RxDB - Client-Side Database
Client-Side Database for Browsers,
RxDB - Client-Side Database launched on February 6, 2017 with 10 votes, #940 of 3,156 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 9 years on.
What it does
The local-first database that runs on every JS runtime and replicates with your existing backend - no vendor, no lock-in - https://rxdb.info/ - pubkey/rxdb
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