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Dev tools · February 27, 2025

SuperMassive – Fast durable, in-memory, distributed key-value database

Hey hn! I hope you're all doing well. I’d like to share a new open-source database I’ve designed and written called SuperMassive. SuperMassive is a scalable, distributed, in-memory key-value database designed from the ground up to allow for high concurrency, fast writes, fault tolerance, and durability while remaining simple to use and efficiently scalable. The idea for SuperMassive comes from its name.. I wanted to build a key-value database that can scale infinitely, remain durable, be self-healing, consistent, and blazing fast. I also wanted to simplify sharding and replication compared…

SuperMassive – Fast durable, in-memory, distributed key-value database launched on February 27, 2025 with 7 votes and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.

What it does

A distributed in-memory, durable key value database designed for massive amounts of critical data and low latency. - supermassivedb/supermassive

SuperMassive is a massively scalable, in-memory, distributed, sharded, fault-tolerant, and self-healing key-value database. Join the SuperMassive Discord server to chat with the maintainers and other users. We are always looking for feedback, bugs and discussion. ` :+ssssssssssssssssss+: ` ------------------------------- -+ssssssssssssssssssyyssss+- OS: Ubuntu 23.04 x86_64 .ossssssssssssssssssdMMMNysssso. Kernel: 6.2.0-39-generic /ssssssssssshdmmNNmmyNMMMMhssssss/ Uptime: 2 days, 5 hours, 59 mins +ssssssssshmydMMMMMMMNddddyssssssss+ Packages: 2755 (dpkg), 30 (snap) /sssssssshNMMMyhhyyyyhmNMMMNhssssssss/ Shell: bash 5.2.15 .ssssssssdMMMNhsssssssssshNMMMdssssssss. Resolution: 1080x1920,…from github.com

In the maker’s words, at launch

Hey hn! I hope you're all doing well. I’d like to share a new open-source database I’ve designed and written called SuperMassive. SuperMassive is a scalable, distributed, in-memory key-value database designed from the ground up to allow for high concurrency, fast writes, fault tolerance, and durability while…

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