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24 alternatives to Keyv

Simple key-value storage with multiple backend support

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Keyv launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   KeyVal▲87

   Free and simple key-value database

   2021 · keyval.org · its alternatives →

2. 2SA
   SimpleKV – an extremely simple, anonymous key-value store▲24

   2022 · simplekv.com · its alternatives →

3. 3KV
   Key/Value Store as-a-Service▲70

   2017 · keyvalue.xyz · its alternatives →

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   Tinykv – Minimal file-backed key-value store for Rust▲24

   I built tinykv because I kept reaching for simple persistent storage in Rust projects but found existing solutions either too complex (sled) or unmaintained (pickledb). tinykv focuses on simplicity: JSON-based, serde-powered, with optional TTL. Perfect for CLI tools, game saves, config storage. Would appreciate any feedback from the HN community!

   2025 · crates.io · its alternatives →

5. 5RA
   RedixDB – a fast persistent key-value store with the Redis protocol▲75

   a very simple pure key => value storage system that speaks Redis protocol with Postgres as storage engine and more

   2018 · alash3al.github.io · its alternatives →

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   Minikv – Distributed key-value and object store in Rust (Raft, S3 API)▲71

   Hi HN, I'm Emilie, I have a literature background (which explains the well-written documentation!) and I've been learning Rust and distributed systems by building minikv over the past few months. It recently got featured in Programmez! magazine: https://www.programmez.com/actualites/minikv-un-key-value-st... minikv is an open-source, distributed storage engine built for learning, experimentation, and self-hosted setups. It combines a strongly-consistent key-value database (Raft), S3-compatible object storage, and basic multi-tenancy. Features/highlights: - Raft…

   Feb 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Keygen – A dead-simple software licensing API built for developers▲190

   Keygen is a powerful software licensing API for desktop apps, on-premise software and other software products written in Go, Rust, JS, C/C++, C#, Swift, Java, Kotlin and more.

   2017 · keygen.sh · its alternatives →

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   KeyDB – A Multithreaded Fork of Redis▲17

   A Multithreaded Fork of Redis. Contribute to Snapchat/KeyDB development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   IronDB – a resilient key-value store for the browser▲73

   IronDB is now ImmortalDB: https://github.com/gruns/ImmortalDB - gruns/irondb

   2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

10. 10BA
    BerylDB – a small key-value database▲57

    2021 · docs.beryl.dev · its alternatives →

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    Badger – an embeddable, persistent key-value store written in Go▲88

    Fast key-value DB in Go. Contribute to dgraph-io/badger development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Kvass, a personal key-value store▲227

    a personal key-value store. Contribute to maxmunzel/kvass development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Keygen▲252

    A dead-simple software licensing API built for developers

    2016 · keygen.sh · its alternatives →

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    CaskDB – project to teach you building a key value store▲175

    (educational) build your own disk based KV store. Contribute to avinassh/py-caskdb development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Endb▲8

    Simple key-value database with multi adapter support

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Kev – S3 and Redis as Datastores (with Redis Indexing)▲8

    K.E.V. (Keys, Extras, and Values) is a Python ORM for key-value stores based on Valley. Currently supported backends are Redis, S3, and a S3/Redis hybrid backend. Based on Valley. - qwigo/kev

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Keylord▲23

    GUI client for Redis, Memcached and oth. key-value databases

    2018 · its alternatives →

18. 18MF
    My first tiny web service, a simple key/value store▲33

    2015 · tinycache.io · its alternatives →

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    RipDB▲65

    Fast, decentralized key-value Store for web3 builders

    2022 · zdenham.github.io · its alternatives →

20. 20ES
    EloqKV – Scalable distributed ACID key-value database with Redis API▲44

    We're thrilled to unveil EloqKV, a lightning-fast distributed key-value store with a Redis-compatible API. Built on a new database architecture called the Data Substrate, EloqKV brings significant innovations to database design. Here’s the unique features that makes it stand out: - Flexible Deployment: Run it as a single-node in-memory KV cache, a larger-than-memory database or scale to a highly available, distributed transactional database with ease. - High Performance: Achieves performance levels comparable to top in-memory databases like Redis and DragonflyDB, while significantly…

    2024 · eloqdata.com · its alternatives →

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    KeyHippo [LW24]▲141

    Add API key auth to Postgres Row Level Security (RLS) policy

    2024 · keyhippo.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Restdb.io – a plug and play database service▲101

    Simple online database service in the cloud with NoSQL, REST API, low code javascript hooks, MongoDB support and more. Perfect for API automation, custom development, enterprise, backoffice, serverless backends, database driven websites. It provides easy collaboration and data management with secure

    2016 · restdb.io · its alternatives →

23. 23RJ
    Rasta.js, anonymous domainless key-value store for frontend JavaScript▲73

    2011 · rastajs.errorjs.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    restdb.io▲131

    Simple online NoSQL database backend

    2016 · restdb.io · its alternatives →

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