Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to ndb
ndb is an improved debugging experience for Node.js
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. ndb launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Hey there HN! We’re Joe and Stopa, and today we’re open sourcing InstantDB, a client-side database that makes it easy to build real-time and collaborative apps like Notion and Figma. Building modern apps these days involves a lot of schleps. For a basic CRUD app you need to spin up servers, wire up endpoints, integrate auth, add permissions, and then marshal data from the backend to the frontend and back again. If you want to deliver a buttery smooth user experience, you’ll need to add optimistic updates and rollbacks. We do these steps over and over for every feature we build, which can…
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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🔥 🔥 🔥 A Free & Self-hostable Airtable Alternative. Contribute to nocodb/nocodb development by creating an account on GitHub.
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2020 · textdb.dev · its alternatives →
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2020 · terminusdb.com · its alternatives →
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ZeroDB▲119An open-source, end-to-end encrypted database protocol
2015 · zerodb.io · its alternatives →
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2019 · easydb.io · its alternatives →
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Undb▲243Open source Airtable alternative & backend as a service
2024 · 2ndline.io · its alternatives →
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InstantDB▲320Complete backend with auth and storage in one prompt
Apr 2026 · instantdb.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN! I just released go-nbd, a lightweight Go library for effortlessly creating NBD servers and clients. Its a neat tool for creating custom Linux block devices with arbitrary backends, such as a file, byte slice or what I'm planning to use it for, a tape drive. While there are a few partially abandoned projects like this out there already, this library tries to be as maintainable as possible by only implementing the most recent handshake revision and baseline functionality for both the client and the server, while still having enough support to be useful. I'd love to get your feedback :)
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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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 →
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2025 · npmjs.com · its alternatives →
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A totally proof-of-concept FoundationDB based network block device backend - dividuum/fdb-nbd
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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RxDB is a fast, local-first NoSQL-database for JavaScript Applications like Websites, hybrid Apps, Electron-Apps, Progressive Web Apps and Node.js
2013 · jsdb.io · its alternatives →
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2015 · twigtechnology.com · its alternatives →
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The most advanced distribution system of NDB Cluster, by Mikael Ronström the inventor of NDB Cluster; made to work for the most advanced ML applications.
2021 · rondb.com · its alternatives →
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2011 · firejs.firebase.co · its alternatives →
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