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Dev tools · November 29, 2025

ChikkaDB – A Translation Layer to Use SQLite as a JSON Database

Introducing ChikkaDB - a server application providing a translation layer around SQLite that enables you to use SQLite as a MongoDB-compatible JSON database. It's a small personal project to explore the possibilities of SQLite's JSON and JSONB functions to their fullest. Sharing it here in case it interests any of you. Inviting everyone to try it out and share your feedback.

ChikkaDB – A Translation Layer to Use SQLite as a JSON Database launched on November 29, 2025 with 5 votes, #4,178 of 9,795 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.

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What it does

A mongod-compatible server with an sqlite backend. Meant for small-scale applications that don't need replication or sharding. - athkishore/chikkadb-ts

This project is in the initial stages of development and is not yet stable. Minimal functionality exists for Create, Read, Update and Delete, but most of the operators are still being implemented. Feel free to try it out , or look around and play with the code. You might also be interested in checking out the companion exploration packages at https://github.com/athkishore/chikkadb-journey ChikkaDB is a server application providing a translation layer around SQLite that enables you to use SQLite as a MongoDB-compatible JSON database. You can connect to ChikkaDB using any of your favourite MongoDB clients or language drivers. The name of the project is a tribute to the beautiful city of…from github.com

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