Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier. JSONified DB backed by a filesystem and Git launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Sir – Git-diff-able JSON database on yer filesystem▲115

   :man: a simple, git diffable JSON database on yer filesystem. By the power of NodeJS - DO-SAY-GO/sirdb

   2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   A JSON database on the filesystem with indexes▲12

   :man: a simple, git diffable JSON database on yer filesystem. By the power of NodeJS - DO-SAY-GO/sirdb

   2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   DBacked▲148

   Simple, secure database backup as a service 🛠️

   2018 · its alternatives →

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   A proof-of-concept FoundationDB based network block device backend▲192

   A totally proof-of-concept FoundationDB based network block device backend - dividuum/fdb-nbd

   2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Answers by Context.devfree tier, from $25/mo▲198

   Give it a research task + the JSON shape you want back.

   Sep 2026 · docs.context.dev · its alternatives →

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   JSONBase▲118

   API based JSON storage

   2019 · its alternatives →

7. 7BA
   BedquiltDB – A Mongo-like JSON doc store built on Postgres▲145

   2016 · bedquiltdb.github.io · its alternatives →

8. 8SA
   Squirrelbyte – a SQLite-based JSON document server▲118

   2021 · squirrelbyte.com · its alternatives →

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   Dbcopycat▲70

   Dynamicizing static json files with Node Js - fast json data

   2023 · ismailcankaratas.com.tr · its alternatives →

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    RipDB▲65

    Fast, decentralized key-value Store for web3 builders

    2022 · zdenham.github.io · its alternatives →

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    JSONlite – A simple, serverless, zero-configuration JSON document store▲74

    A simple, self-contained, serverless, zero-configuration, json document store. - nodesocket/jsonlite

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    SoloDB – A document database build on top of SQLite with JSONB▲27

    A document database built on top of SQLite with full LINQ/IQueryable support. - Unconcurrent/SoloDB

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Sirdb – simple Git diffable toy database on the filesystem▲7

    :man: a simple, git diffable JSON database on yer filesystem. By the power of NodeJS - DO-SAY-GO/sirdb

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Stubdb – database for projects too small to fail▲9

    :man: a simple, git diffable JSON database on yer filesystem. By the power of NodeJS - DO-SAY-GO/sirdb

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Jongo, a RESTful JDBC Interface Server▲7

    2011 · code.google.com · its alternatives →

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    FrontAid – CMS for JSON Files in Git▲5

    2020 · frontaid.io · its alternatives →

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    Dynomate– Fast, Git-Friendly DynamoDB GUI Client (Dynobase Alternative)▲29

    After a bit of frustration with the existing DynamoDB GUI clients, I decided to build one. Features: 1. Request collections: Chain together multiple operations - put, query, update, and delete across tables, accounts and sessions. Use the output of one operation as input for the next. 2. Environment Variables: Configure variables once and run the same requests across different environments (dev/staging/prod). No more manual parameter swapping. 3. Multi-tab, multi-account support: Work with multiple tables across different AWS accounts, and sso sessions simultaneously. 4. Easy SSO…

    2025 · dynomate.io · its alternatives →

18. 18AS
    A Super Simple JSON CMS▲8

    2018 · medium.com · its alternatives →

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    Daba – Turn your JSON into a database▲15

    Hi all, I built this tool when I needed a simple LocalStorage-esque database for a client project, and figured others might want something similar. Basically turns your JSON into a query-able, hosted database in seconds. You can read/update/delete JSON files by path, just like you would in Javascript. So, something like get(”users[7].address”) And while we’re at it, I also built a simple file storage service where you upload a file and it gives you the URL back. A lot of my (and other devs friends') side projects will never require more data than a JSON file can handle. Yet we…

    2023 · daba.so · its alternatives →

20. 20AU
    A Usable CSV and JSON to SQL Converter in Elm and Phoenix▲8

    2017 · sqlify.io · its alternatives →

21. 21AB
    A bookmark manager that uses GitHub Gist as data back end▲5

    2020 · bookmark.wtf · its alternatives →

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    static-json-db, The Native Jamstack Database▲9

    The Native Jamstack Database. A NoSQL key-value database stored as a directory tree of small JSON files which can be deployed as part of a static website and queried from client browsers in an efficient manner. - jlxw/static-json-db

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

23. 23JA
    JumpFm – a file manager that understand git▲7

    2017 · jumpfm.org · its alternatives →

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    CarrotDB▲4

    A JSON based database for Node.js 🥕

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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