SNKV – SQLite's B-tree as a key-value store (C/C++ and Python bindings)
SQLite has six layers: SQL parser → query planner → VDBE → B-tree → pager → OS. (https://sqlite.org/arch.html) For key-value workloads you only need the bottom three. SNKV cuts the top three layers and talks directly to SQLite's B-tree engine. No SQL strings. No query planner. No VM. Just put/get/delete on the same storage core that powers SQLite. Python: pip install snkv from snkv import KVStore with KVStore("mydb.db") as db: db["hello"] = "world" print(db["hello"]) # b"world" C/C++ (single-header, drop-in): #define SNKV_IMPLEMENTATION #include "snkv.h" KVStore…
SNKV – SQLite's B-tree as a key-value store (C/C++ and Python bindings) launched on February 24, 2026 with 36 votes, #635 of 16,628 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches.
In plain words
SNKV is a key-value store that bypasses SQLite's SQL layers to access its B-tree engine directly, available for C/C++ and Python. It eliminates query parsing, planning, and virtual machine overhead for simple put, get, and delete operations on the same storage core SQLite uses. Benchmarks show 57–104% performance improvements over SQLite's WITHOUT ROWID mode on sequential writes, random reads, scans, updates, deletes, and existence checks.
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From the sources
SNKV — a lightweight key-value store focused on simplicity, security and performance file based database , written using sqlite's b-tree directly. Now supports vector HNSW , Join the discussion: https://discord.gg/EUb4Y5qE - hash-anu/snkv
In the maker’s words, at launch
SQLite has six layers: SQL parser → query planner → VDBE → B-tree → pager → OS. (https://sqlite.org/arch.html) For key-value workloads you only need the bottom three. SNKV cuts the top three layers and talks directly to SQLite's B-tree engine. No SQL strings. No query planner. No VM. Just…
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