    Pioneering Database Change Management and bring the GitLab/GitHub experience to database development

    2023 · bytebase.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →